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Every winter people all over Chicagoland huddle around their TV sets to watch the 2 best teams in the NFL go for the Super Bowl win regardless of if our Bears are in the game or not. We still enjoy seeing a good football game with any of the teams and throwing a big Superbowl party [...]
January 6th, 2009 | Posted in Downers Grove, Evanston, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Skokie, Sports, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
The Chicago Cubs are turned the Wrigley Baseball Field Stadium into an ice skating rink this winter for an unusual ice skating experience. I am curious to see how this will turn out. I don’t think anyone ever thought that we need an ice rink in the middle of Wrigley Field, but here we go anyway. The [...]
December 15th, 2008 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sports | 1 Comment
I don’t know anyone who isn’t resolving to loose some extra weight for their New Year’s Resolutions in 2009, and if you want to see how long your resolution lasts, why not try out this offer from the Chicago Park District Gyms: Free membership to the city’s gym facilities from January 2-16. That is a 2 week free [...]
December 11th, 2008 | Posted in Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Sports, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Chicago gets really cold in the winter so having an outdoor ice rink is no problem downtown. Millennium Park’s ice skating rink opened in 2004 after Skate on State was closed down to accommodate a new building being built across from what was then Marshall Fields. McCormick Tribune Ice Rink at Millennium Park is located [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Sports, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
All the people who golf in Chicago lament that 1/2 of the year here is unplayable. Some of us take that as a hint not to play Golf but others press on in spite of that fact. One option for golfers during the long Chicago winter is an indoor driving range. Another option to get your [...]
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago Weather, Naperville, Schaumburg, Skokie, Sports, The Suburbs | 1 Comment