Riding the L on the Pink and Blue lines

Getting out of the city centre is always interesting. Not that the city centre isn't, of course. It's just a different feeling altogether.

Panorama

It can get quite poetic on top of the Hancock Tower. And maybe a little lonely too. Or that's just my interpretation of it. Breathtaking nonetheless.
The photos below are by Ming-Ching (that mini tripod is a riot!).

The 11th International Poster Triennial 2015 at the Toyama Museum of Modern Art

If you are in Toyama prefecture right now, lucky you, go (or run) and see this special exhibition at the Toyama Museum of Art, it's on until November 23rd. The permanent collection of the museum is also excellent. All this and my head exploded yet again. My head explodes quite frequently these days. I gave my scanner a considerable workout for you, so that your lovely eyes can feast on these beauties.
A few take-outs from the catalogue, enjoy!

Naganeo Yuta
Japan
Life

Miki Ken

Japan

APPLE +

François Caspar

France

The Night, I'm not afraid

K. Domenik Geissbüehler

Switzerland

Palestrina (Oper)

Katarzina Zapart

Poland

Whispering the "alphabet"

Higuchi Yuji

Japan

Amputee Venus show

Koizumi Yumi

Japan

Life of Grape

Chen Jia-Syuan

Taiwan

The children labor

Left: Lin Mei-Xiu

Taiwan

Don't waste food

Right: Cichy Iwona

Poland

Animal abuse, it hurts

Pan Xiao Dong

China

Merge

Lex Drewinski

Germany/Poland

Free Pussy Riot

Elham Hemmat

Iran

My hands just shelter I have

Cheng Zed Cheng

China

Chao Xiaowan Handmade Soap

Nitta Michiko

Japan

twilight window

You Yibin

China

New Lunar Calendar

Ho Wui

China

Memo-missing

Kim Jaehong

Korea

You can recycle!

Ramzani Jamaledin

Iran

Kind thought compassionately of thinking

Chen Hsuan-I

Taiwan

Labeling theory - The true colours

Yamauchi Shunyo

Japan

Alliance

Kawajiri Ryuichi

Japan

Her legs one day. Wait

Saito Hiroshi

Japan

Toyama

Asaba Katsumi

Japan

Asaba's typography

Nagashima Rikako

Japan

Zucca Dayz

and my personal favourite :-))

Fukushima Osamu

Japan

Yamanote Jijosha "Don Juan"

The L - sneak peek

I loved riding The L in Chicago. I loved seeing the rusty railway tracks threading their way between the skyscrapers. It gives the city that little twist and authenticity. I'll post more photos of the elevated metro later on, this is just a preview!

The Maxwell Street Market

The good thing with jet lag is it gets you out there at sunrise and you almost have the city for yourself. I like that. And I like early-weekend-morning-empty-metro-taking-you-to-the-suburbs. 

You won't find anything fancy at the Maxwell Street Market but you'll get a certain sense of oh OK this is where "real" people live and buy their socks, batteries, mattresses, shampoo, Bears merchandise etc..

Sellers and buyers are for a large part latin american and black, which means…. great street food! I HAD to have a quesadilla or two for lunch, followed by a raspberry churro. That was around 9.30am
:-))

On my way back I found an odd couple of shrines somewhere in the back alleys. Some kind of black magic? I don't know. Or maybe just a tribute to the god of pineapples :-)) (the book says "Religion for Dummies").