????? It’s time for the Monthly Puzzler again.
This month’s Puzzler is:
Why is Chicago called the Windy City?
Enter your answer as a comment below and I’ll announce the correct answer next month.
Good Luck!
Larry
????? It’s time for the Monthly Puzzler again.
This month’s Puzzler is:
Why is Chicago called the Windy City?
Enter your answer as a comment below and I’ll announce the correct answer next month.
Good Luck!
Larry
If you’d seen him on the street, your mind would see just another Chicago street guy. Wrinkled suit from Good Will, scarred face, do-it-yourself marcelled hair. Stonewall Edwards was not an important man in the accepted sense. I didn’t know him personally, but as a staffer for the city’s human relations commission, I saw him at many marches in the sixties. If you’d just happened on him, you would not have said there goes a brave man, but he was brave. I think a brave man is one who steps up when he doesn’t have to, when the danger in stepping up far outweighs the benefit to him. That was Stonewall; that’s Continue reading
The #22 Clark Street bus is Chicago with its guard down. For my money, it’s the most unpretentious ride you can take north and south. Well, there are others, say the #36 Broadway and maybe the #156 Milwaukee, where you can get a good show for your $2.25. I got a great show one day last spring.
This little lady with a face like the map of Ireland and the clothes of the homeless gets on at the Continue reading