{"id":1161,"date":"2010-03-24T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2010-03-24T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T12:07:34","slug":"chicago-snow-fog-and-jenny-jones-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/chicago-snow-fog-and-jenny-jones-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago: snow, fog and Jenny Jones TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chicago:<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, I found myself being unexpectedly invited to be a guest on a popular US tabloid chat show called Jenny Jones.<\/p>\n

They asked if I’d like to do an interview with their London film crew or – wait for it – be flown over to stay for a week in Chicago, all expenses paid.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Needless to say, I took the latter option, and soon found myself Illinois-bound, deep in the chill of a north American winter.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago:<\/p>\n

The Jenny Jones show<\/a> was filmed in Chicago’s WMAQ-TV<\/a> studios – the very same place where Jerry Springer was being filmed, and I got to get ready for my US TV d\u00e9but in its legendary green room.<\/p>\n

Appearing on the show and facing the curiously agitated audience was certainly a singular experience – check out my full account of proceedings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I fell in love with Chicago. It’s a gorgeous city, and as a fan of snow, ice and all things c-c-c-cold, I was delighted to be served up generous portions of all three during my stay.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago:
\nLooking out over a frozen Lake Michigan. It was unbelievably cold when I took this picture and I could barely hold my little Olympus XA<\/a> 35mm compact camera for shaking.<\/p>\n

I also took along a Fujifilm MX-700 digital camera that had a battery life of about 20 photos (reduced to five in the cold), but the XA took the best photos by miles – only the last two pics here were shot digitally.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago:<\/p>\n

Night time in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago:<\/p>\n

Chicago skyline.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago:<\/p>\n

Across the swing bridge.<\/p>\n

There’s loads more photos from my trip here<\/a>, although they’re reproduced in a smaller size (when I posted them up, I was still using a 56k modem!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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