Last night I over heard a conversation between two people who have lived here in Chicago for quite some time. It was mentioned that December is usually a “tame” month, with the more serious winter weather kicking in around late January. But this hasn’t been the case in 2007.
I moved to Chicago on November 1st, [...]
for now…
When a Chicago Alderman had letters sent to business owners in the Lincoln Square area of the city, he had no idea what he was in for politically.
Several of the business owners instantly began organizing and a site was launched to counter the abuse of Eminent domain. The site, Save Lincoln Square, has sparked [...]
I FINALLY have my blogs set up and ready to rock. It’s only taken me… what? Five weeks?
Anyway, for those of you who stumble across the blog (I know it’s new, so I don’t see more than 150 unique visits on an average day) and know who I am, I figured I would give [...]
According to results of a recent Chicago Sun-Times investigation, 1 out of every 5 ice samples taken from bars and restaurants contain high levels of bacteria. In fact, water sampled from a toilet came out cleaner!
Next time you go out to eat or to a bar, it might be a good idea to say, “Hold [...]
Talk about a stinger!
For all of the Iraqi parliament’s flaws, I would trade it straight up for the crowd that we’ve got in Springfield. Ridiculous, you say? Then, consider what both have accomplished. First, the Illinois state government: (This space left intentionally blank.)
That’s right, nothing. Maybe the Iraq parliament hasn’t done much more but think [...]
Yesterday I decided to get out of the city, or at least… more towards the “outskirts”, so I chose Evanston. I needed a Sam’s Club and Evanston appeared to be the closest option. This of course requires a fairly lengthy journey up the Red and Purple lines. I get on at Fullerton, so I’m not [...]
Last Friday was a day of laziness and rest. I planned on doing quite a bit of work, but that went out the window once I agreed with my body that I would just lay around all day and watch Family Guy. It was nice until about 4:00 PM when it came to the point [...]
Back in Reno we had some outfits that tried to put together some kind of coherent database of places that deliver good grub. I remember seeing menu’s all over town that had a good assortment of places you could call for delivery.
Here in Chicago, a web based business called “GrubHub” takes this to a whole [...]
