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Steve Berlin

@EthicsSteve

Atty/former government ethicist /dad/mugwump/piano/baseball/cooking/hiking+flâneurie/film📷+pinot noiriste. Opinions mine unless noted.

 Chicago, Illinois
Joined September 2011
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This sentence struck me: there is a "catalog of worlds" maintained by the International Astronomical Union. nyti.ms/2GJuwwz
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As to Dahlias displays, I happened upon a show at Seattle’s Volunteer Park 3 years ago.
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Reason to love Chicago #111,137: we have Dahlia gardens hidden in plain sight. This one is near Larrabee and Division, within sight of a geometric ~1910 factory. Hard to capture the flowers’ beauty from this vantage point without special lenses.
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Dahlias displayed, that is.
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Reason to love Chicago #312: the surprising joy of happening upon a gentle “rain-fall” of yellow autumn leaves—and a 🚴🏻—on an achingly gorgeous day. (Near Washington Square/Bughouse Square.)
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Reason to love Chicago #111,137: we have Dahlia gardens hidden in plain sight. This one is near Larrabee and Division, within sight of a geometric ~1910 factory. Hard to capture the flowers’ beauty from this vantage point without special lenses.
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Reason to love Chicago #527: every 7 or so years, our Lyric Opera stages one of Mozart’s sublimest pieces, Don Giovanni.
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Were I ever forced to name my single favorite string quartet (god forbid) it would be LvB’s Rasumovsky #3, in C.
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LvB’s op. 131 in c# minor would be a close second. 🎻🎻🎻🎻.
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Reason to love Chicago #5: horto in urbs.
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Reason to love Chicago #555: We have some cool v-shaped views.
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Reason to love Chicago #807: we like liminal space and have some.
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Reason to love Chicago #333: such pulsating, professional, live theater, so easily available.
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A somewhat baffling map of where in the world certain sports are most popular. May I put in a word for yellow—Baseball! ⚾️ Go CLE. I’d love a CLE-MIL World Series.
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Reason to love Chicago #1,959: this particular underpass on Kinzie near Clinton. Talk about liminal space—then experience it. Here with 3 distinct camera settings. The camera picks up more than the human eye here, which is one reason this is a compelling photographic locale.
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It’s like catnip for your camera. 🐈‍⬛
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Reason to love Chicago #2,012,318: we can get Autumnal leaf colors like anyone.
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Every so often it’s elegant and elegaic to entertain Edward Elgar. These marches ever thrill.
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Reason to love Chicago #3,021: we have some nice autumnal colors.
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I love Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto 2. In F. There is yet beauty in this world. I so not have a particular favorite recording. But anything Bernstein did was well thought-out.
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Is there a more Autumnal piece than Brahms’s 4th? I am an admirer of the 2 piano version.
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Reason to love Chicago #1,594: wow do we get evening views. Now and then.
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Lincoln near Wrightwood. Intense purple. October 4, 2026. Chicago holds its own in terms of nocturnal, colorful photos. 📸☺️
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