The transformers lineup at the Chicago Auto Show
So, you still want to go to the Chicago Auto Show even in the recession? A lot pf people do actually. There were a lot of people there even though people aren’t really buying cars right now.
Here is your guide to leaving your checkbook at home and still [...]
January 30th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Consumer News, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
After being absent for 2 years the Flower and Garden show is back this spring in Chicago. The Chicago Flower and Garden Show will be running between March 7 and 15 in 2009. This is a great show if you have a yard or garden area around your home that you enjoy spending time in or [...]
January 21st, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Downers Grove, Evanston, Naperville, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Skokie, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
Chicago has some of the richest museums and cultural attractions in the country and because of the generosity of some sponsors and the city of Chicago, you can visit and enjoy them for free on these days in 2009.This is a great opportunity for kids and families to enjoy these museums, cultural institutions and artwork the way [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
Nickelback is coming to Chicago for a concert at AllState Arena on March 12, 2009.
Nickelback is a popular Canadian Rock band that crosses over the genre boundaries into several different music categories. I enjoy Nickelback musicand so does my fiance. The interesting thing is that Steve really likes heavy metal music and I am [...]
January 13th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Consumer News, Music Festivals Bands, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
The Chicago Sketchfest has been a great event to see the top comedy sketches in Chicago(and from across the country) for the last 8 years. Brian Posen does a great job with the team he has working on the event and they really find some creative and inventive new comedy sketch acts to showcase. I have been [...]
December 17th, 2008 | Posted in 773, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Improv and Sketch Comedy Shows, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Theater Plays Broadway Shows in Chicago | No Comments
Everyone may be loathing the recession we are in right now, but that is no reason to not have a Happy New Year. There are plenty of New Years Parties happening in Chicago to ring in 2009. Or, if you really don’t want to spend a lot of money you can always to the frugal [...]
December 17th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Hotels, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
The Chicago Cubs are turned the Wrigley Baseball Field Stadium into an ice skating rink this winter for an unusual ice skating experience. I am curious to see how this will turn out. I don’t think anyone ever thought that we need an ice rink in the middle of Wrigley Field, but here we go anyway.
The original [...]
December 15th, 2008 | Posted in 773, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sports | 1 Comment
Harry Potter’s props costumes and sets will be coming to the Museum of Science and Industry Exhibition in Chicago in April 2009. The exhibition will be there through September 7th 2009. This is much like the Star Wars Exhibition that they had there in the winter of 2007-2008. The movies are so popular that Harry [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 2 Comments
From December 5th 2008 through January 4th 2009 the Bank of America Winter Wonderfest will be open at Navy Pier in Chicago. This is one of the many Chicago Christmas events that are perfect for the family to attend while kids are on holiday break. A trip downtown on the metra is always an exciting day for kids. The [...]
December 9th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Airports and Tourism Travel, Business Local, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Downers Grove, Evanston, Holidays & Christmas, Naperville, Neighborhood Festivals, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Shopping in Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
The Killers are playing UIC Pavilion in Chicago (usually for hockey?) on January 20th and tickets are still available. The original price of tickets was between $50-$100 but if you really want to be close to the stage and get good seats there are ebay and stubhub tickets from $100-$800 available online. (if you want [...]
December 4th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | 1 Comment
Harry Connick Jr is playing 2 nights in December at the historic Chicago Theater with a concert featuring Christmas music from his new holiday album “What A Night! – A Christmas Album“. (CD available in stores now) Harry Connick Jr is one of the people who brought back swing music in the early 1990’s (before the gap [...]
November 26th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Holidays & Christmas, Music Festivals Bands, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
All the polling places are closed across the entire US now and the ABC news organization is projecting that Barack Obama has won the election with 333 electorate votes and John McCain only has 155. This is only the preliminary projected result but people are thrilled. John McCain has just made a very eloquent and sportsmanlike [...]
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Business Local, Chicago Consumer News, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, The Suburbs | 1 Comment