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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shot of my favorite movie theatre in the world – the Music Box, on Southport Ave. in Chicago.<\/p>\n
Well. I haven’t been to them all, of course, so I can’t say for sure, but the Music Box is one of my favorite places to see movies. Gorgeous building, great movies … it’s a treasure. For one year, I lived right behind the Music Box and I was in heaven. I was there all the time.<\/p>\n
This particular shot was taken on a freezing sunny day and Michael and I had just had a long conversation about getting married (he had proposed to me), and our conversation had ended in a stalemate. A friendly stalemate but a stalemate, nonetheless.<\/p>\n
When we met, one of the things that had connected us (intellectually, I mean) was discovering that we both loved the movies of Cassavetes. We had freaked, and spent many happy hours talking about Cassavetes and his movies.<\/p>\n
Blah blah. Fast forward to our silent walk down cold sunny Southport.<\/p>\n
He and I, filled with thoughts of wedded bliss or horror, depending on your perspective, approached the Music Box – and I glanced up at the marquee and couldn’t believe my eyes. I started laughing out loud, and then Michael saw the marquee and he started laughing (believe it or not, Cassavetes’ name had come up during the proposal conversation) … and I had to take a picture. Michael was standing beside me as I took the picture, saying worried vaguely grumpy things out loud like, “Holy crap. What the hell are we doing….”<\/p>\n
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A shot of my favorite movie theatre in the world – the Music Box, on Southport Ave. in Chicago. Well. I haven’t been to them all, of course, so I can’t say for sure, but the Music Box is one … Continue reading