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CHICAGO SNOW DAYS |
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It is beginning to seem that I never left Chicago at all. I went up for two weeks in January. This time I was actually working for my old company. It was a relief to be busy for a change, and it is always good to pick up some extra cash. But it wasn't all work. My job had been pushed off a few days, so I was able to get out and enjoy the 10 inch snow storm that hit Chicago within 12 hours of my arrival.
The night the storm started, I ran into Jesse at the Chipp Inn. Jesse works with 1st Ward Alderman Manny Flores. The Ward had borrowed a couple of snow plows to make sure their streets and businesses parking lots were plowed ASAP!! What an Alderman! That's why I voted for him 6 times in the last election!
Jesse picked me up the next morning and I spent a few hours listening to 100.3 LOVE FM and plowing the 1st Ward streets. And whenever we plowed a bar's parking lot, we went in for a few tequila shots on the house.
Jesse's motto: Plow and Be Plowed.
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I bailed on Jesse when LOVE FM announced a 30-minute "rock block" of Lionel Richie hits. My cheeks were starting to burn from the tequila anyway. Jesse dropped me off at a train stop and I headed into the Loop. I wanted to see the snow over the lake, but I chickened out three blocks shy of the beach. That wind was brutal. Seeing snow over the Chicago River is just as good, right? |
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After all that . . . I was COLD!!! And the best thing about being cold??? Eating. Food absolutely tastes better after being really chilled. I walked up to my favorite thai restaurant on Lincoln Avenue and ordered Tom Yum, spring rolls, and a pot of tea. The owner brought me out a paper, turned on the space heater, and I had the best hour of the day sipping tea and watching crazy asian gameshows on television. God Bless Chicago. <HOME> |
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