Nelson

03.31.12 - Chicago, Illinois - This is Nelson. He's from Florida via Cuba. Like Eunice and I, he's new here, so we've bonded over a desire to see all the city has to offer. Today we went out to Pilsen, the largely Mexican-American and art neighborhood west of the Loop. There are lots of cool murals and we found this one in chalkboard paint that encouraged people to write down things they want to do before they die. 

-Will

Nelson.

Mural.

Funny Pilsen scene where a girl is yelling at her mom for moving the car while she was on the trunk. These other two guys were watching the whole thing.

Fog on Lake Shore

03.15.12 - Chicago, Illinois - Stuck in traffic along Lake Shore, I took a moment to gaze at the amazing fog rolling in off the lake. The temperature was in the process of dropping about 20 degrees and a cloud ominously rolled in and covered the skyscrapers as the sun was setting to the west. Interesting.

-Will

St. Patrick's Day in Elmhurst

03.11.12 - Elmhurst, Illinois - I know, I know. My excuses are getting tired, but February was the Auto Show, which meant video (did you see them? Chicago Auto Show Webisodes). At any rate, the beginning of St. Patrick's Day season (yes, there's a season here), I went over to Elmhurst to check out the acclaimed "second largest parade in Illinois". It was fun. Mostly the weather was great and the beer was plentiful.

Hooray, Elmhurst!

Will

Lexy's Birthday!

11.11.11 - Pretty soon you're going to think that I only shoot birthday parties. This was special though. A Freep reunion of sorts in Pilsen. Lexy invited us to the Skylark, a spectacular dive bar with great food (or heaven as I like to call it). The key though was that it had a photo booth (or at least it did until it broke while we were using it) and we were supposed to give her photo booth photos as presents. That didn't quite work out, but we still had fun hanging out.

-Will

Halloween

10.29.11 - Atlanta, Georgia - Readers meet Drunken Debauchery, adult Halloween's favorite bedfellow. It's cousin, Spectacularly Irreverent also made an appearance (see: dead Quaddafi costumes that beg equal parts applause and the question, "too soon?").

Anyway, I went out to shoot a Halloween party for Spiral Entertainment at the Park Tavern just east of Midtown. The building quickly filled up, packed with people competing for the $1000 top costume prize. The music was hoping and the booz was flowing.

Below are the highlights.

-Will

Dancing sumo.
Peeping Tom and James Van der Beek?
I believe my exact words were, "Bite her! It'll be great!"
Yep.

Chicago

10.25.11 - Chicago, Illinois - If you haven't heard it yet, Eunice and I are moving to Chicago. We went up apartment hunting last week and even managed to see a few sights (read: Millennium Park, the Marilyn Monroe Statue and the John Hancock Tower). We had a couple of great meals in Logan Square at Lula Cafe and Longman and Eagle.

We'll be moving up in a few days, so more on that as it develops.

-Will

That beany thing in Millennium Park.
Antique shop in Andersonville.
Dad at Longman and Eagle. I had the chicken and waffles.
Careful out there kids.
Thought this was a better view. Haha.
A bit o' Lake Michigan.
L stop in Logan Square.
Dog in Andersonville.

Coming out of the L downtown.