Archive for the 'Chicago News' Category
I don’t usually post about consumer products on the Chicago Weekend Fun Blog but this is something I think really needs to be mentioned. The company known as “Clear” sells 4G wi-max wireless internet products. I see their ads on just about every surface online and offline everywhere I go. I also see their popup stores [...]
June 17th, 2010 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago News, Consumerist News, Naperville, Shopping in Chicago | 4 Comments
Everyone was a buzz last night as Evan Lysacek won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada. Chicago is buzzing because Evan Lysacek is from this area originally although he trains in California. I’m excited because Evan Lysacek is one of the local skaters I saw skating back when I was [...]
February 19th, 2010 | Posted in Chicago News, Naperville, Sports, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Finding New Homes for Sale has been more difficult than I thought. We never thought we would be looking in Elgin, Oswego, Wauconda or Huntley, IL but we are. We have been looking for a house to buy for the last 6 months and we haven’t found anything we like that we can afford in Naperville or Wheaton or [...]
January 18th, 2010 | Posted in Chicago News, Illinois, Naperville, Real Estate Condos, The Suburbs | 1 Comment
Now that we are racing towards the end of 2009 and the beginning of a new decade in 2010 it’s time to reflect upon how Chicago fared this year. Early in 2009 most of us in Chicago were just happy that Rod Blagojevichwas slowly dropping out of the news and we didn’t have to hear about him [...]
December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago News, Illinois, Politics, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Even though we are still feeling the affect of the recession, Chicago open houses are on my calendar this weekend. My husband and I have decided that its time to find a house to settle down in and move from our small 2 br townhouse. We spend a lot of evenings searching through hundreds of real [...]
October 21st, 2009 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago News, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Evanston, Illinois, Lemont, Lombard, Naperville, Oak Park, Real Estate Condos, Schaumburg, Skokie, The Suburbs | No Comments