tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post691192399542477407..comments2024-03-29T08:54:53.425-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Texas notes: Dark KnightNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76879024118798687432021-02-07T19:33:18.863-06:002021-02-07T19:33:18.863-06:00You are correct on both fronts. I will ask Neil t...You are correct on both fronts. I will ask Neil to edit. Thank you! Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80488430378184702492021-02-07T15:26:05.652-06:002021-02-07T15:26:05.652-06:00Well, it's embarrassing for me to question thi...Well, it's embarrassing for me to question this, but are you sure it wasn't "The Dark Knight Rises" you were out seeing, and in 2012, Caren? Of course, it doesn't change anything about the fun story, but this Trib article causes me to wonder:<br /><br />https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-lady-gaga-chicago-sightings-lee-dewyze-gets-married-man-of-steel-teaser-trailer-debuts-20120722-column.html<br /><br />I went down this ridiculous rabbit-hole because I didn't recall Karyn's Fresh Corner being at Wellington, and was googling trying to see if I misremembered. From what I recall, and what I have been able to find, it was on Lincoln by Roscoe; 3351 N. Lincoln. I could be wrong about all of it, of course. As you noted, she's had several locations. <br /><br />Sorry to nitpick, but my comments on EGD are often as annoying as this, alas! ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71243843812482104942021-02-07T09:11:02.308-06:002021-02-07T09:11:02.308-06:00John, looks like Karyn's Raw opened in 2000: ...John, looks like Karyn's Raw opened in 2000: https://chicago.eater.com/2020/9/14/21436239/karyns-calabrese-vegan-jam-virtual-restaurant-open-delivery.<br /><br />Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56433036160964798482021-02-07T09:08:06.047-06:002021-02-07T09:08:06.047-06:00Thank you-Thank you-Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-684728478351511002021-02-07T09:07:57.715-06:002021-02-07T09:07:57.715-06:00Fantastic image!Fantastic image!Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15101805065514266142021-02-06T23:42:58.353-06:002021-02-06T23:42:58.353-06:00Sounds sad and true.Sounds sad and true.Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50930087411417841912021-02-06T18:47:13.850-06:002021-02-06T18:47:13.850-06:00I have NO arches...the flattest feet in the world....I have NO arches...the flattest feet in the world. During my teens, my parents had shoes custom-made for me, with built-in steel arch supports. The shoemaker was an elderly German immigrant, who had a storefront on Lincoln. And, yes, there were a lot of German businesses along that stretch. This was back when North Lincoln Avenue was still quite run-down and shabby. The spiffing-up and the gentrification were years away.<br /> <br />While being fitted for my clodhoppers, I clearly remember hearing about the sinking of the Thresher, a U.S. Navy submarine, on the shoemaker's radio. So it must have been in the spring of 1963. I kept on going there for shoes for a few more years after that.<br /><br />Fast-forward to the mid-Eighties, when the neighborhood was already on the upswing. I scoped out a laundromat in the same neighborhood. Had the killer idea of rehabbing it into a yupster bar-laundromat, or maybe a laundromat-bar. It had already worked in Austin. Even made the network news. But I was flat broke. A few years later, two Wrigleyville entrepreneurs with the capital did it--and made a fortune on Southport.<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6931602650126127622021-02-06T08:54:41.621-06:002021-02-06T08:54:41.621-06:00Charming narrative. When did Karyn's move in ...Charming narrative. When did Karyn's move in at Wellington and Lincoln? I lived right there at 3000 N. Lincoln in an apartment over the restaurant on the corner many years ago (not sure if the rent was $30 a week or $30 a month). A few years later,I read that the building fell down, which didn't surprise me at all. I slept during the day back then and and noticed that there was constant background noise from passing traffic with the trucks actually causing physical movement of the structure. There seemed to be a lot of German stores in the area then. I suppose they disappeared long ago.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27121159870794002042021-02-06T08:25:19.933-06:002021-02-06T08:25:19.933-06:00It seems often when an actor, actress, musician, c...It seems often when an actor, actress, musician, comedian, or athlete is interviewed, they'll volunteer how much they like working in Chicago. Observing for the most part that the people are friendly. About 25 years ago walking down Wabash, about 40 feet ahead stepping out of the Palmer House, it's David Carradine! It just popped in my head, started using the walk on rice paper technique, feet at an angle placing the toes on the ground first. He smiled and walked the same way until we passed each other.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23649900913022424792021-02-06T06:55:32.734-06:002021-02-06T06:55:32.734-06:00PoetryPoetryDennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.com