{"id":7827,"date":"2008-03-08T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T14:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2024-10-27T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T19:32:54","slug":"by-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7827","title":{"rendered":"By Lake Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was frigid cold.  There were snow flurries.  The wind was intense and YEARNED to toss me into the freezing waves.  Fences by the water were coated with ice.  The shoreline is one of the most beautiful places on earth, as far as I&#8217;m concerned.  And the skyline takes my breath away.  I get emotional, when it comes to Chicago.  It is the city of my heart.  It really is.  I walked probably 5 or 6 miles yesterday, and finally came home, and collapsed in a chair.  It took me about an hour to warm up.  Here are some pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The Belmont Marina<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05294.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05294.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nApproaching the lake<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05298.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05298.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nThe shoreline, waves crashing onto the steps<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05302.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05302.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nSpume.  (Mitchell made fun of me when I called it &#8220;spume&#8221;.  To quote him accurately, he said, &#8220;Fuck you and your spume.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05306.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05306.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nIce-coated fence<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05318.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05318.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nMore of the ice-coated fence<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05320.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05320.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nLooking north.  The sun lighting up a streak of the lake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05334.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05334.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nGorgeous<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05338.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05338.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nNavy Pier<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05327.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05327.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p>\nThe skyline. Oo say drak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC05329.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/DSC05329.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was frigid cold. There were snow flurries. The wind was intense and YEARNED to toss me into the freezing waves. Fences by the water were coated with ice. The shoreline is one of the most beautiful places on earth, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7827\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194873,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions\/194873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}