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Buying New Spring Easter Shoes in Chicago
2008-03-20 00:00:00 I have been out walking on Michigan ave in Chicago and noticed all the spring shoes in the windows for Easter this year. Or at least I think they are for Easter. Why else would the shoe stores be showing strappy high heels and slingback shoes this time of year? Easter is usually a cloudy rainy ... More About: Buying , Shoes , Spring
Wrigley Field Name for sale or change? Chicago Cubs, Tribune, Money and Sam
2008-03-20 00:00:00 Times are tough for the Tribune company, so tough that 19% profit margin on everything they sell isn’t enough anymore. So, the latest plan hatched by the new quirky Tribune owner Sam Zell is to sell the naming rights to Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field to the highest bidder. Will we see Ebay Field? Amazon Wrigley Field? Google Field? Kraft ... More About: For Sale , Money , Change , Chicago Cubs
Looptopia 2008 in Chicago May 2nd
2008-03-14 00:00:00 Looptopia is a Chicago festival that celebrates the Loop area (inside the L tracks loop) downtown. Looptopia is a night time festival with arts performances, exhibitions, music, food comedy and many other cool entertainment to take in that evening. It is meant to help celebrate the rebirth and renewal of the Loop area of Chicago in ... More About: 2008
St Patrick?s Day Parade Chicago, Green Chicago River and Irish Pubs
2008-03-07 00:00:00 Every year the St. Patrick ’s Day Parade is a huge event in Chicago . It doesn’t matter if you are Irish or not, everyone is Irish for the day on St Patrick ’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day is officially on Monday March 17th but the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago is on Saturday March 15th at ... More About: Green , River
Chicago Weddings - Planning Your Wedding Stress Free and Affordably in Chic
2008-03-07 00:00:00 Planning a wedding in Chicago is stressful but a lot of fun and an amazing experience all at the same time. After all you’re getting married! What could be more exciting than that? I decided to tackle this topic since it’s spring in Chicago and that means there will be a lot of weddings every ... More About: Weddings , Wedding , Planning , Free
Eddie Izzard Show at Chicago Theater May 2008 Stripped
2008-03-07 00:00:00 World famous UK standup comedian and actor Eddie Izzard is coming to do shows in Chicago for the first time since 2003. Eddie is playing 3 shows in May (15, 16, 17) at the 3,000 seat Chicago Theater on State & Lake Street in the loop. These 3 shows will all sell out fast. Expect about an hour and a half of ... More About: Show
Eddie Izzard Show at Chicago Theater May 2008
2008-03-04 00:00:00 World famous UK standup comedian and actor Eddie Izzard is coming to do shows in Chicago for the first time since 2003. Eddie is playing 3 shows in May (15, 16, 17) at the 3,000 seat Chicago Theater on State Street in the loop. These shows will all sell out immediately. This is HUGE news! Eddie Izzard is the funniest comedian ... More About: Show
Daylight Savings Time Begins 2 AM March 9th, 2008
2008-03-04 00:00:00 Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 AM on Sunday March 9th, 2008. This is the first Sunday in April when you turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed so that we get more light earlier in the morning. We turn them back in the fall to get more light in the ... More About: Daylight Savings , Daylight
ComEd Refund, Credit, or Money Back to Consumers?
2008-03-02 00:00:00 I just got a message forwarded to my entire office about Com Ed giving customers back credits from 2007 usage costs because of a second rate hike of 22% in January 2008. (the first rate hike of 22% was in January 2007, this is just pure greed now) Is this rate rebate for real? or is it a Joke? Well I ... More About: Credit , Money , Back , Consumers
New Oprah Winfrey Retail Store Opens in Chicago
2008-03-02 00:00:00 We have all watched Oprah Winfrey turn a daytime talk show into a mega billion dollar business over the past 20 years and also launch movies, theater and a flagship magazine. Why wouldn’t Oprah be able to open her own line of retail stores? Oprah’s web site has sold everything from jogging suits to her ... More About: Chicago , Retail , Store
Chicago American Girl Place Store Closing and Moving Downtown
2008-03-02 00:00:00 I just read that the very popular American Girl Store near Michigan Avenue in Chicago is closing and moving! The Chicago American Girl Place Store at 111 East Chicago Avenue will close its doors it will re-open at Water Tower Place further down Michigan Avenue. They also mentioned that they will be closing down their basement ... More About: Moving , Downtown
Chicago Auto Show in Review
2008-02-26 00:00:00 I went to the Chicago Auto Show last weekend and wanted to post a recap of the show since I wrote about it on the ChicagoWeekendFun blog earlier. The Chicago Auto Show has always been a huge spectacle of automobiles and trucks and this year was no exception. The Auto Show takes up the 2 largest ... More About: Review
Identity Theft, Fixing Problems in Chicago
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Identity theft is a huge problem with today’s credit cards and internet connectivity. So many people I know have had to deal with cleaning up and fixing things after their credit card number was stolen and charged up thousands of dollars. Other people have had phishing scams with their bank or mortgage company. I have been lucky enough ... More About: Chicago , Identity Theft , Problems , Theft , Identity
This concert weekend in Chicago February 22, 23 and 24
2008-02-26 00:00:00 It will be cold this weekend in Chicago , hovering between 10 and 25 degrees, but there is plenty happening indoors to keep warm at. 1. BonJovi is playing concert shows Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the United Centerin Chicago. Shows start at 7pm. Tickets are still available to most shows although don’t expect front row seats last ... More About: Concert , Weekend , February
Moving in Chicago and Address Labels
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Even in the economic downturn (recession) and housing market slump (crash) people are still moving back and forth all over the country. I have friends and relatives who have all moved recently and keeping up with all the new addresses is a bit much. I usually come to saving the envelopes that mail comes in ... More About: Chicago , Labels , Moving , Address
Credit & Real Estate Crisis in Chicago
2008-02-17 00:00:00 I have been hearing more ablut how the credit crisis and real estate crash is still affecting Chicago and the surounding suburbs and that the end is nowhere in sight. Apparently more adjustable loans will be coming up for their interest rate adjustment period for the better part of the next 5 years and people’s ... More About: Estate , Credit , Real Estate , Real
President?s Day & Sales in Chicago Suburban Malls
2008-02-17 00:00:00 The coming presidential election reminds us that President ’s Day isn’t just another post office and school holiday to break up the winter monotony and go shopping at some great sales. It is a day after Valentine’s day to recognize Abraham Lincoln and George Washington for the leadership and historical change that they brought to this country as ... More About: Chicago , Sales , Malls , Suburban
Chicago Winter Getaway to LasVegas
2008-02-17 00:00:00 It keeps snowing here in Chicago . We get snow 2-3 times per week these days and it just keeps on coming. The roads are so bad that they just plow once a day now and don’t even keep them running around the clock. I heard that we have had over 40 inches of snow this ... More About: Winter , Getaway
Chicago Field Museum Admission Free February & Free Mondays
2008-02-08 00:00:00 The Chicago Field Museum (of natural history) has announced that admission to the museum is free during the month of February. This is great news this winter because it is usually $12.00 for Adults and $7.00 for Kids. (students and seniors are $7.00 also) Special exhibits and sections of the Field Museum are not included in this free general admission in ... More About: Free , Mondays
Chicago Auto Show and Great Cars February 8-17, 2008
2008-02-06 00:00:00 I am a huge fan of the Chicago Auto Show and have been going to see it every year since around 1993. Granted, I am a car fan in general, and look forward to new releases and new model designs each year. I am not really a gear-head but the style and usability of cars ... More About: Cars , Great
Chicago Chinese New Year Celebrations in Chinatown
2008-01-24 00:00:00 Every February despite the cold weather, Chicago ’s Chinatown comes alive with decorations, lions and lots of food in celebration of the Chinese New Year . This year it falls on Thursday February 7, 2008. Last year in 2007 was the year of the Pig and in 2008 it is the year of the Rat. Each Zodiac animal ... More About: Celebrations
New Produce Storage Bags
2008-01-18 00:00:00 I have always enjoyed a trip to one of the local Chicagoland Jewel stores for some fresh fruit and veggies. I am a fan of salds too but I haven’t been buying all the lettuce and toppings much latley because I found that I would eat about 1/2 of it and then it would all ... More About: Bags , Storage , Produce
Oak Park Crime Reports (for people buying Real Estate or Condos)
2008-01-18 00:00:00 I just learned that you can go to the Oak Park, IL town site and view daily crime police report summaries for the last 10 days. It is a PDF file you download with icons on the map where each was crime committed. I think this is good to view if you live in Oak Park or ... More About: People , Buying , Estate , Real Estate , Crime
Chicago?s Unseasonably Warm Weather
2008-01-11 00:00:00 I have been completely confused by the unseasonably warm weather in Chicago over the last few days. It has been in the 50 degree range and occasionally hits 60 degrees fahrenheit. It is not typical for Chicago to be above 20 degrees in January let alone over 50. It is so weird to not see snow ... More About: Weather
Chicago Sketchfest Comedy Festival Rocks!
2008-01-11 00:00:00 The Chicago Sketchfest Comedy Festival is awesome. I just went to see a double feature show last night and saw Space Future and Chronic Optimism. They are both local Chicago groups that perform at IO and Second City and Annoyance theaters. I haven’t been blogging as much latley due to work constraints so I didn’t post this earlier, ... More About: Rocks , Etch
Make way for Valentines? Day 2008
2008-01-05 00:00:00 I noticed yesterday in the Jewel grocery store that the Christmas and New Year’s 2008 merchandise had already been herded to the back of the store, marked down and arranged with no particular care to indicate that within 12 hours of the holiday season being over, the store had moved on and it told me I should ... More About: Valentines Day , Make , Valentines , Valentin
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Chicago!
2007-12-29 00:00:00 A belated Merry Christmas to you all! I have been off from work and haven’t been blogging for a few weeks, but I still wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year 2008 too. I am ringing in the New Year quietly without a big party this year, but have ... More About: Chicago , Happy New Year
How to get over a Chicago Cold Flu Quickly
2007-12-29 00:00:00 The cold and flu season is here again and if you work in a high rise building in Chicago like I do, you will be exposed to the germs of thousands of people who work in your building, eat at the restaurants you go to and sneeze on you while riding the CTA. The virus exposure levels ... More About: Cold
How to drive in snow, more snow predicted weekend weather forecast
2007-12-07 00:00:00 Chicago got about 3 inches of snow Tuesday Evening 12/4 and Wednesday Morning as well as another sprinkling of snow this afternoon. Now the weather forecast is saying that tomorrow Thursday 12/6 will include some flurries and there will be more substantial snow on Friday and Saturday. I don’t know about you, but I have a date and a ... More About: Weather , Drive , Weekend , Snow , Weather forecast
Things to do in Chicago this weekend: December 7, 8 & 9
More articles from this author:2007-12-07 00:00:00 The holidays are upon us in Chicago and the snow showed up too. This weekend may be your chance to write out Christmas cards and buy gifts oryou could procrastinate a little bit longer and have some fun. I am feeling a little procrastinatory right now so I wanted to list these recommended events and ... More About: Weekend , Things , December , December 7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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