Archive for the 'Michigan Avenue Chicago' Category
This is a friendly reminder that the CTA train and bus fares will increase on January 1, 2009. Even though the state of Illinois approved the budget increases last year that prevented a fare increase then, the state revenues from sales and income taxes is down in 2008 and 2009 due to the current economic [...]
December 30th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Gold Coast Chicago, Grumpy post of the week, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pilsen, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Transportation | 1 Comment
2008 was a busy and eventful year in Chicago. People started off on edge about the war in Iraq and ended with more hope for the future even amidst more problems with the economy.
Chicago had it’s fair share of events, news, trends, buzz and history made in 2008. The biggest most popular news and events in Chicago happened in the last few [...]
December 30th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago Weather, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, politics | No Comments
We only have a few shopping days left before Christmas and this is crunch time. It is the exact point where most women finish their shopping and the the men begin their shopping. (at least it is in my house) So, is it too late to get great gifts on sale for Christmas in Chicago?
The selection is getting low, but there [...]
December 18th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Holidays & Christmas, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Everyone may be loathing the recession we are in right now, but that is no reason to not have a Happy New Year. There are plenty of New Years Parties happening in Chicago to ring in 2009. Or, if you really don’t want to spend a lot of money you can always to the frugal [...]
December 17th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
Chicago Restaurant Week is back again for 2009. This is a great winter festival type event for gourmet foodies (and the rest of us too). Chicago Restaurant Week is unique because it is an event where 42 130 local fine Chicago restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe menu lunches for $21.95 $22and three-course prix-fixe menu dinners for $31.95 [...]
December 5th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions | 2 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 at [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Consumer News, 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
I just read that the City of Chicago received a winning bid to hand over the management of the 35,000 parking meters to a private company from the department of revenue in Chicago. The new (privatization of) parking meter prices will likely have to be higher because they think this will close the $150 Million dollar budget gap [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in 312, 773, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pilsen, Transportation | 1 Comment
Since winter started this weekend with a blanket of snow I thought I would offer some top driving tips for how to drive in the snow and ice, in blizzards and generally Chicago style in the winter so you get where you need to go whatever the weather is like. This is also important for safety [...]
December 1st, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago News, Chicago Weather, Downers Grove, Evanston, Gold Coast Chicago, Holidays & Christmas, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Schaumburg, Skokie, The Suburbs, Transportation | 12 Comments