Sunday, March 16, 2008

Plzensky Sokol


After living in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago for almost two years, I keep "discovering" Czech inscriptions on old buildings. I took this picture and imagined Czech American gentlemen in shorts with suspenders, at the turn of the last century, exercising: squats, jumps, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. breathing in through the nose, breathing out through the mouth, handlebar mustache quivering in-between.