It felt like we were looking into everyone's backyard in a way, kind of seeing the reality of the lives of these people as opposed to the Disney-esque setting in which most towns and cities want to present themselves. I saw a lot of backyards that had pick-up trucks in various states of disassembly , but this authenticity made these little New Mexico towns appeal to me that much more.
Category: travel
bound for Albuquerque
Soundtrack in my head: The Ditty Bops, "Breeze Black Night" My parents bought a house in Albuquerque last year and they moved there this summer. Fifteen minutes from now I am going to step outside and start my journey there for the holidays. I'll be seeing my parents' house for the first time, and staying … Continue reading bound for Albuquerque
chicago seen through cheesehead glasses
Us Chicago natives are weaned from an early age to become architecture snobs, with aesthetic critiques of the playground equipment not uncommon by the age of five--so my words should be taken with some grains of salt. But the bottom line is that I was saddened to see the old Maxwell Street neighborhood go. Certainly it needed sprucing up and cleaning up, but I think it could have done without losing the essence of what the neighborhood was about. What had landed here was something completely different.