November Stuff 2017

Some random stuff from the month of November, 2017. a few school related items as we had International Day - a tradition the day before Thanksgiving holiday - and a field trip for the SS department on a teacher institute day.

A diorama of the Hull House compound. The tent on top???? 

We ventured off as a department on a teacher institute day for the Hull House, a reflection of the progressive area in the cultural landscape of Chicago. Hull House was a community dedicated to helping those that needed help and was successful as to its design until it shut down at some point recently due to various forces in the city and country. The Hull House and museum are restored and preserved on the grounds of the University of Illinois at Chicago - where I spent a lot of time post graduate ,,,,,,...... 

.... is a TB (tuberculosis) tent. It was though that fresh air helped TB patients thus the outdoor, roof top party tent. 

The Hull House organization did lots of stuff the history folk enjoy that they did - like detailed maps of the economic situation of each ethnic group located in the area where Hull House operated. I spent a long time staring at these maps. Unfortunately - photos don't do it justice. 

Aarrggh - like a pirate - I can't remember what they called these - something like a coffin corner - actually I think that is it! They built these little slices into the wall of stairs so they could accommodate a coffin carrying the deceased from the second floor without an embarrassing compromise of the wall due to the awkwardness and incompatibility of the coffin and wall. 

One of my favorite days at school - international day. These were Korean kids rockin it - loved the choreography of their streamers which were attached to their caps. It was a traditional Korean drum core and this crew was well celebrated. Really fun stuff. There were several other presentations - I attended the Peruvian flute and guitar music - lovely - and the Mongolian throat singing which was absolutely rock star - really! A bunch of boys from a class were in the front row and were obvious aficionados of heavy/death metal and were doing the appropriate head motions as the throat singing fellow DEFINITELY challenged any death metal front man. 

Neko trying to keep alive the wonderfully fabulous icon of 2010's culture - the DAB. 

Our magically new sparkly dishwasher - sure are suburban .... .........

And a Narnian type door into ??????? 

Unto what do you think this door opens?

 

Good puppy.