The Taste of Chicago starts this weekend and it is going to be a rainy and hot couple of weeks. There are some great music performances planned for free at the Taste of Chicago and there is a new Taste of Chicago iPhone App to help you find the right food within a very crowded festival. Parking: [...]
If you plan on coming downtown to Chicago for any of this weekend’s events beware that the Wacker Drive Construction project is starting to close streets and re-route traffic. The Chicago Department of Transportation sent out this email today. Be careful to make note of the changes at the Chicago Wacker Drive Construction website also. Have [...]
I’m in the small category of people who are looking for new furniture for their home this Memorial Day Weekend and I’ve got the rundown on what I have found at the local Chicago Furniture Stores. My location is near Route 59 in Naperville/Aurora so that is where I’ve been shopping but the chain stores should [...]
It’s time to think of summer and specifically plan your weekend for the Lollapalooza 2010 concert extraviganza. Tickets are on sale now and the bands lineup was just announced. This is the one concert you should go to each year no matter what your music tastes are. You can miss all the other concerts in Chicago for [...]
I went to go see the new Science Storms exhibit at The Museum of Science and Industry last Thursday at a special preview. (full disclosure: It was free to attend, but I did have a hefty cab ride to pay for both ways) I was excited to see that a few hundred people had shown [...]