wrigleyopengate

I'm trying something new this year, possible for the first time because of Google Maps recently adding RSS feeds to every customized map made there; I call it a &quot;placeblog,&quot; consisting of photos and write-ups of various random locations around Chicago I visit on my bicycle this summer and fall, only instead of presented by date they're all plotted on a city map, so that you search and browse by location instead of age. I'm originally uploading the photos here at Flickr, so that people can check them out in a normal fashion if they want; and then you can <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2009bikeblog">click here</a> for the actual placeblog/map, or <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;output=georss&amp;msid=112356573111939317036.000469d4bd545c821ff53">click here</a> for the RSS feed, or simply stop by the main headquarters for all my Chicago bicycle maps at [<a href="http://www.jasonpettus.com/maps/">jasonpettus.com/maps</a>]. Here: The infamous &quot;open gate&quot; in the east wall of Wrigley Field, where one can technically watch Cubs games for free from the sidewalk outside, down at the actual field level. Ironically, although the whole thing is designed to look like some nostalgic historic quirk from the century-old stadium, the Cubs only made this a doorless gate three years ago.