Comments on: Richard Does Wicker Park

By: wickerkat

wickerkat — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:53:08 +0000

Thanks. WP is a great time, lived there for like 12 years. Miss it. You down in Austin now? There’s a great reading series, you should check it out, Amelia Gray runs it, she’s fantastic. Here’s the link:

http://fivethingsaustin.com/

Thanks for the kind words. Head over to http://www.transubstantiate.net if you want to get all the info on my book.

By: herocious

herocious — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:12:41 +0000

Nice pics, Richard. I just discovered your blog and your new novel. Seems like you’re having fun promoting your work. I also lived in Chicago close to Wicker Park in a place called Noble Square. Used to spend a lot of time reading in Myopic on that gnarly couch.

By: wickerkat

wickerkat — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:24:44 +0000

Selby is a trip. For sure beats shopping online, that’s why I love Wicker Park. Aren’t that many neighborhoods in Chicago where you can just walk around, and find all kinds of glorious things. Not just books, but food, drink, fashion, fun. That’s why I lived there for so long. But Quimby’s and Myopic are very cool, my favorites.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:04:46 +0000

Just read Last Exit Brooklyn a few days ago. Why did I wait so long?

Man, I’d like a shopping trip like this one. Beats buying online.

By: wickerkat

wickerkat — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:41:51 +0000

Leo’s is long gone, I think. LOVE Smokedaddy, it’s still there, just a bit south of where I was walking. Some things are the same, but it always makes me sad, missing Urbis Orbis, the original Blue Note, Soul Kitchen, Busy Bee, etc. But there are some cool places still there. If they ever got rid of Myopic or Quimby’s I’d cry for sure.

By: Boden

Boden — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:42:00 +0000

Would be cool to someday get back to that neck of the woods.
No Leo’s or Smokedaddy?

Looks like a great day. Great places and some good book finds!

I froze my ass on that El platform more times than I care to recall, but it has a lot of good memories attached as well.

After a decade, I’d kind-of hate to see a lot of the gentrification that has most likely taken place. It always leaves me a bit sad as neighborhoods progress, change, or warp. (I recently looked up a street view of an old apartment and I couldn’t even recognize it anymore).

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Cruising Wicker Park « TRANSUBSTANTIATE — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:52:14 +0000

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