Saffi's House Vox 2008-06-15T03:46:11Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00f48cf6ca8d0003/ Life in Illinois for a Philadelphia expatriot Trip home from Hyde Park tag:vox.com,2008-06-15:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fad69178290004 2008-06-15T03:41:24Z 2008-06-15T03:46:11Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lakeshore Bike path One Museum Park, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Look! It's a flock of tourists!

I admit - I cheated. I took the El train (Green line) down to Hyde Park (see post below). Every time I've tried to ride down there the wind blowing to the north is really strong. I hadn't been doing much long-distance biking for a while and di...

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]]> Interlude tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fa967ecad40003 2008-06-14T06:56:05Z 2008-06-14T07:11:41Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Museum of Science and Industry - not a bad backyard Goslings! This goose was really starting to get pissed off

My camera is literally being held together by rubber bands, so it's really, really time to replace it. In otherwords, upgrade! Yay! But I'll have to put off the rest of the architecture pictures for a while. In the meantime, here's a few of the...

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]]> Return to the Salt Mines tag:vox.com,2008-06-13:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fae8c2630b000b 2008-06-13T02:35:30Z 2008-06-13T02:43:07Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Chase Tower, South side (from Clark Street) Massive yet not forbidding The commuter parking lot The lunchtime crowd gathers I am so not going back to work In case you were wondering, it's a Chagall Where even the lobby is an architectural triumph Sometimes I still can't believe I work here

One of the things I love about Chicago is that, despite the large collection of super-large world-class skyscrapers, the architecture isn't off-putting. Quite the opposite, in fact - it really draws the pedestrian in. My favorite buildings blur...

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]]> The Printers Row Book Fair, June 7-8, 2008 tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fa967dddd10003 2008-06-11T02:02:20Z 2008-06-11T06:49:15Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

June 7, 2008 - Printer's Row Book Festival Taken from INSIDE MY APARTMENT BUILDING That's a lot of book buyers A LOT of book buyers Books, books, books Everybody's getting in on the act I'm not sure, but I think this was asphalt yesterday I am in Hog Heaven

This is why I love my neighborhood

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]]> So Sue Me. tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fa967ddd0c0003 2008-06-11T01:45:07Z 2008-06-11T02:17:06Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Yeah. I missed posting a picture on Monday, June 9. Trust me, Tuesday's post will more than make up for it.

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]]> Summertime Sunday tag:vox.com,2008-06-08:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fa967c847e0002 2008-06-08T18:37:53Z 2008-06-11T06:47:53Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sunlight shining down into the Canyon

June 7-8, 2008, a typical Chicago summer weekend: The Blues Festival is going strong down in Grant Park, the marvelous 57th Street Art Fair is blooming down in Hyde Park, and the Printer's Row Book Festival has exploded all over my neighborhood. ...

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]]> More pictures from Starved Rock... tag:vox.com,2008-06-07:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fae8c0a99e000b 2008-06-07T06:29:04Z 2008-06-07T14:05:00Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Overlooking the Illinois River The climb to the top of Starved Rock View from Starved Rock Warning - Warning French Canyon after a dry spell LaSalle Canyon at Starved Rock

More pictures from Starved Rock State Park in Illinois. Starved Rock - the rock itself - is a 125 foot cliff that has a spectacular view of the Illinois river below. It's named after an incident that took place during Pontiac's Rebellion - the n...

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]]> Niagra Falls - Seaway Trail - Adirondacks - Ticonderoga - Saratoga ... tag:vox.com,2008-06-07:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fa967cb6a70003 2008-06-07T05:09:15Z 2008-06-07T07:12:16Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A few years ago I took on a vacation road trip, where I drove along the upper coast of Lake Erie, the southern coast of Lake Ontario, up the St. Laurence Seaway, down through the Adirondacks to Saratoga, across Vermont on then to Boston. It took...

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]]> Black and White tag:vox.com,2008-06-07:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fad68e46150005 2008-06-07T04:41:12Z 2008-06-07T07:25:59Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Rawley Point Lighthouse There, that's better

Point Beach State Park in Wisconsin is about 100 miles north of Milwaukee, 40 miles southeast of Green Bay, at the base of the Door County peninsula. It has a very good beach and some nature trails, but what attracted me to it was the lighthouse...

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]]> A path into a different world tag:vox.com,2008-06-05:asset-6a00f48cf6ca8d000300fad68daca80005 2008-06-05T02:45:51Z 2008-06-05T02:54:15Z Saffi http://saffi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Good thing I left a trail of bread crumbs

Most of the Morton Arboretum consists of gardens, open fields, oak savanna, creek-side willows*, and hardwood stands with typical Northeast woodland underbrush. Throughout most of it you can clearly see several different kinds of environment at ...

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