Chicago Blues great Koko Taylor has passed away.
That's really sad. I remember seeing her at a club (probably on Lincoln Ave.) back in the day. I told her I was moving to Paris the next week. She hugged me and told me to take care of myself.
It was the best send-off a guy from Chicago, new to foreign countries, could have gotten.
RIP.
Is nothing sacred? Kiddieland, the amusement park for Chicago's toddlers, is set to close after this season. It's the end of the world.
Al's Beef had a "Customer Appreciation Day" today. Its signature Italian Beef costs just a buck. Needless the say, the line was going out the door and down the length of the place's parking lot. About 3/4 quarters of an hour wait, I'd say.
Actually it's really the 'Richard J. Daley Urban Forum' (hence the annual attendance of son, Richard M.
This year, the consistent theme seemed to be what to do during hard times.
Vice President Joe Biden gave the keynote address at the UIC Urban Forum this year which also featured Mayor Daley and a number of other mayors from cities around the world.
The trees -- they are a-blooming (even in the 40 degree weather).
With opening day tomorrow, it's good to know where the Cubs stand on ketchup, mustard and paper cups.
We had a wonderful turnout of close to 20 librarians from all parts of the Chicagoland area. Knowledge and skill-level ran from seasoned veterans to people being introduced to Drupal for the first time.
It was a normal Friday afternoon. I heard a police siren outside. In fact, I heard a number of police sirens. I looked outside the window and more than half a dozen squad cars came to a screeching halt just outside.
Someone remarked that it might be a bank robbery from across the street. Then suddenly, one of the admin assistants came running in first telling us that someone was running around our building with a gun and that we should duck into one of the private offices for cover. Next came someone running in saying we should vacate the premises immediately.
I picked up my laptop, camera -- and coffee -- and headed out.
Someone said the person was running around with an AK-47 -- that there were two intruders and one had been arrested. Another said hostages had been taken. Three hours later we were told it was a false alarm. More from the Chicago Tribune: "Officer Searching UIC Accidentally Discharges Gun"
[PHOTO: UIC spokesman Mark Rosati talking to press after the Student Services Building had been evacuated.]
UPDATE: Two articles - one from the official University newspaper, UICNEWS, with the reassuring title "Incident shows UIC Prepared for Emergency, Police Say", and another from the student newspaper, The Flame with the slightly more breathless title "Disaster Averted Gunfire Prompts 'Confused' Building Evacuation".
Made it over to the early voting station at the Lincoln Park Branch of CPL during a break. It's for the Primary to replace Congressman Rahm Emanuel. The last time I had been there was in October for the General Election. Needless to say, the one or two people waiting to vote this time round in no way matched the scores of people all packed in and waiting just a couple of months ago. Instead of close to an hour, it took maybe 5 minutes.
Doing my Current Cites at the Reference Desk in between patron requests.
UPDATE: And hot off the presses, here's the latest issue of CurrentCites for November...
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