new lights :: brian cassella

ice woman cometh

cassella — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:42:54 +0000

It’s gonna be a cold winter for Marilyn Monroe along Michigan Avenue now that snow has finally arrived.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

elevation

cassella — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:20:18 +0000

The CTA “L” Pink Line passes by the United Center on an unseasonable warm January evening.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

stairway to the offseason

cassella — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:39:06 +0000

The Bears season ended ignominiously as they squeaked out a 17-13 win in Minnesota to finish off an 8-8 season.

I’d been scoping out this tunnel since before the game, which fortuitously was next to our work area in the Twins old dugout at the Metrodome. Afterwards the team headed to the locker room and the offseason on what didn’t feel like much of a high note.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

deep knee bends

cassella — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:35:07 +0000

Brian Urlacher’s season ended badly when his knee bent a way it isn’t supposed to after he and Major Wright broke up a pass intended for Percy Harvin in the end zone late in the fourth quarter. A twist that probably would have hurt anyway got worse when Wright landed on top of it.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

that great street

cassella — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:28:12 +0000

Amid the bustle of State Street two days before Christmas, Thomas, 4, and Carolina Capizzi, 3, of La Grange, visit the holiday display windows at Macy’s on State Street.

The Loop in late December is the best.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

reunited with timmy tebow

cassella — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:06:15 +0000

Visited Mile High Stadium for the first time on a beautiful day for a memorable football game. It was fun to see Tim Tebow again, who I covered for three years at Florida. (Luckily I didn’t cover his high school championship game, even though I remember it, because then I’d be old).

I think it was the first game I’ve seen go to halftime 0-0, and by the fourth quarter I was thinking of photos that would be good to illustrate a shutout. Then the Bears managed to blow their 10-0 lead in spectacularly inept fashion, highlighted when Marion Barber ran out of bounds with a minute left when they could have run out the clock. So there was plenty of time for Tebow magic to tie the game.

The Bears were in position to win the game in overtime anyway, but Barber fumbled away that opportunity. It always makes editing a whole lot quicker when you can immediately identify a play of the game, and luckily I was able to see it from my shooting position. From there it was inevitable that Tebow would lead the Broncos down for their game-winning field goal.

I think these Bears are about free to make vacation plans the first week in January.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

mom cubed

cassella — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:11:45 +0000

Working full-time while raising 2-year-old triplets? Supermom, indeed.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

but who are the chefs?

cassella — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:44:43 +0000

Some favorites from the Bears’ 10-3 disaster against the Kansas City Chiefs at home on Sunday, presented in chronological order for a change.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

cheers

cassella — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:48:42 +0000

Bridesmaids in the Michael and Dena Lesch wedding party pose for pictures while groomsmen wait their turn inside the Garfield Park Conservatory.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

bean’s eye view

cassella — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:22:47 +0000

While visiting a lawyer’s office on Michigan Avenue today I had a couple minutes to check out the great view of Millennium Park. The ice rink is open now, and it’s placement right next to the Bean always seems like there’s a great photo there that I can never quite find.

(Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)