Carole Zels:  

I have lived all of my life in either Chicago or Miami, and like Miami a whole lot better. This doesn't mean that I don't have fond memories of my family and friends from the south side of Chicago. I remember my years at St. Bride's School, Loretto Academy, South Shore High School, and De Paul University. I could never forget my fellow faculty members and former English students at Chicago Vocational High School, where I taught for eleven years and sponsored the National Honor Society and the yearbook. Some of my favorite memories involve my wonderful yearbook staff and their accomplishments. Other memories include swimming at Rainbow Beach, working for four years at South Shore Library after school and all day during the summers, going with friends on Saturdays to the Museum of Science and Industry to try to meet the museum guards (who were college students), going to Joe's Pizza, the Patio Restaurant, Peter Pan(where all I could afford was an order of french fries), and Cunis's for ice cream. I remember when Tom was the "really cute" lifeguard who scandalized the head librarian where I worked by coming in to see me in his swimsuit on his dinner break from Rainbow Beach. Also, I think back to Bryn Mar Bowling Alley, where I spent many hours hanging out, hoping to run in to Tom and where I tried to fit in with his cool friends! I remember all the "Otis Rangers" who worked with Tom. Then there was Jackson Park Harbor where he kept the "Rita Lee", Tom's first boat, and later "Carrot Top", our first boat as a couple, was docked as well. My lif...Expand for more