Although I now proudly call Clinton home, I lived in Chicago for almost 11 years. It was the longest time I ever spent in one town in my life. (We moved around a bit when I was a kid.) And so, when people ask me where “I’m from” I ususally say, “I grew up in Iowa but I’m from Chicago. Which is true. Strictly speaking I moved back here from Chicago in 2000.
I’m pretty bummed that some sort of server upgrade ate most of the 2005 – 2007 posts of this blog. There were a couple of nice posts about how weird I find it that although you can get from Clinton to The Loop in two and-a-half hours, most people in Clinton would never think of making the journey on their own.
Which is a pity. Because that’s an easy day trip and we’re talking one of the great cities of the planet that is closer than Cedar Falls, Ames or Des Moines.
All of this is apropos of nothing save that I love the tumblr blog, Fuck Yeah! Chicago.
Looking North On Wabash & Lake
