I just wanted to share the list of streets closed for this weekend’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon in the city. If you live downtown or up north in Chicago, beware of parking bans and getting your car towed tonight also in addition to these streets that will be inaccessible. Most streets re-open on Sunday afternoon [...]
October 9th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 773, Chicago Loop, Chicago News, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Chicago events, Gold Coast Chicago, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Sports, Transportation, Uptown, wrigleyville | No Comments
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
Its time for fancy dresses, tuxes and bubbly.
Everyone loves a good party and this year the recession has compelled more people to stay home and party for the Oscars with their neighbors and TV than in years past. The superbowl was a great example of people staying in, having a house party, bringing pot -luck dining [...]
February 19th, 2009 | Posted in 312, 630, 708, 773, 847, Chicago Consumer News, Downers Grove, Evanston, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Naperville, New Movies, Oak Park, Pop Culture, Schaumburg, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, Skokie, The Suburbs, This Weekend in Chicago | No 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
Since winter started this weekend with a blanket of snow I thought I would offer some top driving tips for how to drive in the snow and ice, in blizzards and generally Chicago style in the winter so you get where you need to go whatever the weather is like. This is also important for safety [...]
December 1st, 2008 | Posted in 312, 630, 773, 847, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago News, Chicago Weather, Downers Grove, Evanston, Gold Coast Chicago, Holidays & Christmas, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Naperville, Oak Park, Pilsen, Schaumburg, Skokie, The Suburbs, Transportation | 11 Comments
We need free things to do in Chicago now more than ever. Who can afford a $8 beer and a $12 movie in this financial and economic uncertain time. I have heard more people say they are staying in to save money than I have in years. I still like to go enjoy Chicago though and sometimes [...]
October 16th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 773, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Loop, Improv and Sketch Comedy Shows, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Michigan Avenue Chicago, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
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
Oktoberfest is a rite of passage every October in the German Neighborhoods of Chicago. The locals get together at St. Alphonsus and enjoy the beers, music and comraderie before it gets cold for the winter and we all hibernate until spring. If we lived in Bavaria Oktoberfest would be a 16 day long festival of [...]
September 16th, 2008 | Posted in 773, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Neighborhood Festivals, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
The Chicago Gourmet Festival (or the seriously fancy food show) brings the finest in foods, chefs, wines and housewares to the public downtown in Millennium Park on September 26th, 27th and 28th. This event is part housewares show, part celebrity gourmet cook instructional lesson and part wine tasting all in one. It makes sense though good [...]
September 11th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Chicago Loop, Food, Restaurants & Dining, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
The Chicago Celtic Festival is another free festival in Grant Park from the Mayor’s office of Special Events in Chicago. (they are so generous there) The Celtic Festival originated to celebrate the 7 original Celtic Nations. The original Celtic Nations were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, The Isle of Man, Cornwall, Spain, Brittany France and Galicia. For the purpose [...]
September 10th, 2008 | Posted in 312, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Jazz & Blues Music, Music Festivals Bands, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments
The word Staycation has gotten popular latley since gas, food and utilities have gotten so expensive and no one is really interested in traveling far away and generating a lot of costs in the process. So, Chicago Weekend Fun suggests a mini Chicago Vacation or staycation this weekend to make up for the lost vacation. [...]
September 5th, 2008 | Posted in 312, 773, Art Galleries and Museums, Chicago Loop, Chicago Small Business Technology & Innovation, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago, Transportation | No Comments
I watch the 2008 Chicago Red Bull Flutag event commercials and I can’t help see the resemblance between that 1980’s movie called “Magnificent men in their Flying Machines“. The theme song sings that title then says “they go updidy up up then they go downdidy down down”. The Chicago Red bull Flutag event couldn’t be more [...]
September 3rd, 2008 | Posted in 312, Airports and Tourism Travel, Chicago Loop, Chicago Vacation Sights Tours and Tips, Pop Culture, Sights, Entertainment, Events & Attractions, This Weekend in Chicago | No Comments