The Potty Mouth Granny

  • Roseland: The Neighborhood They Keep Trying to Bury

    Located on the far South Side of Chicago, Roseland sits roughly between 95th Street to 115th Street, bordered by State Street to the west and Indiana Avenue to the east, though longtime residents will tell you neighborhood boundaries in Chicago are as emotional as they are geographical. Roseland rests near Pullman, West Pullman, Riverdale, and…

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  • Why Chicago’s Architecture is the Best in the World!!!

    Since the election of former President Obama in 2008, folks who have never set foot on my block have had a whole lot to say about the city of my birth. Headlines dripping with doom. Comment sections full of experts who couldn’t find 79th Street with a GPS and a prayer. So I decided to…

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  • Violence, Mayhem, and Chicago

    My family migrated to Chicago during the 1940s and they told the most marvelous stories of living here during that era. From dranking at juke joints in Bronzeville to eating the good cooking at various Black owned restaurants scattered throughout the city. Then I have my own stories of growing up on the South East…

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