Out With The Huh?

Haven't posted a Polaroid picture in a while. This is from the Fall of 2002, taken in a friends dorm room at Southern Illinois University. I am on the left, wooking it out: though you can't tell, those pants have patchwork running along the sides and I wasn't wearing shoes, never did. I had a great time during the 4 months I was enrolled there. Ah, so many memories of not remembering anything.

Oh High on the City Trail

7th ride of the season, first ride of Spring! And my first completion of 2009's full route. Which, when google map'd, came out to 23.2 miles, 1.2 miles longer than I thought. If I'm hitting up this route in March, which is the route that capped my season last year, I can only assume it will grow from here.

Northern most point: Foster and Damen. Southern most point: Roosevelt and Lake Shore Drive / Adler Planetarium.

Ride Number Seven:

Click map for magnified image. 

Took lots of pictures. I tweeted the hell out of the ride, too. Click any of the images for slightly bigger pictures. To be able to see so much in one ride, from the Northern suburban-like neighborhoods, all the way down to the grandeur of the new city, it's a pretty awesome sensation.  I want to start exploring the world on my bike.

 Old Chicago College. NM point of ride: 

Foster and Damen

Crew putting up a Toyota sign at 

Wrigley Field

Fullerton and Lake Shore Drive,

facing South

Flipside: about 12 minutes later from the Shedd 

Aquarium back lawn, facing North

From my Chocolate: an amazing 1.3 megapixels. 

Great shot of #chicago

I used the gravitational pull of Adler Planetarium

to slingshot myself back into the city!

The Trump Building. One of my favorite new 

additions. From Wabash & Wacker.

A true "on the go" snapshot! In Old Town

at Menomonee and Sedgwick.

First ride of Spring went well. Things are warming up here in Chicago, although we'll probably get at least one more snowstorm before it really starts to get warm out.

Happy City Trails!

Cheers!

@thegratefulone

The Impossible Shop Fixes Bugs

600 Film Available

After a rough start to a promising weekend of discounted Polaroid film, the Impossible Project has fixed the bugs that were halting the sale of their Polaroid 600 film. 

But act quickly! This is a limited supply and the discounted price of $19 a pack, which is the cheapest on the internet, only applies to orders of 5 or less packs. Otherwise it's $22 a pack, which is still ridiculously cheaper than Amazon or Ebay. 

Take advantage of this great offer and be grateful. 

Cheers! from @thegratefulone

New Vintage: Polaroid Photo #3

It was snowing outside earlier tonight. Snowing like mad. I ran outside into the middle of my street, a quiet, wooded side street in a North side neighborhood of Chicago, and snapped a polaroid. I went outside knowing that the street lamps wouldn't provide enough light for the Spirit 600 to capture the snow falling, the lit sky, the bare limbs of crackling trees, but I needed to make sure.

And sure enough. But, as this guy would tell you, there is no such thing as a wasted polaroid. So, here is number three.

Cost: Four dollars 

Location: Lakeview, Chicago 

Time: 6:30pm, 2/22/10

Weather: Heavy, wet snow. 32* F

Update on Polapremium

Still haven't restocked their 600 film yet.

According to their twitter account, @ImpossibleUSA, the film got held up at customs but should be in stock soon.

#toogoodtobetrue?

http://www.polapremium.com/shop/film/600