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Chicago, IL • October 2026. Remembering Pinsan Jun: Chicago, December 1987, After Medusa’s. jun rivera, leonardo rivera jr, allan rivera, jason palma, medusa’s chicago, medusa’s on sheffield, chicago 1987, albany park chicago, gordon tech, barr tower lakeview, filipino american chicago, chicago nightlife, clubbing, barkada, kabataan, in memoriam, 10/25. Chicago • December 1987 Remembering Pinsan Jun: Chicago, December 1987, After Medusa’s Jun Rivera would have turned 58 today. A street corner in Albany Park, his Mustang, and the three of us fresh out of Medusa’s on a night I still can’t pin to a date. Chicago, late December 1987 (or possibly January 1988): J.F., Jun and Allan Rivera on a corner in Albany Park after Medusa’s, with Jun’s Mustang in the bottom right corner. Photo by Liza. Jun Rivera would have turned 58 today. I already posted one photo of him earlier today, the Blue Rock Springs birthday party in Vallejo in 2004 . This is the o...

Vallejo, CA • October 2026. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Cousin Jun: Remembering Leonardo Rivera Jr. of Chicago. 10/25, 10/9, heavenly birthday, jun rivera, leonardo rivera jr, bernadette rivera, ninong, filipino american family, chicago filipino family, algonquin illinois, blue rock springs park vallejo, in memoriam, kapamilya, fil-am, belated birthday. Heavenly Birthday • October 2026 Happy Heavenly Birthday, Cousin Jun: Remembering Leonardo Rivera Jr. of Chicago On what would have been his 58th birthday, a tribute to Jun Rivera, the Chicago cousin and ninong I call a brother from another mother, and a belated birthday greeting to his wife, Bernadette. Vallejo, October 9, 2004: the Riveras, in from Chicago, at a family birthday party at Blue Rock Springs Park. Jun, Nica’s ninong, stands with his wife Bernadette, baby Kadence, and his brother Allan. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Cousin Jun. Leonardo Rivera Jr. was born on O...