Had a long bike ride along the lake, which looked very blue indeed. I felt a little blue because the beau is out of town, but it is nice to have time to myself. I ate sushi with one friend and Puerto Rican food with another. Went swimming at the pool. Took said bike ride. Relaxed.
Perhaps you didn't know that Chicago has 18 miles of lakefront bike and walking paths. They're there because in 1836 public officials had the foresight to decree that the lakefront remain "forever open, clear, and free." It's an amazing urban resource and one I take advantage of quite a lot. It's one of the things that makes Chicago a wonderful place to live in and makes up for the drawbacks (i.e., high city taxes and insane parking fees, endemic poverty/violence in certain neighborhoods, the winter--OK, let's stick to the positive stuff).
Right now the city is discussing options for revamping Lake Shore Drive, a major road (really a highway) between the lakefront and the city, both to make sure it can handle traffic demands in the future and to make the lakefront even more accessible and user-friendly. I'm not looking forward to the construction involved, but hopefully the end result will be worth it.
I'm arranging a boating outing for the beau's birthday next month so we can go out on that lake. More on that later.
No comments:
Post a Comment