Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lake & Clinton

This is where the new RTA HQ is, and I had to go there to get my handicap pass replaced. Once again, I shall say that I am not racist in any way. And yet, aside from a Jewish man in a suit who had his wallet stolen, and was taken care of as quickly as I was when it was his turn, the rest of the ethnics in the room were straight off of a Jerry Springer episode. One guy yabbered on about needing his CTA Smartcard, which was in the mail, to be issued to him then and there because he was being evicted from the hotel they had mailed it to. This is where al;l the gentrification kicks in, mixing with the small industry. If I were on the Blue Line train and got off at Clinton, I would be a block away from the Greyhound terminal. I'm still thinking of going west from Clinton at street level, further west you'll see meatpacking and seafood plants. Nothing smells new, and rightfully so.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

So I'm Walking Out of TJ Maxx...

after buying a replacement wallet. There were men laughing, then another man turned and laughed, as well. They were seeing something one by one, but I missed seeing who in the group matched up with whom. I had concentrated on their faces in the sun so much, I neglected to look where they were looking. All of a sudden it felt like someone had placed a drape over my right shoulder. And there this woman was. She kept pinballing from person to person and very soon an ambulance took her away. And I later saw the Banana Woman--she will either take money OR bananas--and then a closing shot from the elevated train.