Sometimes

Sometimes

Sometimes you wake up on the wrong side of bed and you trip on your way to the bathroom and you look at yourself in the mirror and you realize that the cracks that you see means that you are destined to have seven years of bad luck and you wash your face and the water is not warm and you release yesterday's garbage and you find out that there is no toilet paper and you walk out the door without your keys and you start to walk even though you forgot the directions and you get ready to cross the street and you see your bus pass you buy and your empty wrist tells you that you're late and you get on your train and you can't see where you're at because the windows aren't clear and you get out at the first station and you say to yourself "shit happens" and the voice that you hear makes you smile.


inspired by Pablo

written by Elda Alanis

Why Chicago will host 2016 Olympics

On Tuesday I was inside the Aon Center at 200 E. Randolph Street and got a glimpse of the view from the 80th floor. I used to work for Aon but in the uptown location so this was the first time I was inside the Aon Center. Chicago's landscape is incredible. Talk about a breathless view of downtown. Take a look at some of the pictures I took with my cell phone. Here is the view of Lake Michigan and Millennium Park on a gorgeous day. Many boats were out at bay. Let's not forget the skyline. Look at all those skyrises includinig the Sears Tower (I will always call it that) and the green Chicago river. Chicago is more than ready for more development and its friendly diverse people are eager to entertain and enlighten new business. This is why I believe Chicago will host the 2016 Olympics. What do you think?

School Lesson: My Can Is To Tag The...

My oldest son's teacher gave me this picture to show me what he was learning in school. She took a great picture. Here Raed is posing in his classroom next to a bulletin board. He was being taught a spelling or reading lesson in school. As is typical in grade school in second grade the children were being taught high frequency words. Notice that the words on the board say, "my can is to tag the." I am glad he recognizes these words. These words are used quite often in books. Obviously, this sentence is incomplete. How would you finish this sentence? I would say, "My can is to tag the wall with my spraypaint creating beautiful graffiti." CHETA

Chicago Police Department's Mexican Grito on Northside

This morning I attended a breakfast celebration for Mexico’s Independence. Just last Tuesday September 15, 2009 a crowd of Mexican celebrants gathered down Lawrence Avenue starting at Kimball Avenue and ending at Pulaski Road. Later that evening CPD squad cars and paddy wagons blocked off Lawrence Avenue between Kimball Avenue and Central Park. CPD police officers threatened to arrest any reveler who walked across the street. At 9:45 p.m. the cops finally made everyone leave saying it was curfew. Curfew means that children under the age of 17 have to be off the Chicago streets by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. There were many adults out that night and the crowd was gathered on the sidewalk not the streets. This is how we hold honor in Chicago, I guess.