FOURTH ANNUAL
This story contains corrected material, published June 16, 2006. We drew from all quarters of the periodicals universe in compiling this year's selections. And what can we say about the...
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He buys flowers, how bad can he be?
A few Fridays ago, I went to a local grocery store to pick up some freshly cut flowers. I don't have a Martha Stewart sense of style, nor do I...
Fellow commuter’s artistic expression
During the morning commute, a co-worker hands me a photocopy of a story on photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson that ran in Vanity Fair. "I hate that guy!" a passenger protests loudly...
No dessert for me
A co-worker and I take a walk from the Tribune to grab lunch. It's Monday and lunch has to be quick and dirty; the winter wind whipping off the lake...
We move on, but the vision lingers
I'm on the train coming in to work, half-asleep as always and filtering out most of the morning chitchat, when I overhear one of the train regulars talking about the...