Archive for September, 2008

Oktoberfest in Chicago at St Alphonsus in September

Oktoberfest is a rite of passage every October in the German Neighborhoods of Chicago. The locals get together at St. Alphonsus and enjoy the beers, music and comraderie before it gets cold for the winter and we all hibernate until spring. If we lived in Bavaria Oktoberfest would be a 16 day long festival of [...]

IKEA 3 Day Sale in Chicago Schaumburg and Bolingbrook

I just got an email about this IKEA 3 day weekend sale in Chicago and wanted to share the great news. Ikea Billy bookcases are on Sale for $30.00 off. These great multipurpose bookcases usually cost $89.99 and this weekend for Friday, Saturday and Sunday they are only $59.99. There is a limit of 2 per customer. [...]

Halloween Cat and Dog Pet Costumes Shopping

Halloween is a lot of fun if you have kids who trick or treat in costume but what if you are like me and you don’t yet?  What if your “kid” is your dog or cat? Can you dress them up in Cat Costumes or Dog Costumes for trick or treating too? Well as of last [...]

44th Chicago International Film Festival Schedule And Tickets now Available

. . . I have been to the Chicago Inaternational Film Festival every year for the past 3 years and it has been an event not to miss in Chicago. The Chicago International Film Festival runs for two weeks from October 16th to 29th showing scheduled independent movies from all over the world at three theater locations [...]

Turn of the Century with Jeff Daniels at Goodman Theater

I saw the ad in the Daily Herald for “Turn of the Century” with Jeff Daniels at the Chicago Goodman Theatre a few days ago and the first thing out of my mouth was ” Jeff Daniels? the guy from Dumb and Dumber?” I have to see this… So I got tickets online from the goodmantheatre.org [...]