Champagne of Beers Wishes, Tamale Guy Dreams

Chicago, NYC, change and what keeps me around

I’ve had a ringside seat to not just one but two major cities going through the process of gentrification over the last 25+ years. I say “process” because there’s always that joke that if you suddenly see people wearing Joy Division shirts and carrying yoga mats in your neighborhood that the rent is about to go up, and that’s not wrong. But I think I’m …