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why must you hurt me???
You’re killing me, here.
Andersonville?
I thought the signs would say something like:
“Andersonville, We kick Auschwitz’ ass!”
“Cholera? Dysentery? Gangrene? Eh, serves them dirty yankees right”
“Andersonville, Where southern hospitality takes on a whole new meaning.”
“Andersonville, Home of the anesthesia-free amputation.”
Jackie, Kelly – I know, right??
Jackie – I took the picture of the old Augie’s sign for you!
Jay – Andersonville is in Chicago. Not quite sure what you’re going on about there. It’s my favorite ‘hood in Chicago.
Sheila,
Yes, your favorite hood in Chicago looks quite a lot nicer than what first comes to my mind when I hear about the city of Andersonville. I think I just read too many Civil War books when I was a very young kid.
Andersonville, Georgia. It was the location of the most infamous prisoner of war camp during the Civil War. Thousands died there of disease as well as lack of food, clothing and shelter. As one website put it, “Andersonville became synonymous with the attrocities which both North and South soldiers experienced as prisoners of war.”
http://www.nps.gov/seac/histback.htm
http://www.sinclair.edu/sec/his102/mcknight/bm06.htm
There was even a TV movie made about the place.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0115097/
As soon as I saw these shots I thought, the second this job lets up, I am driving straight up ( 23 hours, if you’re by yourself and can’t switch drivers)- And start eating. At Andies, Svea, Vietnamese on Argyle Street, Then I’d go to a poetry slam where the audience isn’t polite, walk my dog at sunrise on the lake and have coffee at Kopi.
Hope you’re having a great time.
Jay – Strangely – your last comment went into moderation – I have no idea why – that’s why it took a while to show up. Sorry about that.
yes, I know about Andersonville, Georgia and its historical significance – being a US history geek of the highest order!! (I just finished a biography of Martin Van Buren … I mean, come ON – geek!!) but Andersonville in Chicago is the hip diverse neighborhood where many of my friends live here – with shops and cafes and cool apartments … I’ve been having a nice time wandering up and down Clark Street, revisiting my past.
Kelly – Kopi !!! It’s so cool that Kopi is still there! So much has changed – but Kopi still prevails!
Kopi survives..and then so much more…Hambuger Mary’s(awesome burgers),Marty’s(awesome martinis),Jin Ju(awesome Korean food),M. Henry(the best brunch in the world)…i love my neighborhood…and the fact that Jordan, Eric, Kate, Bri are all in it..so much better…we never want Sheila to leave…ever.
Kate and I stopped off at Marty’s last night – after having an early dinner at Hamburger Mary’s … it was a freezing cold night … and it was so nice to just go across the street from one joint to the other … It was a nice family night, too – Kate’s husband, her wee ADORABLE son … all of us eating at Hamburger Mary’s … it was so so nice.
Oh – and we also had had brunch at m. henry earlier in the day!
As the snow clouds marched across the sky.
I burst into tears in Kopi in October. It was my first time back in almost 5 years and everything was so unbelievably familiar – it still feels more like home than any place I have ever lived. I know every crack in the sidewalks. And Kopi was like stepping back in time, the decoupage art on the tables was exactly the same, it smelled the same and it sent me over the edge. I went into Svea but they have replaced the old, hard edged waitresses with some new hotsie totsies. The dineresque coffee was just the same though. WHY MUST YOU ALL HURT ME!
MY ONLY GOAL IN LIFE IS TO HURT YOU!!!
Where’s Svea?? Not familiar with that place.
We did go to the new Cafe Avanti on Sunday before seeing the Chaplin movie at the Music Box … it’s not really the same as when we all lived here together … but it is nice to know it still exists. I actually like the new interior.
And there is nothing better than the “Jesus Saves” sign … I don’t know what I would do if that monstrosity was torn down. I HAD to get a picture of it.
Oh and jackie – Kate and I went to Presence yesterday!!
Presence!!!! I still own some skirts from Presence……… and now Cheetah Gym has become family friendly – they had a Halloween part for children of all things. Clar Street became the trail of tears for me. Oh, Svea was that little swedish breakfast place, next to the swedish deli on the west side of the street. It closed briefly before we left due to rats.
And every time I browse in The Brown Elephant (that’s the name of it, right?) – it makes me want to move here immediately and furnish my place entirely with second-hand furniture from that joint. It’s a treasure trove in there!
Sheila,
Let’s hit Kopi today! Also will call you about dinner tonight. Want to come over? Mitchell is of course wanted and welcome, if he’s not comatose from rehearsal.
Hi Jackie! Wish you were here!
OMG, it’s Kate, not Sheila. (Refer to previous comment.) I”m such a dork!
My old ‘hood! I almost included Kopi in my post today about coffee, but took it out at the last minute. Love that place, though.
citywendy – I have always loved your posts about Andersonville (and Chicago, in general) … you just capture what it is that is so damn special about this city.
Kate – I’m still in my pajamas – I will call you momentarily.
I *still* miss this neighborhood and I left it in 2001. My mom group up there (3 doors down from the apartment I lived in from 94-01) and I love getting her insights into what was there in the late 40’s, early 50’s. Something was a bowling alley … Calo, maybe? And all the kids in the neighborhood called it the “Philadelphia Cream Cheese Church”. And no one called it Andersonville. “Where did you say you lived?” I asked. “Berwyn St.” I think Reza’s was a drugstore/pharmacy at that time.