Author Archives: chicagodailyviews

My Favorite Things

By chicagodailyviews | Published April 4, 2011

  Just because I love to compile a list of My Favorite Things, I’m rarely mistaken for Oprah. Be forewarned, I am not going to give the readers of this blog anything free, except for my advice, which is priceless.  After years of painstaking research I have assembled this list–granted, it’s not ALL of my [...]

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Beauty in Strange Places

By chicagodailyviews | Published March 27, 2011

  My cousin owns a car repair facility in the SW suburbs and I was out there the other day doing photography for his web site.  As I was packing up my equipment it dawned on me that there were some photo opportunities that I had overlooked.  The mundane tools which actually make this facility [...]

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Food, Glorious Food…Chicago Style

By chicagodailyviews | Published March 11, 2011

  Over the past few decades, Chicago has become a food Mecca.  No, not just for deep dish pizza, juicy prime steaks, and hot dogs (no ketchup!!!), but for some of the most inventive and earth-shaking cuisine this side of the Left Bank.  When did this local preoccupation with gourmet food begin?  That would be [...]

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The Changing Colors of Pilsen

By chicagodailyviews | Published October 21, 2010

  Chicago is often described as a city of neighborhoods.  The only problem is, people here can’t agree on too much else in regard to this subject; arguments abound over the actual number (probably over 200), their boundaries, their history, and even the proper name for the neighborhood.   What we all can agree on [...]

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Chicago’s Victorian Heritage

By chicagodailyviews | Published October 15, 2010

  Mention Victorian architecture and one inevitably imagines the ornate “painted ladies” of San Francisco, or the countless stately homes and inns of Cape May, NJ–visions of multi-colored fantastical homes with grand porches and soaring turrets come to mind.  But the term really includes at least a half dozen different architectural styles from the late [...]

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Exploring Goose Island

By chicagodailyviews | Published September 2, 2010

  How often do we walk past something on a regular basis but never take a second look?  I’m sure we can all think of someplace that falls in this category, and often it’s very close to home.  For me it was Goose Island.  Chicago’s only island, it is the area between the North Branch [...]

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Lorne Michaels Makes Annual Pilgrimage to Chicago

By chicagodailyviews | Published August 3, 2010

  Saturday Night Live co-creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels made his annual visit to Chicago to scope out the scene and possibly hijack some local talent for his little-known TV show which is currently in its 35th year on NBC.  Charna Halpern, co-founder and director of iO Theater, arranged for Michaels to see a [...]

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Unique Views of Chicago

By chicagodailyviews | Published June 30, 2010

  What can one say about art?  Especially when the writer is also the artist.  So I will let my new series of Chicago collages speak for themselves.  I created these pieces as a way to communicate more about various aspects of Chicago than I could in any single image.  Let me know what you [...]

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Does Anyone Here Parlez-vous Francais?

By chicagodailyviews | Published May 22, 2010

  It’s been a week with a lot of French overtones.  My neighbor’s estranged sister decided to visit her brother after a 20 year hiatus.  He’s not really sure why she became estranged from the family, or why she chose to get unestranged, but sometimes it’s better not to ask too many questions.  Even the [...]

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Cold Steel on Ice

By chicagodailyviews | Published May 19, 2010

  Before I begin, I should put out a caveat that I will be discussing sports for the next several paragraphs.  Please don’t think that this will become a trend, rather a one-off diversion, a temporary fork in the road.  After I spew this out,  I will return to the straight and narrow and discuss [...]

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