Chicago Weekend Fun!

What is happening in Chicago this weekend? What is there to do this weekend in Chicago? I have been searching for the answer to those very questions. (don’t forget to fly the flag on Monday!) Here is the list of events and happenings for the Labor Day Weekend:
All Weekend:
** The 29th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival [...]

I was asked yesterday what the top 5 things were that someone has to see if they have never been to Chicago. I also get asked “where the bean is”, “how to get to the Art Institute”, “can you go up in the Sears Tower?” and “who makes the best Chicago Pizza?” a lot. I thought [...]

The Hillside Landfill is the smelliest landfill in Chicago. It has been smelling up 290 in the area by the hillside strangler merge for about 2 years now. I drive by it at least twice a week and even with the windows on my car closed and the air conditioning system off, I still smell that [...]

My boyfriend and I are always looking for fun things to do on dates in Chicago that are not going to break the bank. Sometimes if he hasn’t had a great month of tips or if I have had a big engine problem to fix on my car we go to Chicago free date mode. You [...]

Fogo De Chao is a fantastic place to dine in downtown Chicago if you like premium cuts of meat and Brazilian Beef.

This was what it looked like here at work as the storm rolled in today. It was a large rain and tornado watch storm coming from the west. It has been a bit like monsoon season here latley. Chicago is usually very hot, humid and dry dusinr August. If we get rain like this, it [...]

I have lived in Chicago my entire life and I have never seen the real estate and housing market take a crash like it has been doing this summer. Summer is usually the best time to sell or buy a new home or property. This summer of 2007 has been bad for real estate values [...]

Cheap Flights to Chicago (ORD) can be found! Its vacation season and a lot of my friends are visiting Chicago from out of town and taking the cheapest flights possible. (southwest including layovers) I also have a lot of colleagues flying into Chicago for work and business meetings this month. (They take the faster direct nonstop [...]

I was shopping the other day at the Chicago State Street Macy’s store (formerly Marshall Fields) and saw all the Martha Stewart products that they are carrying now. I wasn’t impressed with the quality of the materials and the designs were just ok, and not as fabulous as you would expect from Martha Stewart, but [...]

The Chicago Air and Water Show is tomorrow (August 18-19) downtown. I work in a building near the lakefront so there have been airplanes flying by all morning. It is a little different to hear jets and planes flying right by your building and everyone popping up from their cubicle to see.
The Chicago Air and Water [...]

Lollapalooza in Chicago. An Annual Summer Music Concert Festival.

I have to admit I started this blog because I live in Chicago and I love this city! I have lived in the Chicagoland area my entire life and I feel that there is no other place to live with so many great opportunites. Here are some basic statistics about this great city:
The city of [...]