I saw the signs in the window for The Purp ple Pig opening on Michigan Avenue months ago (and their giant Time Out Chicago Ad plastered in the window staring into my building’s offices) and all I could tell from across the street was that it looked new and trendy. I was curious about The Purple [...]
March 9th, 2010 | Posted in Business Local, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Gold Coast Chicago, Illinois, Michigan Avenue Chicago | 1 Comment
Adapted from all the listings I have collected this is the 25 best things to do in Chicago this Christmas. Take note, many of these Christmas activities are free and fun for the whole family. Whether it is a showing of the Nutcracker, Christmas Caroling, shopping at ChristkindleMarket, seeing A Christmas Carol or Rudolph the [...]
November 29th, 2009 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, Illinois, Naperville, Oak Park, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The buzz about Black Friday Ads and Sales has grown from being just an inside retail industry term a few years ago to a regularly used term that ends up on posters and fliers sent to the public weeks before the day after Thanksgiving actually arrives. The change may have to do with the recession and how badly retailers [...]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Illinois, Lombard, Naperville, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
This is a great weekend to spend time downtown in Chicago. The Michigan Avenue Lights Festival is happening, which leads us right into Thanksgiving on Thursday and then the Black Friday Sale Madness on Friday. Millennium Park’s Ice Skating Rink also opens and the Museum of Science and Industry has their annual Christmas Tree Exhibit [...]
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Chicago Loop, Chicago events, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, Illinois, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Theater Plays Broadway Shows in Chicago, This Weekend in Chicago | 7 Comments
I just wanted to share the list of streets closed for this weekend’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon in the city. If you live downtown or up north in Chicago, beware of parking bans and getting your car towed tonight also in addition to these streets that will be inaccessible. Most streets re-open on Sunday afternoon [...]
October 9th, 2009 | Posted in Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Sports, Transportation, Uptown, Wrigleyville | No Comments