The Shamrock Shuffle is an 8K run or 5K walk race for charity in Chicago on March 29, 2009. The Chicago Shamrock Shuffle is usually a fun run without a lot of pressure that a marathon might have and it inspires us Midwesterners to get out and exercise again after the frigid winter. This year Bank [...]
January 30th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago Health Fitness Exercise, Chicago Loop, Gold Coast Chicago, Pop Culture, Sports | No Comments
With the Fed lowering the interest rate to effectively 0% a few weeks back we have all been waiting to see how the consumer mortgage rates will be affected in Chicago. Both the city and suburbs have been affected by the real estate housing bubble and many people who have 6-7% mortgage rates on their homes and [...]
January 16th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Downers Grove, Evanston, Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Schaumburg, Skokie, The Suburbs | 2 Comments
Naperville Ribfest has become one of the largest suburban summer festivals in Chicago. It has been running for at least 20 years and the Ribfest has grown to now include major music acts along with great ribs from all over the country.
The thing that makes the Naperville Ribfest so attractive for both businesses and local [...]
June 20th, 2008 | Posted in 630, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Music Festivals Bands, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
Chicago Earth Hour 2008 [and 2009] is an event where Chicagoans turn off their lights on Saturday March 29th at 8pm for an hour (local CST time) to see if we can save energy and electricity as well as think about how to lessen our energy use long term. [along with the rest of the world] It is [...]
March 26th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Downers Grove, Evanston, Grumpy post of the week, Hyde Park, IL, Lakeview, Lemont, Lincoln Park, Lombard, Mount Prospect, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Skokie, This Weekend in Chicago, Uptown, Wood Dale, elmhurst, wrigleyville | No Comments
I have been out walking on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and noticed all the spring shoes in the windows for Easter this year. Or at least I think they are for Easter.Why else would the shoe stores be showing strappy high heels and slingback shoes this time of year? Easter is usually a cloudy rainy cold holiday [...]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Consumer News, Downers Grove, Hotels, IL, Lakeview, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Shopping in Chicago, Skokie, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago, wrigleyville | No Comments