The whole argument that you have to hate New York to love Chicago, or vice-versa, is just nonsense. A few years ago, I was writing an essay where I had to pluralize “Chicago,” and I wasn’t sure how to spell it: “Chicagos,” or “Chicagoes.” So I asked around, and the best answer I got was from the great Chicago writer Stuart Dybek, who replied “The plural of ‘Chicago’ is ‘New York’.
calumet412:
First cousins and Chicago natives, Jenny and Melissa McCarthy.
Jenny graduated from Mother McCauley High in 1990 and Melissa, originally from Plainfield, graduated from St. Francis Academy in 1988.
Whoa, they’re related? Also, that hair.
We just launched a new series, by Elisha Marshall, on Chicago’s ketchup culture. (Don’t worry, it won’t go on any hot dogs.)
Read more: Bad Apple’s Got Good Ketchup
Of course, as Gapers Block rightly notes, Shteir predicted that Rahm Emanuel would never be elected mayor “because the city won’t elect a Jew,” so I’m not putting much weight in this tripe that the fast-asleep editors of the Review let slip through.
Rachel, it’s not Chicago that’s hopeless, it’s you. Please leave, and make a little room for the great people of Chicago and its visitors who know how to appreciate what a wonderful place we’ve built.
kingstitt:
Chicago, this morning
Yep, gonna be that kind of day.
