And another opportunity to take those pics along the Inner Drive... probably gone. Who knows how much more decent weather we'll have.

Along Chicago's Inner Drive, along Lake Michigan on the north side, there are a number of wonderful old buildings with fabulous grotesques. I used a point/shoot film camera many years ago to capture some of them, but now I have a better camera, access to a zoom lens, and I want to do it again. Unfortunately, I am also wiser and know better than to turn my back (and my attention) away from my surroundings, while holding an expensive camera. Fifteen years ago, I wouldn't have hesitated to do this without a "spotter" - after all, I did the first set alone. But now I know it's just not wise. *sigh*