Dang, it's a steam bath out there! Some reminders on getting through this hot and humid week:
- The City advises on local cooling centers, asks us to look out for neighbors or those who spend a lot of time outside, and tells us how to take precautions in this weather.
- Several local swimming pools are open.
- There are water features at several local playlots. We know about the Broncho Billy playlot for sure; if you know of others, please list them in the comments. Update: Aster Playlot on the 4600 block of Kenmore does, too.
- We are very grateful to have an ice cream parlor in Uptown that's open until 10pm. (Good reason to attend the CPNA Block Party meeting on Wednesday -- it's at the Purple Cow, 838 W Montrose.)
- Tiztal Cafe (4631 N Clark) is known for its ice cream and oatmeal shakes.
- Don't feel like cooking? Uptown has a slew of restaurants who'd be happy to feed you, or deliver to your home.
- Five and a half months ago, our lights were flickering because of thunder-snow, our cars couldn't move, we were digging out of thigh-high drifts, and the city ground to a halt because of the blizzard. We longed for this weather then. Something to think about.
- Got any other local suggestions on how to beat the heat? Put 'em in the comments.
Uptowns large vagrant population seemed to be large as ever on Broadway & Wilson. The usual public drinking, foul language, loitering ect... The heat wave sure seems to bring them out.
ReplyDeleteIf you saw public drinking, I hope you called it in and were willing to sign a complaint. Otherwise, it's useless to complain about it.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the heat bringing people outside, that's a given when there's no air conditioning or fans available. People have gathered on porches and stoops for decades in the summer. Can you *imagine* the hellish conditions inside, for example, the Wilson Men's Club today? I can't even imagine how horrible it must be in there in weather like this.
Like you, I object to walking through the gauntlet of public drinkers and foul language on our street corners. But you can't blame folks who live in unbearable conditions from trying to catch a breeze on a day like today.
The new Purple Cow Ice Cream on Montrose works for me.
ReplyDeleteIts legal to run thru peoples lawn sprinklers if in a public way.
ReplyDeleteAster Playlot (4700 block of Kenmore) has sprinklers in the back.
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