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Brunch Here: Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted, Chicago 60608

You’re gonna have to drive down here or endure the slow boat to China AKA the #8 Halsted bus. Or maybe bike all the way down the Halsted bike lane! Good news: it’s right off the Expressway in the gallery-laden east Pilsen, or what some call the Principality of Podmajersky. But I digress.

When you see this sign, pull over immediately.

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What do you want to do before you die?

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At the corner of 18th and Carpenter, in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, stands a public art piece, “Before I die.” Simply a large rectangle of chalkboard paint and stenciled half-sentences, the art magnetically pulls in the curious. Read the secret wishes of the anonymous writers now gone, our only clues to their identities their dreams and their penmanship. It can be a little voyeuristic, but I think what this art piece reveals is our common humanity.  Continue reading “What do you want to do before you die?”