I was our wandering around the hotel here in Chicago looking for a drug store to buy a phone cord when I walked up to a motion picture filming in progress.

This is the corner of Van Buren and Dearborn (under the "El") where a big crew is filming Richard Gere in a remake of the Japanese love story Shall We Dance? Richard is a grey blob in the middle photo. They've been hosing down the street with water in between filming takes of Richard dancing across the street with a blonde actress. The blond is NOT co-star Jennifer Lopez or Susan Sarandon.

It's great to be able to pull up Google to search for info on Richard Gere filming in town. I walked up knowing nothing about the production, and now I'm telling spectators all about it.

- mike lee - chicago