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November 30, 2011

Shedding light on an old neighborhood

Nov. 29, 2011—

November in Chicago brings me down, down, down. Lower than Herman Cain’s pants.

Its been that way since I was a teenager. I remember getting up at seven on a mid-November Saturday morning and walking in a dark drizzle to take SAT tests at Naperville Central High School to gain entrance in a college I would never attend. I was too sleepy and confused to take a test. I felt like I was going fishing.

I’ve since tried to travel to sunnier climates in November. Several years ago I salvaged a tricked out tiki bar and had it restored with ambient red lights and bright bamboo to cheer me up on dark November days.

My turntable always [...]

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