Certain people from a certain Midwest town have a certain way of saying their words – different from other folks around the country. (Reference to comic genius Bill Swerski’s Super Fans of Saturday Night Live fame, circa early 1990s.)
Chicagoans, we kinda really, actually, totally sound like these guys. Let me use myself as an example. [Press play, please!]
Continue reading “Yes, Chicago, we really do sound like the Superfans.”
As moviegoers learn in romcoms like this scene from My Best Friend’s Wedding starring Julia Roberts and the swoon-worthy timbre of Durmot Mulroney, you can’t let a good thing pass you by.
It’s true (in this movie – SPOILER ALERT) when your best friend with whom you have secretly been in love with for years is marrying someone so cute you despise her and you say nothing until the wedding day.
And it’s also true when major cultural attractions go sight unseen by its own residents like the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s River Cruise (which also figures prominently in this scene). Continue reading “Booze and 5 More Reasons You Shouldn’t Let the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s River Cruise Pass You By (Thanks, Julia Roberts)”
Today, March 4, 2012, is the City of Chicago’s 175th birthday. If it’s one thing Chicago has taught me it’s this: If you can’t love Chicago, you can’t love anything. Chicago is a complex that is complex: The fickle and brutal elements. The concrete. The segregation. Clout. The multilayered fiefdoms of government. The endless flat … Continue reading Blow out the Candles, Chicago. It’s Your Birthday.
2959 N Lincoln Ave. Tipped off by lifestyle blog & newsletter UrbanDaddy, I sauntered into this beautiful space. Today’s the official opening day and I’m customer #7! Warm, welcoming and white Restoration Hardware-styled with doses of good coffee from Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Heritage has a bike shop in the back with Chicago-welded custom bikes for … Continue reading Chicagoings-on: Heritage Bicycles General Store
