36 Hours in Chicago
[unbelievable Chicago accent] HAAAAAAAABEMUS PAPAM
I.
“Dubbed "The Leo," the sandwich features Portillo’s signature Italian beef, dipped in gravy and topped with a choice of sweet peppers, hot giardiniera, or both — a nod to what the company calls "the holy trinity of peppers."“
My only complaint is that “a beef with peppers on it” is something that Portillo’s just serves every day? This does not seem like a teleologically distinct sandwich from the regular menu.
II.
In my inbox because I’m on the mailing list because I went to a friend’s lecture there once: “May 8, 2025: Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago celebrates the historic election of one of its own, Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA— now Pope Leo XIV— as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Leo earned his Master of Divinity degree from CTU in 1982 and was ordained the following year.”
And then, get that plug in baby:
”CTU’s Master of Divinity (M. Div.) program prepares students for full-time professional ministry in the Roman Catholic Church, including ordination to the priesthood. Students at CTU study theology and ministry that is both grounded in tradition and engaged with current contexts. The M.Div. degree integrates rigorous theological and pastoral studies, preparing students to serve in dynamic and diverse contexts and ministries throughout the world.”
Hey go ahead an apply for our MDiv program! It’s great preparation for dynamic and diverse contexts or also you could be THE POPE.
III.
The Chicago Dogs are a minor-league baseball team that represent the greatest city in the world and play in the second-greatest city in the world (Rosemont, Illinois).
They are my favorite team in any sport mainly because they have two mascots: they have a friendly mustard bottle named Squeeze (pictured above), but then, they also have an evil mascot, the sinister Ketchup, who dresses in a trenchcoat like he’s a sex criminal:
But most importantly, my parents were at the home opener last night, and hey look at that, who’s the special guest dancing at the seventh inning stretch:
