thanks, michael! "shaw's crab house": duly noted. i have all sorts of chicago scraps of info like this pasted in my journal and taped to our fridge...they are each and every one appreciated!
-- emily ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Paz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002 3:47 pm Subject: Re: traveling in some vehicle (NJC) > Emily > Best of luck to you in Chicago. I have 3 words for you "Shaw's > Crab House". > I'ts downtown and it is the bomb. Seafood from all over the world > fresheveryday. I have been there tons of times. Don't forget to > spin Hejira on > your way. > > Paz > > on 1/27/02 7:16 AM, Emily Gray Tedrowe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > hi all. i've been quiet recently; still enjoying all > > of your writing on this great list. > > > > some news from this corner of brooklyn: courtney and i > > are moving to chicago on february 1 (oak park, actually, > > a little neighborhood just west of chicago). he's got > > a new job there, and will show me all sorts of fun things > > in the windy city, his hometown. > > > > and i will...um, adjust to this great sea change in my > > life...finish my dissertation, write more fiction (from > > a prairie perspective?), listen to lots of joni. > > > > on a new york note: i'm very conflicted about leaving. > > patrick, david, debra, tanya and the rest of the NYC gang: > > thank you for all sorts of fun joni outings here, for > > a wonderful john kelly night, but most of all: for support > > and solace during the months since 9/11. i'm both > > relieved and miserable at the idea of leaving new york > > while we are still reeling, still rebuilding, still > > mourning and healing. i'm interested to see what it will > > be like to contemplate 9/11 from outside new york, and > > yet i know it will be hard to be in another place. the > > comfort i find in my melancholy here is that there is no > > need to explain anything to other new yorkers. there is > > a sense of going through/having gone through something > > life altering together. > > > > don't mean to sound so sad -- many parts of this big > > change are exciting and challenging to me. and i will > > make sure to carry all my born-and-bred-in-brooklyn > > spirit over to the windy city, and tell them just what > > i think of the bulls, while wearing my knicks hat! > > (proudly, after last night's double-OT win!) > > > > more later from chi-town, > > emily
