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REV. JOE GOES WILD - DAY TWO

When we last left the Rev. Joe Kendall, star of the show "Pastor Cop," 1996's Crimefighting Clergyman of the Year and an avid baseball fan who covered 2004 Spring Training for the Salad Bowl, he was chronicling his excursion to the hallowed confines of Wrigley Field.

Today's installment includes somewhat of a tour of Chicago proper.

It's safe to say that the right reverend is mighty impressed with the Windy City.

Rev. Joe, who tends to write in a disconcerting third-person style, reports:

On Friday, it was still drizzling and breezy and Rev. Joe and his Denver pal hit the Chicago River on an architecture tour ride. The Reverend was mighty impressed with the lovely mix of art deco and modernist buildings in downtown Chicago. The tour leader was a lady by the name of Syma, a former teacher who put on a command performance of wit, humor and insight. It was a one-woman performance worthy of an Off-Broadway career. Then it was off to the game for a 2:20 pm start. The Reverend and Denver pal snagged two seats six rows behind the Cubs dugout for $20 a pop -- a true Rev. Joe miracle.

Reminds me of my favorite line from "The Fugitive": "If they can dye the river green today, why can't they dye it blue the other 364 days of the year?"


Another shot that inspires a movie quote:

Sloane: The city looks so peaceful from up here.
Ferris: Anything is peaceful from one thousand, three hundred and fifty-three feet.
Cameron: I think I see my dad.

Blue sky. Green grass. My God, you can almost taste the Budweiser.





I told Rommie this week, "There are two kinds of people in this world; The people Rev. Joe knows, and the people he has yet to meet."





St. Louis may suck, but it has a couple rings on its fingers that Chicago doesn't have.



Tomorrow's episode: Girls gone wild!

Posted by Jeff at September 23, 2005 08:05 AM