There is a guy that rides the train every morning that has a segway and literally parks it at the station chained up and leaves it there. It hasn’t been stolen yet either. I don’t know what he does for a living but he loves his gadgets. I ended up sitting next to him this [...]
I have been looking at the New Movies being released in the next month and it looks like there will be a lot to see over the Christmas holiday break. A lot of big blockbuster movies will be out and hopefully everyone will have more free time around the holidays to go out and see [...]
New Year’s Eve 2008 in Chicago will be a huge event. We have a lot of holidays around religious beliefs and history but New Year’s Eve is just about fun and nothing else. You can go to any one of a number of NYE parties happening around Chicago and have a great time. Many of these parties have been going for years and [...]
Nursing is a hot area for jobs in Chicago. I have some family members that are nurses and they talk about how they can never find enough nurses to work all the shifts at the hospitals they work in. It’s a problem of more demand for Nurses than there are people trained for the job. [...]
Chicago condos and real estate values have dropped in a little in the last 6 months so if you were priced out of the market before, you may be able to afford the right property now. You can find some of the hottest properties in Lakeview, Lincoln Park and Old Town (Gold Coast) for about 5-7% less [...]
I am hearing rumblings about what people are giving and getting this Christmas in Chicago. I have friends and family that are secretly shopping for gifts for loved ones without them finding out but want to know what is cool and hot this season. It’s a good Christmas season and sales are up already over last year [...]
I was sad to hear that John Drury passed away yesterday. I heard about it on the ABC Channel 7 10 O’clock news. He was a news broadcast anchor on ABC channel 7 in Chicago for many years and I remember him from watching the news every night as I was growing up in the suburbs. He [...]
I have been writing this blog since this summer and it is time for a little check in as far as how it’s doing. I have to say that I am hosting the URL and working with wordpress software in a self hosted situation for the first time. It has been a huge learning experience [...]
This weekend the weather will not be the greatest for Thanksgiving, but hopefully it will not keep flights from getting out of O’Hare or cause traffic on the highways for those of you driving to your family and friends’ houses.
Weather for Chicago, IL
Wind: NE at 21 mph
Humidity: 85%
Wed
45°F | 32°F
Thu
34°F | 27°F
Fri
34°F | 30°F
Sat
42°F | [...]
As a change of pace from all the shopping and the food this holiday season why not consume some comedy instead? A great show is happening this December at the Donny’s Skybox theater in Piper’s alley on North Ave and Wells St in Chicago. If you haven’t been over to Second City for their student or [...]
I was lucky enough to attend the Second City Training Center’s Conservatory program last year and I lasted through class levels 1a, 1b, 2 and 3 and 2 auditions. I dropped out before the class session #4 started because I was in over my head and I had a day job that I had to maintain [...]
Every year the consumers go nuts the day after Thanksgiving and buy all the Christmas stuff they can fit into their cart at the day after Thanksgiving day sales. The retailers love it because it usually pushes the profitability of the store from red (loosing money) to black (making a profit) for the year and all [...]
