Seamus Heaney - Poetry Foundation - Poetry Day 2012

Seamus Heaney is reading tonight at The Art Institute of Chicago. I have two tickets!

October Night - Chicago

Open House Chicago - Chicago Architecture Foundation - October 13-14

Autumn in Chicago - 2012

Autumn in Chicago - 2012

Thoughtful - Gorilla - Lincoln Park Zoo

Lightning - Chicago

Open House Chicago - Chicago Architecture Foundation - October 13-14

If you plan to be in Chicago in October, this is a wonderful way to see the city!

Open House Chicago

From a Certain Height

Cloud Cover - Chicago

Chicago Winter's Night - Snow 2012

It's so hot out today that I needed a couple of my snow videos to cool me off:

What I'm watching...Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk with Me"

I can't wait to see this film! It will be playing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago:

tickets and times

Sleepwalk with Me

I first heard the story by Mike Birbiglia on This American Life with Ira Glass. The movie is based upon this story:

4 Blue Angels - Chicago 2012 - breaking formation

On Blue Angels - Chicago Air Show 2012 - #5

I was curious about the history of the Blue Angels. Their official site offers an inside view on some of the flight maneuvers:

Blue Angels: Inside the Demo

AeroShell 4 - Chicago Air Show 2012

5 Blue Angels in formation - Chicago Air Show 2012

Blue Angel #3 - Chicago Air Show 2012

Blue Angel - 2 - Chicago Air Show 2012

3 Blue Angels - Chicago Air Show - 2012

2 Blue Angels - Chicago Air Show - 2012