Author: swanksalot

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Elijah’s cup

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Elijah's cup

Elijah’s cup, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Sadly empty of wine

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: Roboto Glitter
Film: Float
Flash: Off

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From Passover1 this spring.

Footnotes:
  1. פֶּסַח – and I’m just an honorary member of the Tribe, btw, but any reason for drinking wine is ok with me [↩]

Reading Around on May 9th

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There's No Need for You HereSome additional reading May 9th from 20:01 to 20:01:

  • How to say cheers – Slainte – prost – skål in different languages / countries – skål på forskellige sprog by Alternative Whisky Academy – No one says “Na zdorovje” as a Russian drinking cheer.
    This is increadibly widespread myth. It does mean “To you health”, but they only sayy it as a reply to “Spasibo”
    i.e. “Thank you”.
    Furthermore, there is no universal drinking cheer in Russian, however paradoxal it might sound.
    Sometimes they say “Budem zdorovy” meaning “Let’s stay healthy”. Which sometimes is shortened to just “Budem” (see Ukranian version).
    or “Chtob vse byli zdorovy”, i.e. “Let everybody be healthy”. Thanks to Dmitry

    Old index: Na zdorovje (to your health), Vashe zdorovie or Na zdorovia (Not used !)
    wonder if this is true? No Na Zdorovie

Johnny McKenna, Street Musician

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pretty good busker, didn’t get his CD though, didn’t have time to cross over the median.

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apparently featured in some form at Explore Chicago (the official tourism site for the City of Chicago), though for the life of me, I can’t find where. They must not give credit to the photographer correctly. Remind myself not to add anything else to this Flickr group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/chicagoofficeoftourism/

Update: ah, found behind the Wall of Facebook. Still, I don’t think I’ll add any other photo to Explore Chicago until the photos are not restricted to viewing by Facebook users only.

Reebie Scarab – Kodachrome-esque

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Detail of the Chicago Landmark, Reebie Storage Warehouse, Clark Street.

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some history:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebie_Storage_Warehouse

www.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/R/ReebieStorage.html

I think this place finally closed down recently

Kebobs – Lebanese and Greek

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Kebobs - Lebanese and Greek

Kebobs – Lebanese and Greek, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

tasty home-style Lebanese restaurant that just opened up a few blocks from me. Inexpensive, and delicious, perfect combo.

Talked briefly to the owner, he’s proud that he only has one cook, and that his prices are cheap. Cheap doesn’t mean crappy though, we had a delicious meal for two (five courses in total, 4 vegetarian, one chicken) for $20.

Oh, and good Lebanese (?) disco piped through helped enhance the experience.

www.kebobs.net

I’m hungry now just thinking about a nice falafel…

Dreaming of Fulton Market Cold Storage

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Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Film: Float
Flash: Off

Was considered to be converted into condos, but that was before the mortgage bubble ended.

Reading Around on April 15th through April 26th

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A few interesting links collected April 15th through April 26th:

  • Weird Places to Get Your Hair Done – What’s the strangest place you’ve ever done it — had a haircut, that is? Source: Flickr User swanksalot
  • Report: March was Earth’s warmest on record – Science Fair: Science and Space News – USATODAY.com – Although a large chunk of the USA didn’t get in on the warmth in March, the rest of the world sure did. March was the warmest March ever recorded worldwide, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported Thursday. NCDC records go back to 1880.
  • The massive NYT suck-up to the Tea Party | Philly | 04/14/2010 – Hey, remember back in late 2002 and early 2003, when tens of thousands of people showed up for several rallies to protest the looming war in Iraq — suggesting that maybe a pre-emptive war under false pretenses wasn’t the best use of American dollars and lives — and when the American news media was falling all over itself to get the Iraq war protesters to tell their stories, and what their movement in opposition to the president of the United States was all about? Yeah…me neither.