school events

This building is normally closed at night. I figure if I can walk through looking like I know what's going on, no one will be any wiser. These school security guards are pretty on top of the ball. Fundraiser for children somewhere. If you're going to make a pretty walkway, do you really expect no one to walk up?

train track art

Love the colors in this. Waiting for the last express purple line into the loop from Evanston. It's like Siberia out there. But it was completely worth it. Had a grand time with my brother! He's the best.

cheaper in NJ

On the off chance I'm forced to go to New Jersey for a class field trip I can't excuse myself out of. There's a bunch of the buildings downtown that are all connected with bridges starting from the train station. So if you work in one of those buildings, you literally never need to go outside. There's food courts and vendors in there too - so really - never have to sully your shoes with NJ pavement. But we did go outside to visit the City Hall. We stopped at an intersection outside the train station to breathe in the bus exhaust. This is the intersection with the most public transit activity in NJ. And they told us to excuse their messy upkeep, because they were in the middle of filming the next DARK KNIGHT!