I just love this juxtaposition so much.
Sears closing. 
Sears rebranding? 
Tarot table cards at a taco joint. So many synonyms! 
What goodies await in your community mailbox? I found a dinosaur.
On the way to my dentist appointment. 
At my dentist appointment. They were playing, of all things, Deep Blue Sea. That lyric is my new favorite Most Ridiculous Lyric Without Any Context.
For our first edition of #The10to10, I picked a red die and rolled an 8, so to Grand we went.
I was a little bummed at first when we rolled Grand because we’ve already been down in the heart of Chicago. A lot. I was kinda hoping our first fate-driven adventure would launch us into parts unknown. But Grand turned out to be the best starter pack! We still found lots of great stuff we’d never seen before, and since it’s a hot stop for tourists, we got a crash course in Chicago’s history and greatest hits.
Here’s what we found.
P.S. Here’s a PDF of a customizable #The10to10 map so you can create your own version! I guess this game could work for bus lines or highway exits, too! Whatever you’re down to explore.
P.P.S. If you want to play with lo-class dice like ours, just shoot me a message! We can send you a pair in your fave color: red, brown, purple, blue, or green.
And lastly, birds on the street.
Ad coming soon.
Find the dick!
You do you, wall.
Black Velvet, White Jesus is the name of my new fake band. 
As seen at the AIC. 
As seen waiting in the dressing room line at Forever 21. I’m a creep.
So hot, in fact, we can’t waste any time doing spell check! To be fair, it makes sense to think extremely would start with “extra.”
This building is a physical manifestation of me in relationships in my early 20s. “YES. NO. YES. NO.”
I just love this for some reason…
As seen at the SafeHouse restaurant in Milwaukee. Everyone picks their own agent name. I keep giggling at this one.
Rudy Not For Sale.
(uggggggggh)
That’s better. <3
Or both. <hair flip>
Carvings on train seats are modern day cave drawings.
<3 Funeral Designs <3
“All I Ask Of You” is to throw out your trash. Also, it’s surprisingly sad to see sheet music lost on the street. 🙁
Sick burn.
Though “I heart cock” is a regular staple of bathroom graffiti, this helpful Crock Pot edit is new to me! Great work, team. Plus, we all know Crock Pot could use as much re-branding help as possible.
Well, you’ll live. You just might not enjoy it as much as if you weren’t so worried about it all.
Um, OK, but when is “close”? File under “super unhelpful.”
And these bears look pissed about it. No picnics in da club, lil buds!
I’m sad this place is closed. Not only is Salt ‘n Pepper Diner, like, the cutest diner name, but “Seasoned 1965”? Spicy word choices all around!
Who do you think you are?
Right this way.
You had me at dinner.
I just love this sign. Pho pho-ever!
“We need tens if you have any.” As seen at Nibbles, a gas station food stand somewhere in Michigan.
New life in a casino. Quite a different crowd than the hay barn days.
A bum machine at FireKeepers Casino. Get it? “Firing”? 😉
(I also like that that needed to explain below “out of order” in case someone didn’t get it…)
PSA: Bath towels can’t swim. From the hotel room at FireKeepers.
Nonla Burger in Kalamazoo. I love all of these words. Including Nonla and Kalamazoo.
Decor at Nonla = old ads. “Take home big profits… with a Snack Kar.” Beat it, food trucks.
“Better than the movies! This young couple partakes of a little front-seat romance. In later years many drive-in theaters came to be known as ‘passion pits,’ as they were the only place teenagers could be alone. Archive Photos”
Passion pits!
So please stop asking the barista, OK?!
Roast coffee. Make cheese. Live free. Window shop.
I’d like to meet this Jose, of the Jose sign.
An artist’s last name that someone should co-opt for a villainous character they’re writing.
This could be read two ways. Luckily the city is not refusing.
Not just haircut. A cool haircut.
Some Cracker Barrel selections. Its got moxie, ya see!
Made U Look. See also: Russian Tea Time.
Doctor’s office sign, after hours. The variety of electric light signage in Chicago is a visual culture in and of itself.
More helpful tips. Have a good week!
I did some Google searching and I’m still not sure what this sign means. But it’s definitely attention-getting. Thank you, Charley? I think?
Sometimes it’s hard to see. But love is there.
Remember that!
And that.
When I first read this copy on our monthly electric bill, I thought it meant they would actually come pick up the gross old food containers I have in my fridge or freezer. Ha! Maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me to do some cleaning…
This sign hangs on the door to the milking parlor of our family farm.
A helpful reminder on my first commute back to a work gig in the new year. You know, when you don’t even remember what email is.
These downtown Chicago sidewalks expressed my mood perfectly on the gray gross day.
Absolutely I will.
Sugar.
Cards Against Humanity headquarters’ bathroom. Gender neutral, of course. 🙂
Indeed.
The Grouch must loathe this guy.
Got my nails done at a salon called The Cat’s Meow before our two-week roadtrip out west. I tipped in cash.
While I waited, I read this Georgia O’Keeffe fun fact and realized only someone who becomes famous making beautiful paintings as metaphors for vaginas can walk around the desert in a kimono-like coat and actually pull it off.
Our first stop was Lawrence, Kansas; second stop was Denver. We bought a joint. Legally.
We saw many signs politely telling stupid tourists to stop being so stupid.
An apple a day keeps the rabid diarrhea away. Theater bathroom in Austin.
Roots like mountains. Dive bar in Kansas.
But he HATES parentheses! Wal-Mart in Texas.
Just in case you missed it, we’ll tint your windows. New Mexico.
One of several hybrid names for cities along state lines that we saw. My other favorite: Kanorado. (Kansas + Colorado)
Denny’s mug. In Utah? Somewhere like that.
Another diner. This one called Banjo’s. Perfect for a short story set in Kansas.
No MSG. No aspartame. Food truck in San Antonio.
No MSG. No aspartame. Gift shop in Chicago.
This is in front of a shuttered and dilapidated storefront in our neighborhood. How I long to know what this lounge was like!
Top quality. Lotta sap. Happy holidays!