Mary Nohl Inside & Outside: Biography of the Artist, by Barbara Manger and Janine Smith. University of Wisconsin Press, 134 pages, 165 color images, 145 b/w or sepia images, 2009. ISBN 978-0-6152-5118-9. Soft Cover $29.95. See my Mary Nohl photos, circa 1990
Continue readingIt’s been some time since I’ve stumbled across anything as nice as these fashion drawings in an antique store, mostly because I don’t spend much time in them any more.
Continue readingSome new views of the monumental Bottle Cap Inn, and an updated page format.
Continue readingThere are great signs up and down Clark Street. This is part 2 of what will no doubt be a continuing series. Here’s part 1
Continue readingAssume for a moment that the wizarding world of Harry Potter is more than a setting for magical adventure. Think of it as a real place, one where actual magical folk live their actual lives. Now think of it as a place to raise a child and imagine how any reasonably caring parent would rate it. Read more
Continue readingYou can always play the Ramones
Continue readingInteresting sites and details from Chicago and vicinity.
Continue readingYou can’t beat a region that boasts a House of Stuff!
Continue readingIf racism has become a non-issue for minorities, as some believe, how odd that it remains a widespread and life-destroying influence on white males, which seems the basic premise of the opposition to Sonia Sotomayor.
Continue readingLower Manhattan is a carnival of art deco details.
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