chicago weekend

- hustle & fast pace
- my favorite feeling is when i stand under the train rails from above and feel the wind rush
-"get out of car, take your things, and go!"(parking garage attendant that stole caseys car for a day)
- hostel international chicago check in
- edwardos italian food via michael (homeless man) who worked to get us there for casey's $$
- 24 hour baskin robbins realization
- city exploration and observation
- night glares and loud commotion, oranges, flashes, streaks
- international dance outside at the art institute
- unusual comfort walking the streets at night
- australian roommates
- free breakfast
- clouds and sunshine and intimidatingly tall buildings
- museum of contemporary photography :)
- millenium park and more exploration
- panda express
- diy festival with levon and others
- old fashioned crust punx
- workshops and more folk festival
- sitting at the water tower park in western springs watching trains in the town strip
- sleeping on a semi deadbeat's mattress on the edge of chicago's heart

i love this place so much. its confusing and difficultly endearing. i appreciate its offers, making me want to go far past my imagined potential.
this place loves seven eleven and chaotic explosions, valuing only slight hospitality, staying informative and direct at maximum speed. go fast or go home, but stay patient.