The jets are buzzing by the high rise office building I work in downtown and I am reminded that the Chicago Air and Water Show is this weekend! Every year the City of Chicago is generous in providing this entertaining weekend event free for everyone. But if you want good seats, get out early on [...]
August 11th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions | 2 Comments
These are the updates I just got about Memorial Day Parade and Street Closures in Chicago. If you are planning on attending the Chicago Memorial Day Parade, The JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Race, The Memorial March, or the Bike the Drive event, check this list first to find out where the streets are closed [...]
May 21st, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Health Fitness Exercise, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Downers Grove, Evanston, Gold Coast Chicago, Holidays & Christmas, Hyde Park, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Lombard, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Mount Prospect, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Oak Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Skokie, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation, Uptown, Wood Dale, elmhurst, wrigleyville | 1 Comment
The Chicago Blues Festival showcases the music Chicago is known for. If you are a fan of the Blues Brothers or maybe have seen BB King on commercials you may think you know something about the Blues. The thing is there is an entire world of Blues Music in Chicago with an incredible depth of talent [...]
April 24th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 708, 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Jazz & Blues Music, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The Chicago Green City Market will be moving outside to Lincoln Park (1750 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60614) on Wednesday, May 6, with a kick off rally for the 2009 season on Saturday, May 9!
the Chicago Green City Market is known for having great locally grown and organic produce. If you believe in the [...]
April 20th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Health Fitness Exercise, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pilsen, Pop Culture, Uptown, wrigleyville | 1 Comment
Lollapalooza Tickets are on Sale now! The Lollapalooza 2009 tickets went on sale today and are available at variable prices with the first come first served lowest price model. Here is how it works. Right now the early bird 3-day pass is $175. That is a great deal for 3 whole days and nights of concerts [...]
March 31st, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, IL, Jazz & Blues Music, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Music Festivals Bands, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, wrigleyville | 1 Comment
Apartments like this are common in Chicago, get started on your apartment search today.
Spring is the time that most people look for an apartment in Chicago. Rental Leases are up and it is the first time for the year that it is warm enough that you can actually move furniture our of one apartment and [...]
March 30th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Evanston, Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Neighborhood Festivals, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Real Estate Condos, Uptown, wrigleyville | 1 Comment
Sweet Baby Ray’s makes a great Barbecue Sauce. I am a huge fan and when I found out that there was a restaurant that served just BBQ items with that sauce I had to try it out. I had the Sweet Baby Ray’s Ribs at the Naperville Ribfest last summer and loved them. (Sweet Baby Ray’s [...]
March 25th, 2009 | Posted in 630, 708, 847, Business Local, Chicago Small Business Technology & Innovation, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Food, Restaurants & Dining, IL, Mount Prospect, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago, Wood Dale | No Comments
Madison Square Garden Entertainment is presenting the 2009 Speaker Series: The Minds That Move the World at The Chicago Theatre. This series brings together the most influential voices in politics to debate the most pertinent current events. The speaker series schedule is:
MARCH 11 Bill Maher and Ann Coulter (already completed)
APRIL 1 Former U.S. Vice President [...]
March 17th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, Uptown, politics, wrigleyville | No Comments
Some college basketball fans wild with excitement in 2008 – Image Credit MorphoMir on Flickr
March Madness used to be the one time during the year when betting at work was ok. Everyone got their brackets, whether they understood the NCAA college basketball tournament or not and the smack talk at the water-cooler continued for a [...]
March 14th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago Small Business Technology & Innovation, Evanston, Food, Restaurants & Dining, IL, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Mount Prospect, Naperville, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Sports, This Weekend in Chicago, Uptown | 3 Comments
The cast of Rod Blagojevich Superstar now showing at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Get discounted tickets to Rod Blagojevich Superstar online now with the promo code “Rod”. The tickets are usually $25 but get them with $5 off this week. I really think that most of Chicago is sick of hearing about Rod Blagojevich, superstar or not. [...]
March 12th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, IL, Improv and Sketch Comedy Shows, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, politics | No Comments
Sunset driving on 90/94 from the south, a great way to enter the city and see the Sears Tower, Willis Tower
The city of Chicago is shocked and saddened right now by the news that the Sears Tower is going to be renamed the Willis Tower for the new company renting/leasing the major quantity of office space there. [...]
March 12th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Grumpy post of the week, Pop Culture, Real Estate Condos, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions | 1 Comment
Riverdance Irish Dance Performances are returning to Chicago this spring for their last 5 farewell performances at the Rosemont Theater at 5400 North River Road on March 19-22, 2009. The tickets for Riverdance are on sale now through Ticketmaster. This Riverdance show celebrates Irish song and dance traditions and has shared them with the world over the [...]
March 10th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment