connection outside of Bale

After eating our sandwiches Chris and I left Bale and I was videotaping the outside of the cafe. I have tried to meet at least 1-2 people each time I go to a new place so that I can get more suggestions and talk to people. As I was videotaping, a smiling face walked by named Danielle. I told her about my project and immediately she was engaged and we were talking like old friends. weird eh? people in chicago are so nice. they treat you like they have known you for a long time. I am generalizing but Canadians are a bit more cold or reserved is a good word. So she said she loves Chicago and has moved here from Vermont from a town on the border with Montreal which was a nice connection. Anyways she said Edgewater is one of the best neighborhoods in Chicago because it is culturally diverse.I am starting to realize that there are great areas to live in Chicago and perhaps I am not in the best one (ukranian village/hipster central). Her favorite place which I think is in Edgewater is called Hartland cafe. Actually she wanted to tell me tonnes of great places but I really want people to pick one place even if it isnt her absolute favorite so as she was thinking I was thinking about how I could help her to choose and what i was really looking for. so I said where is a place you really love that you would love other people to know about and that comforts you and a place where you go often. so Hartland Cafe it is. I have a video tape recording of why she likes it but i think she said because there are all different community events going on there like poetry nights and music shows. I got her email so I plan on keeping in touch and telling her what I thought of the place. Chris took a picture of us together and I thought it reflected how well we got a long that I am posed with her. Fun. Next we walked around the neighborhood and i still had my video camera out and a homeless man who was sitting infront of a store said "video tape me" so I asked him his favorite place which he said is Lincoln Park. He said he likes it there because the people are rich and give you money and it is pretty.