La Belle Vie

city life

wow...i just have to say that the Metropolitan Diary section of the NY Times is about 67 times more interesting than it's counterpart in the Trib. Score one more point for the "Chicago is nothing compared to New York" team. On the other hand, i would DEFINITELY choose to live in Chicago over New York if i could live here. my god that building will be BEAUTIFUL if it ever happens. I may be in love with Santiago Calatrava. He's only, you know, my father's age. And married.

Walking around Pilsen with Laura on Saturday, i realized that if i ever do live in Chicago after i graduate, for a job or law school, (barring someone deciding to give me a condo in the Fordham Spire) i will definitely want to still live on the South or Southwest side. As much as i enjoy wandering around the shops and restaurants in Wicker and Lincoln Park, or the view from Tashfeen and Nithin's apartment in the South Loop, Pilsen and Hyde Park are both just so much more interesting.

Oh, you know what, i ALMOST forgot: WTF!!?? As Jed Bartlett clearly explained way back in Season 2 of the West Wing, "A recess appointment assumes the Senate's gonna have no problem with the nominee." It's meant to conveniently fill uncontroversial, generally lower-level positions, NOT to subvert the process and place someone whose coworkers think he's crazy, who even Republicans in the Senate are uncertain about, and who has expressed a very vocal lack of respect for the institution he will be serving to one of the most crucial foreign diplomacy positions in the nation! This administration's complete lack of shame as it destroys the fundamentals of our democratic, representative form of government is staggering. And i'm slowly beginning to hate Bill Frist even more than i hated Trent Lott.

love y'all

posted by Monica @ 11:34 AM