Thursday, November 17, 2005

On My Top Ten (Chicago)

Chocolate pollution.
Ah, yes, the sweet but heady scent of chocolate wafting across the El tracks, streaming down the streets, eastward, when the wind is just right. I enjoyed this distinctive Chicago experience again just today on my way home from Mass and an errand. It almost made the bitter cold (it warmed up to 24 by noon) tolerable, just being able to smell that satisfying aroma. And I was reminded of an article in last week's Tribune about some disgruntled soul (clearly not a woman!) complaining to the EPA about the particulate matter issuing from the Blommer (you know, chocolate Easter bunny) factory just, what, eight blocks west and north of here.
A city could have a lot worse pollution.