Life of Miric: Neighborhood Tour

Last weekend, when the weather was incredible, Andy and I wandered around our neighborhood and took some pictures. I though that y'all might like to see what it looks like!

This is Rogers Avenue Beach, across the street and about halfway between our place and Lewis and Andy's building (when Andy first came to town, he was staying with Lewis, but then ended up renting 2 floors up!).

The view north from Rogers Avenue Beach

No diving, ok?

He did not know I was taking this picture--this is what Andy really looks like when he gazes pensively into the distance.

This park has the best sign on the street.

Lil' Blue in front of Rogers Ave. Beach. I know, it's a hot car.

This is our building.

In the courtyard:

Looking out from the courtyard:

I love this tree. This is our little beach and park--Juneway. It's the one you can barely see from our courtyard.

Just north of Juneway is the border between Chicago and Evanston. We're about to cross over in this picture. This is such a great place to run and walk and bike. The point you can make out on the right side of the picture--way over there-- is where Eric and I got engaged!

Andy and I then walked a few blocks south and west to the Howard neighborhood. This is our alley--our building is the leafy one on the left. It's a great alley, I think.

This is the intersection between Rogers, Howard, and Greenview--possibly the least-stoppingest intersection in the city. If you look closely, you can see something disturbing hanging from the gray building on the right.

I'd always wanted to go into "Lost Eras," an antique and costume shop (it's the place that has the body-like figure with a Jason mask hanging from it, if you couldn't tell from the pic).

The place was pretty huge inside and had lots of interesting, as well as disturbing, items. I should have taken a picture of the dining room table with rubber body parts on all the plates. I choose not to put anything with an unknown origin on my head, but Andy was not concerned about it.

Looking back east from in front of L.E.

This is the old Howard Theater. It's now an athletic shoe store. In the background is the Howard "el" stop--a busy transfer station and the northernmost stop in Chicago.

This is a great little vegetarian cafe on Howard, just three blocks from our place. It's the place where we had our first meal when we moved back here! Unfortunately, there aren't many other trees around that are this red. Even though we are really close to Michigan, their trees sport colors so much more brilliant than those in Chicago. I hope I get home to visit before they go away!

Here's a street shot of N. Eastlake Terrace.

Andy on a rock.

I think this guy was enjoying the amazing view by...playing with his cell phone.

When we got back from our walk, we "picked up" Lewis and headed to the Blind Faith Cafe, where Eric was working til close. Here is the bar where I like to sit when I come and bug the staff. There's a fancier side to the restaurant, but this section is "self-serve" (= don't have to leave good tips). Emerging from the kitchen is John, the baker who made the vegan cake and cupcakes for our wedding reception!