West Side Love: Remembering My Hood

My latest column in this weekend’s Chicago Sun-Times…

John Fountain (bottom, far right) as a boy with his family going out to dinner. Fountain grew up on Chicago’s West Side.

My latest column in this weekend’s Chicago Sun-Times…

I’m so West Side I can still taste the fresh morning breeze. Still touch childhood memories of splashing through an icy, gushing fire hydrant amid a cacophony of joy on a hot summer’s day. Still — after all these years — feel West Side love.

I’m so West Side I remember the music of the Isley Brothers, “drifting on a memory…” The smoke of backyard grills across K-Town, billowing into sun-drenched blue skies, the aroma of barbecue ribs teasing seductively…

I’m so West Side I remember splashing through an icy, gushing fire hydrant amid a cacophony of joy on a hot summer’s day.

I remember West Side love
Follow @csteditorials This is the first in an occasional series on Chicago's West Side, where John Fountain grew up. I…chicago.suntimes.com