To the Lighthouse
How can a public place can be so personal? How can I be so attached to a place I don't own, maintain, nor have a say in its very existence? [...]
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Mar, 2018
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Aug, 2016
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Jul, 2016
Peace is at the Beach
Temperatures have soared in Chicago, and so it's fitting that my beach article appeared on kveller today. The idea for it occurred to me many years ago while sprawled on [...]
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Dec, 2014
You Can Always Count on the Waves
I consider living along the Chicago lakefront one of the great blessings of my life. The other day I went for one of my favorite walks, along Rogers Park Beach [...]
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Jul, 2013
A Little Beach Photo Essay
Lighthouse at Rogers Park Beach, Chicago I've given my blog a bit of a break to allow the corresponding post to my WSJ essay some space, but I've missed blogging! [...]
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Jun, 2013
The Waves and the Wind – a Video
Today is video day at the Blogathon, and with that in mind I shot my first video using my Smartphone (a simple step but also a big one...) last week, [...]
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Feb, 2013
Winter Beach
Assembling a photo essay from one of my outings is one of my happiest pursuits, and so over this long weekend (In the U.S. it's Presidents Day today, which means the [...]
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Jan, 2013
The Beauty of the Parking Lot
Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 2009 Ok, so this parking lot is beautiful because it is a) on the Normandy Coast of France, and b) features a sunset. I chose this [...]
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Jan, 2013
Winter Beach Walk
New Year's Day had me walking the beach with my younger son, and I'm glad we did because then the weather turned gray, and the last remnants of ice and [...]
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Dec, 2012
To the Lighthouse
Ah, to live in the city and yet to be at sea! Tuesday morning I got to visit one of my favorite haunts again - Loyola Beach on the far [...]
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Jan, 2012
Photo Essay: The Chicago Lakefront in Winter
My daughter and I braved the cold, the grey and the wind yesterday and walked the Chicago lakefront. We were rewarded with this symphony of grey and white, and what seemed [...]
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Nov, 2011
Photo Essay: Fall at the Beach
I love that living in Chicago means the beach is not only about summer. Here's the concession stand at the Rogers Park Beach in October. Here's that same stand a few [...]
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Sep, 2011
Photo Essay: End of Summer
Does anything say "end of summer" better than an overturned lifeguard chair? Yesterday was the official end of summer, according to the calendar. Some mornings I drive my kids to [...]
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