As if you needed another reason to move to Chicago…
Kenneth Morrison, native of greater Jackson, MS, and longtime Chicago resident, is the progenitor of the Pilsen Saint Patrick’s Day parade, a five-year-old ragtag affair I had the pleasure of marching in this year. As upstart parades go, it was a beauty, beginning in the backyard [...]
Archive for March, 2005
Pilsen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chicago, pilsen, st. patrick's day on 03/20/2005 | Leave a Comment »
Canada
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, Corey Frost on 03/12/2005 | Leave a Comment »
I grew up with some very stupid ideas about Canada, most easily summed up by the bumbling drunks played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis in the classic Hamlet takeoff Strange Brew. I say this mostly for the benefit of a particular Torontonian (that right, Jim?), but also because it’s a convenient-enough intro to this [...]