Midtown the Venice Beach of the Midwest

Okay maybe not, but anyone who lives in the area or frequents it for any number of reasons , has got to admit there is a certain carnival/freak show atmosphere to this area. I think I stay here in an attempt to cling to my younger, wilder days and just because its always good for a laugh. On any given day you can witness the funny, the eccentric and the just plain fuckin crazy!
Maybe I’m just odd but there is something comforting and touching about the more eccentric denizens of this area.
There is a young crack head hooker who seems to lose one of her shoes about once a week or so. Ill see her flying down the sidewalk in that wildly wind milling arms, and high stepping gait, that seems exclusive to addicts of that particular bit O poison. Throw in the fact that she is wearing only one round heeled pump and you have one hell of a funny sight. It apparently never occurs to her to remove the one shoe. Yeah I know its sad that she is a young woman all fucked up on this nasty drug, but you gotta find the comedy in life or the tragedy will turn you into one pessimistic sumbitch. So you laugh at the comedy and hope she finds a way out, in the end it evens out.