Chicago Neighbors – The Dodgy’s first Chicago home was on Medill Street just down the block from Mickey’s Tavern. Here are just a few black-and-whites from the neighborhood. The first one features Pearl and Russian Annie. Pearl is a die-hard White Sox fan who can drink me, you, and anyone else under the table and off the block. Russian Annie was foul-mouthed, funny, and someone I helped walk home from the bar during a formidable Chicago snowstorm. In between them is not Bob, I don’t think, but I called him that because he was always tending bar at Bob Inn, a tavern just down the street on Fullerton across from the Fireside Bowl. The other guy I’m not sure. A soap dodger, I suppose.…
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A few days ago I went to check on my friend, reclusive author Clive Javanski. He was nowhere to be found. In his apartment I found this letter addressed to me. I’m not sure what to make of it. Apparently he believes he’s found a way to go back in time to a particular place when he was in love. And lost. And he’s there now. More likely he’s drunk. But I’ll read on. L, I forgot I’m supposed to look out the door of study hall to watch Sloane walk by. She hit me in the shoulder later in the hall because I didn’t. She looked hurt. Man, I remember how overwhelming it was now, to hear the bell and wait for…
The Kissing Booth By Liffey CHARACTERS LIFFEY CELIA RAYMOND LAURA COPYRIGHT © By Liffey (thedodgy.com) (At rise we see LIFFEY, who is sitting in a chair in the back of a small theater. He is looking around curiously, as CELIA enters) CELIA Are you here for the audition? LIFFEY I was. Apparently now it’s a wake. CELIA Yes it is. That’s Ginny. She’s been part of this theater for 40 years. Co-founded it. Her wish was to die on stage or least be waked on one. LIFFEY This has to be a first. I’ve been to a few Irish wakes. Drinking and music. Those are fun. When I got my first apartment there was a second small bedroom.…
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