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Monday October 31, 2005

Chicagoistier

What’s better then a bunch of bunch of sellout hipsters from Chicago writing a blog about Miami (compare this search to Miamist’s latest posts . . . cerfew lifted? check. generator death? check. lotto winner? do these people have no shame?)?

How about a Miami blogger invading their city during a hurricane weekend? That, dear readers, is serendipity. Yes, we checked out Chicago, thanks to the endless generosity (and patience) of Jeroen Nelamans, currently working on his Masters at the Art Institute (the grand tour of which included a brief visit to their metalshop/foundry).

Chicago is fucking fierce, yo. The Sears Tower view is for chumps – the real view is from the John Hancock building (which you’ll recognize from the 1991 version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, which always seemed to start facing the building). The pizza is amazing (getting out of the booth after you’ve eaten it is another thing, but neermind). Navy Pier is lame. The El is grungier then you’d have any right to expect. The Art Institute museum has an eye-popping collection of room miniatures. The bean was being cleaned, but yes, we were allowed to photograph it.

Are we buggin’ you with non-Miami content? You’d better take your seat, punk; Miami Beach 411 just called us a “Miami A-list blogger,” and we’ll do whatever we please (though www.alesh.com is sort of under construction right now).

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  1. Gus    Tue Nov 1, 08:21 AM #  

    Thanks for the Chicago update. I lived there in the 90’s, and you mentioned all of my favorite sites.

    You’re right, Navy Pier is lame and the Art Institute should not be missed.

    I couldn’t agree more about the John Hancock building, the view is sick. Back in the day, they served a great buffet lunch for $9.95.

    How about “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”? That movie nails Chicago. I think that film is what made me want to move there.

    Come to think of it, I was a big fan of “Miami Vice” and now here I am too.

  2. mkh    Tue Nov 1, 09:01 AM #  

    Weird, I visited Chicago for the first time since 1966 this summer, days before Rita visited Miami. (Delayed my flight home, too, the bitch.) I didn’t make it to the John Hancock view due to rain, but I took the architecture boat tour (in the rain), which was good.

    My favorite place, though, was the park around the Bean and the Art Institute. Why don’t we have anything like that here? Never mind, I know why, and it’s depressing.

    And oh yeah, Chicago pizza’s pretty amazing.

  3. Flying Dutchman    Tue Nov 1, 01:08 PM #  

    Nelemans, not “Nelamans”.

  4. Frying Duckman    Tue Nov 1, 02:32 PM #  

    “Tchickagga,” not “Chicago.”

  5. kyle    Tue Nov 1, 03:54 PM #  

    I don’t think I’d consider the Miamist staff hipsters. I mean, they’re blogging about bbq now.

    And is it just me or is this the ugly-ist -ist site yet? I mean not just in the colors, but in the art they choose. Seriously what is this?

  6. Salomon    Wed Nov 2, 01:19 PM #  

    Ugly art? must be from msg newness