{"id":37271,"date":"2020-11-04T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37271"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:39:42","slug":"whats-in-my-bag-gordon-meyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-bag-gordon-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s in my bag? \u2014 Gordon Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gordon Meyer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a writer and magician. He conducts \u201cbizarre\u201d walking tours of the Chicago neighborhoods of Wicker Park and Bucktown that focus on forgotten lore, unexplained mysteries, and ghost stories. His latest project is a book series about \u201cNotorious Neighbors.\u201d Find him at\u00a0BizarreChicago.com\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0@gordonmeyer<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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About the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bag is from\u00a0Timbuk2<\/a>\u2019s \u201cDistilled Collection,\u201d which has sadly been discontinued. I love its canvas material and physical closures (instead of velcro). The tour sign\u00a0attached to the flap was created on an inkjet printer using\u00a0Avery Printable Fabric<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What’s inside the bag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zippo 1941 Replica Lighter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($26):<\/strong>\u00a0I bought this for its historical and minimalistic styling, but soon learned that the \u201cwindproof\u201d claims are true \u2014 and useful in bad weather. I use it on my candle-lit tours, and also to ignite an offering to a seamstress and labor activist whose story I tell.<\/p>\n

Listerine Ready! Tabs<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($18, 56ct)<\/strong>:\u00a0I used to carry a water bottle to combat dry mouth, but these are lighter. They cause my mouth to water like crazy and freshen my breath. Recommended for anyone doing a lot of speaking. Bonus: They\u2019re sugar free.<\/p>\n

Busy Beaver Button Co<\/strong>: Everyone who comes on the tour gets a logo button attached to a ticket stub. The stubs are half-sized business cards from\u00a0GotPrint.com<\/a>. The buttons\u00a0feature my logo by\u00a0artist Refugio Alfaro<\/a>\u00a0and are manufactured by the local company,\u00a0Busy Beaver Co.<\/a>\u00a0(Spoiler alert: the buttons glow in the dark!)<\/p>\n

Nite IZE SpotLit LED Light<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0($8)<\/strong>:\u00a0I keep this light clipped onto my bag to increase my visibility for autos, and I also unclip it and use it to illuminate the placards I show to my guests. It\u2019s tough, waterproof, and\u00a0provides just the right amount of extra light. The placards in the photo are of a Felt & Tarrant\u00a0Comptometer\u00a0<\/a>(manufactured in the neighborhood) and\u00a0Richard Nickel<\/a>, a\u00a0preservationist, artist, and neighbor.
\nAdditional items in the photo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spirit apparatus<\/strong>: The chalkboards have had their frames removed for smaller packing, I use these to receive messages from the ghosts of Bucktown. The large,\u00a0vintage Chicago\u00a0Fire Warden Bell,<\/strong>\u00a0is haunted.<\/p>\n

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What’s in my bag? issue #74<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37273,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37271\/revisions\/37273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}