photography: (carrots) effinity stock photography/istockphoto.com, (death cab for cutie) autumn de wilde, (bike) yurovskikh aleksander/istockphoto.com, (table) courtesy of nevin peters, (shakespeare) istockphoto.com, (ehnes) courtesy of grant park music festival, (ball) istockphoto.com, (letts) courtesy of steppenwolf theatre, (l’amour) jeff millies, (skeletool) courtesy of leatherman, (gloves) pederk/istockphoto.com, (beer) blackbox studios, inc.