Photo of the week:

The Barkeep.

Daniel DeOlivera is the senior mixologist at Boka. A talented young man, quick witted and charming, not to mention, a master of the habanero! His spicy sweet concoction, "Arana de Amor" recently took 1st place at a Jose Cuervo Platino mixology contest, and with good reason, it's remarkably delicious!

Get your self down to Boka and try one or any other of his signature drinks. You're sure not to be disappointed. Oh, and keep a look out in Chicago Magazine this September for an article on Daniel featuring my photos. YAY!!!! Publication rocks.

Kudos Daniel.

Photo of the week:

Independence.

What are we celebrating? Why do the bombs burst in the air? Of what did these bombs give proof through the night? Our flag is still here. Where are we taking it? What are we doing with it? What have we done to it already? Do we celebrate our solidarity, our citizenship, our freedom?

I think this independence day, this time of celebration, we should remember why this country was founded, the principles so lost in the rhetoric that they are all but forgotten. We are free, free from oppression of thought, speech, religion, belief. Free. Let's, in the next year, see exactly how free we really are.

Photo of the week:

Something else.

I wonder if we were meant to see something else. Would it be as beautiful as what we see now? Would we ever know the difference?