Lady Gaga will be coming to Chicago to play a concert at the House of Blues on March 24, 2009. This will be huge since she has been getting so popular and her music keeps us dancing. Lady Gaga Tickets are selling for $22-$24.00 direct from the House of Blues but I expect these tickets to [...]
February 2nd, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Music Festivals Bands, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
Chicago got more snow today and has a forecast of snow every day this week along with below zero temperatures. All this is after getting a foot of snow on this past Saturday and snow on Thursday before that. (January 2009) The snowfall was above average last year in 2007-2008 also (with 60.3 inches of [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago News, Chicago Weather, The Suburbs, Transportation | 1 Comment
Trader Joe’s opened their new Oak Park Store location on December 5, 2008.Trader Joe’s is a great store for Oak Park because it is all about organics, low cost gourmet and foods from around the world. They have a great selection of interesting foods plus a Trader Joes House Brand that offers just about everything [...]
January 12th, 2009 | Posted in 708, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, The Suburbs | No Comments
Five Guys Burgers in Oak Park is a restaurant that originates from DC and has brought their brand of big juicy burgers to do the Chicagoland area. I went to Five Guys Burger Restaurant on a Friday night around 9pm and found a packed restaurant full of a mixture of both families having a late dinner and young [...]
January 9th, 2009 | Posted in 708, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Oak Park, Pop Culture, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The Chicago Premium Outlets Mall in Aurora, ILis the hot place to shop for Christmas gifts this season. I keep hearing about it all the time from people at work, friends and family so I had to write about it. My last trip to the premium outlets mall in Aurora was back in 2006 but [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Posted in 630, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Naperville, Pop Culture, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
I have found a few apple orchards still located in the Chicagoland area that would be a fun place for a family to go pick apples for the afternoon and taste them fresh off the tree. Most apple orchards that offer apple picking have much better prices per pound than the grocery store for the [...]
September 19th, 2008 | Posted in 630, 847, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The first (Aurora) Sonic Drive In burger restaurant in the Chicago area is set to open in today August 19th. The address is 2974 Kirk Rd. in Aurora, IL 60502. Right by Fermi Lab. I wonder what impact Sonic Burgers will have on particle colliders and atomic research in the future?
I have never been to a [...]
August 19th, 2008 | Posted in 630, Business Local, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Naperville, The Suburbs | 1 Comment
I have lived in Chicago all my life and during that time not only has the Taste of Chicago been a huge event known for great food, music and entertainment, it has gotten larger every year and keeps on growing. Taste of Chicago features some of the best food in the city as well as [...]
June 5th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Hotels, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 5 Comments
I got my Oak Park FYI newsletter in the mail today and it has a mention that a new condo tower will be built at South Avenue and Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. Don’t we have enough condos in Oak Park? At any given moment in the current housing crash and real estate meltdown there are over 500 [...]
October 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Chicago Consumer News, Grumpy post of the week, Real Estate Condos, The Suburbs, Transportation | No Comments