Archive for the 'Pilsen' Category
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
I have been on a hunt trying to find where to buy Mochi ice cream balls in Chicago for about 6 months now. I have been checking all the grocery stores and food stores I live near and asking around to no avail. Until this week when I found that they sell boxes of 6 mochi for $3.50 [...]
December 9th, 2008 | Posted in Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Downers Grove, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Shopping in Chicago, Skokie, The Suburbs | 4 Comments
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 Business Local, 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 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
Every year millions of consumers flood the shopping malls on Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving Christmas sales and buy as many of their Christmas gifts on sale as possible. The point to this 5am madness is that there are special deals and sales only on that day and sometimes only on that morning of Black [...]
October 31st, 2008 | Posted in Business Local, Chicago News, Downers Grove, Evanston, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Schaumburg, Shopping in Chicago, Skokie, The Suburbs | 1 Comment