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Chicago, Illinois
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This sentence struck me: there is a "catalog of worlds" maintained by the International Astronomical Union. nyti.ms/2GJuwwz
Reason to love Chicago #1,886: the return of Bruce Liu, a dazzling young virtuoso. He graced us with 4 encores: 3 Frederic Chopins and 1 Philip Glass.
Reason to love Chicago #1,868: the CSO and its chorus. Here performing Brahms’s magnificent German Requiem. That’s a 🏝️piece.
As to Dahlias displays, I happened upon a show at Seattle’s Volunteer Park 3 years ago.
Reason to love Chicago #111,137: we have Dahlia gardens hidden in plain sight. This one is near Larrabee and Division, within sight of a geometric ~1910 factory.
Hard to capture the flowers’ beauty from this vantage point without special lenses.
Reason to love Chicago #312: the surprising joy of happening upon a gentle “rain-fall” of yellow autumn leaves—and a 🚴🏻—on an achingly gorgeous day. (Near Washington Square/Bughouse Square.)
Reason to love Chicago #111,137: we have Dahlia gardens hidden in plain sight. This one is near Larrabee and Division, within sight of a geometric ~1910 factory.
Hard to capture the flowers’ beauty from this vantage point without special lenses.
Reason to love Chicago #527: every 7 or so years, our Lyric Opera stages one of Mozart’s sublimest pieces, Don Giovanni.
Were I ever forced to name my single favorite string quartet (god forbid) it would be LvB’s Rasumovsky #3, in C.
Reason to love Chicago #333: such pulsating, professional, live theater, so easily available.
A somewhat baffling map of where in the world certain sports are most popular.
May I put in a word for yellow—Baseball! ⚾️
Go CLE. I’d love a CLE-MIL World Series.
Reason to love Chicago #1,959: this particular underpass on Kinzie near Clinton. Talk about liminal space—then experience it. Here with 3 distinct camera settings. The camera picks up more than the human eye here, which is one reason this is a compelling photographic locale.
Reason to love Chicago #2,012,318: we can get Autumnal leaf colors like anyone.
