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Chicago Chivalry

Dick Wolf has now expanded his Chicago procedural franchise to four series with the newest installment, Chicago Justice. It joins its older siblings, Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med. More additions to the Chicago family are expected to roll out in the next year or so. Among the rumored series are Chicago Water and Power, Chicago Animal Control, Chicago DMV, Chicago Sanitation, Chicago Child Services, Chicago Metro, Chicago Tourism, and Chicago Public Library.

There’s a street festival east of LA called 626 Golden Streets. A 18-mile stretch of streets in 7 neighboring cities is blocked off to cars. Cyclists, walkers, skaters, runners, artists, musicians are all encouraged to enjoy the day (well, at least from 9am to 3pm). This is great and all, but upon first hearing the name, I thought they were welcoming everyone to piss in the streets.

Wilshire Blvd is probably the only street that paves itself with the constant tar bubbling up from the tar pits.

A deli isn’t a true deli unless you’re handed wet menus.

If I go to a Michelin star restaurant, I expect it to see tires at the bar.

Chivalry is dead. I held a door open for this woman once, and my woman at the time held it against me.

Chivalry is dead. Again, I held the door open for a woman, and she told me that she could get her own door and that what I did was sexist.

Chivalry is dead. I once ran and picked up this little boy out of the street because he was about to get hit by a car. His mother, who was 40 to 50 feet away, yelled and screamed at me. She thought I was trying to kidnap him.

Chivalry is dead. Gave my seat up on the bus for this disabled woman who had a service dog with her. I walked down the aisle, grabbed the bar, and then casually turned around. What did I see? She had her dog sitting in my damn seat.