Posts Tagged 'Chicago'
Four Stories About Chicago [video]
Published April 9, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Chicago, Chicago Cubs, cross-stitch, Darryl Wilson, Emma McKee, Illinois, Kareem Wells, Moms On Patrol, Tamar Manasseh, video
More Than Anyone Needs To Know About Old Pencil Sharpeners
Published March 7, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: American Made, APSCO, Automatic Pencil Sharpener Co., cedar shavings, Chicago, Gem pencil sharpener, Giant pencil sharpener, history, pencil, pencil sharpener, Rockford, school supplies, Spengler-Loomis MFG Co.
From MadeInChicagoMuseum.com –
For many of us, the sight of an old desk-mounted, mechanical pencil sharpener brings back some high-sensory childhood memories—the thrilling turn of the crank, the low roar of rotating metal, the confusingly alluring scent of fresh cedar shavings. Maybe you were a kid in the 1930s, or, more likely, you attended a cash-strapped public school that was still using the same classroom supplies 50 years later. Either way, the odds are good that you encountered one of these durable devices made by the Automatic Pencil Sharpener Company, aka APSCO—a brand so prominent, it was like the No. 2 Pencil of pencil sharpeners.
Woman Fights $105,000 in Parking Tickets
Published April 12, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: abandoned car, Chicago, Illinois, Jennifer Fitzgerald, O’Hare International Airport, Parking Ticket, police, violation
Jennifer Fitzgerald has been fighting more than $100,000 in parking tickets on her junk car after she says it had been abandoned by her former boyfriend for three years in an employee parking lot at O’Hare International Airport.
Chicagoans Enjoy Giant Marilyn Monroe Statue
Published July 18, 2011 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: Chicago, culture, Giant Marilyn Monroe, Illinois, juvenile, kitsch, Marilyn Monroe statue, photography, upskirt, Windy City
The Chicago Sun-Times is not entirely happy with the new Marilyn Monroe statue, but real Chicagoans are enjoying it.
Whatever the case, that beyond-kitschy, 26-foot sculpture recreating the moment when Marilyn Monroe’s dress flies up in “The Seven Year Itch” is threatening the Bean as the most photographed attraction in Chicago. So we’re going from taking pictures of our own reflection to taking pictures while looking up the skirt of a giant woman. This is not an upgrade. Men (and women) licking Marilyn’s leg, gawking up her skirt, pointing at her giant panties as they leer and laugh. It’s not that the sculpture is shocking or sexist or obscene — but it’s definitely bringing out the juvenile goofball in many of us.
New Release On 8 Track – Seriously!
Published July 8, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 8 track, Cheap Trick, Chicago, classic rock, music, wtf