August 2010
1 post
on our way to tour de fat, june 2010
from the two boys biking acorss the road in the opposite direction:
“caw! caw!”
diversey and western, the other morning
teenage boy, just got off the bus:
“yo! i’ll give you fifty bucks for that bike!”
california, along humboldt park
man shouting at me:
(unintelligible)
then:
“my love! my love my love MY LOVE!”
this evening, milwaukee and sacramento
man’s disembodied voice:
“hey! spiffy! on the bike! where you goin’ spiffy?”
July 2008
7 posts
the other day, waiting at a light on milwaukee
man, whispering to me from the car window:
“pssssst. pssst. pssssst. sup, baby?”
last night, wrightwood and kedzie
undercover cop in the middle of arresting someone:
“heyyyyy party people! just another night in the park, huh?”
afternoon, division & california
girl walking down sidewalk, to her friend:
“if i had a bike like hers, i’d fall.”
couple of weeks ago, division street
elderly man selling socks in front of the supermercado:
“those are beautiful shoes. good for summer. good for hot. beautiful shoes.”
the other day, milwaukee avenue
man walking with his friend on the sidewalk:
“you just keep on doing what you’re doing, mama.”
last week, spaulding avenue
man at a front yard barbeque:
“daaaaaaaamn dawg, that chick has an airplane tattooed on her bicep!”
thursday nite, division street
eight year old puerto rican boy on a bike:
“hipsteeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”