Chicago has no shortage of Japanese Sushi restaurants and a lot of them are pretty good or very good. The one that is always accompanied by superlatives like awesome, “to die for” and OMG amazing is Sushi Wabi at 842 W Randolph Street in Chicago. I have been hearing about the awesomeness of Sushi Wabi since around [...]
May 6th, 2010 | Posted in Food, Restaurants & Dining | No Comments
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 [...]
April 6th, 2010 | Posted in This Weekend in Chicago | No 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
Thankfully, Chicago did not win the 2016 Olympics Bid.We are all so thankful that the biggest sporting event in the world did not land on our city at this time. (maybe in 10 or 20 years if we get things straightened out ok?) We love the Olympics and look forward to seeing [...]
October 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment