It was a particularly interesting and beautifully brutal week of Easter. Large crowds began to line 18th street early the morning of Good Friday, selling crosses made of palms and steaming hot cups of champurrado. Around noon a procession of Roman soldiers walked Jesus to the park, where he was crucified before the thousands assembled.… Continue reading Via Crucis
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La Michoacana
The intersection of 18th, Loomis and Blue Island is the perfect place for an ice cream stand, and La Michoacana fits that role like destiny. The place is brightly lit and clean, but we all know the real reason to go is La Michoacana's amazing mangonadas (sweet, refreshing, spicy, limey, salty, damn) and liquados... nevermind… Continue reading La Michoacana
Mount Bridgeport
Right down Archer Ave from the dojo is Henry C. Palmisano Park. Now covered in prairie nature, this was the former home of Chicago's first limestone quarry. After almost a century of extraction, enough limestone had been carted off to create a nearly 400 foot hole in the ground: that's what makes the park's lake… Continue reading Mount Bridgeport