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• Commented on Is Chatham Really a "Food Desert"?
  I agree that Chatham isn't the worst food desert on the South Side, but the proposed site is in West Chatham, which is borders much more impoverished areas like Englewood. A google map view of the area immediately to the...
• Commented on Pitchfork: The Food
  Who was selling the cevapcici? I haven't had them since a 1998 summer trip to Romania!...
• Commented on Midwesterners Extroverted, Conscientious, Agreeable
  Boy, I look at the concentrations of "neurotic" in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rust Belt/Appalachia, and I think I have a whole new appreciation of why Hillary Clinton was so popular there, and Barack Obama wasn't....
• Commented on Quick Bites
  So, the Laurent Gras blog looks really interesting! But I was horrified to see photos of a gutted former Ambria space. I only ate there once (it was fantastic), but I remember the amazing and unique (for Chicago) Viennese/art nouveau...
• Commented on County Votes Down Taxes, Bill Beavers Throws a Tantrum
  Here's my nomination for budget cutting: The Cook County Digital Photography Project: http://www.co.cook.il.us/Agencies/gis/ccgis_digitalphotography2007.pdf That's right -- the key to more efficient County services is having a digital photo of everyone's house. The Cook County digital gestapo...I mean project were spotted...