3 posts from January 2009

It is "dibs" season in the city of Chicago though dibs on street parking are not enforceable. Chicagoans take their parking spots rights very seriously ("Rights" are earned by shoveling out a spot for your car). But what to do when you've actually got to use your car? Use whatever you can get your hands on to hold that space!

The bale of hay is the most unusual spot-holder I've seen yet. :)

Full photo essay at the Chicago Tribune online.

A little bit country

(Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / January 12, 2009)

A bale of hay is used Monday to hold a spot on Francisco Avenue near Waveland Avenue on the Northwest Side.

(Tribune photo by Kuni Takahashi / January 12, 2009)

A stroller is used Monday to hold a parking space someone had cleared of snow on West Barry Avenue near North Lawndale Avenue in Chicago.

 

Dibs

(Tribune photo by Kuni Takahashi / January 12, 2009)

A laundry bin and plank mark dibs on a spot near the intersection of Spaulding and Belmont, in Chicago.

Desperate measures

(Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / January 12, 2009)

A Big Wheel and a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe bookend a garden hose holder on patch of Huron Street near Damen Avenue.

Packed and ready to go

A resident on Whipple Street near Berteau Avenue on Chicago's Northwest Side marks a spot cleared of snow with a suitcase.

Eureka!

(Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / January 12, 2009)

A vacuum is used Monday to reserve a shoveled space on Grace Street near Richmond Street on the Northwest Side.

Snow patrol

(Tribune photo by Michael Tercha / January 12, 2009)

Like-minded residents on Mozart Street near Cortland Street put out a plethora of chairs in the hope that no one would park in the already-clear spots.

What's your favorite winter activity? 

 

It used to be sledding but then I moved to the Chicago area--the coldest place I've ever lived.

Now my favourite winter activity is sleeping. Barring that, staying warm is an activity in itself.

 

Calabogie, Ontario ski hill 01.11.09

What's your favorite thing about yourself?

maple leaves

My favourite thing about meself?

I'm tenacious.

I have many other attributes as well that other people might name: caring, compassionate, smart, fearless, courteous. And there's a bunch of bad traits: impatient, bitchy....tonnes more.

As Popeye the Sailor said, I y'am what I y'am.