Living and breathing in the Second City
Dear Mayor Daley,
For the last year or so, the Potbelly’s on LaSalle had been selling coffee for a dollar. It’s good coffee and the cup is at least 12 ounces, maybe even 16. They originally lured me in with a sign that read something like “Remember when you could get a cup of coffee for [...]
Forget quiche. Man’s number-one enemy has been hiding in our very midst. Sure it looks harmless, the salad, but I assure you it isn’t. The proof of its abominable character is the widespread belief that eating it is good for you. Hell, even I believe it.
But ask yourself this, Has salad ever done anything good [...]
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
-Carl Sandburg