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The 4th of July has long been my favorite holiday. Not only is it smack dab in the middle of summer, but it is a celebration you are meant to spend with your friends, outside with some bbqs and beer. Easy peasy. In Chicago’s fine history, the 4th of July always has a place. Chicago started [...] Last night we went to see Fuerza Bruta. It was my best friend Sabrina and my husband John. The show was at 10:00PM, we had been to karaoke the night before and were a little um…tired. But we had some vodka lemonades and set out for downtown. I dug the show. Dug it a lot. It’s [...] Photo Courtesy of enfilade18thc.files.wordpress.com Doing some research for Boystown, I came across a statement that said something roughly like “a popular gay meetup place was Bughouse Square.” Bughouse Square, I thought, huh…where in Ogden’s name is that? Bughouse Square is also known as Washington Square Park, the big park across from the Newberry Library. The park was [...] You all know my story by now…suburban girl moves to the city, takes advantage, moves to NYC, hates it, moves home, promises to never take Chicago for granted again. But one huge part of the story has been left out: the early years. My first memories of Chicago. I started pondering these memories and thought I’d share [...] Oh what fun! A list of weird laws for Chicago and Illinois. Most of these laws were overturned in the 70’s when the alderman started to clean up the laws, but still….some of these are a riot. Following are a list of strange laws for Illinois and Chicago: 1. Anyone carrying less than a dollar on their [...] New game! A loyal reader has given me a page number between 1-1000, roughly the amount of pages in the huge and beautiful Encyclopedia of Chicago. I’ll pick something from that page and we’ll talk about it here. I think this will really help expand my knowledge base (so I don’t just keep reading about Louis [...] Oh if I could go back to any time in history it would be the Worlds Fair (or King Henry’s court but this is CHICAGO Elevated, not Tudor Elevated, which is still a really great blog idea) of 1893. To see what it must have been like, the white buildings, the people, the Court of [...] Photo Courtesy of Ildar Sagdejev Last week I went to hear Stephen Sondheim speak at The Harris Theater. I’ll move on to what this has to do with Chicago a moment, but here’s one thing: The Harris Theater is not laid out very well. My mom is in a wheelchair and it was a bit [...] Sometimes, nothing better than a quote will do. First, I will post some I found, then I will post some great ones from the Facebook crowd. Sit back, enjoy and please post one here or on Facebook if you have more! “If you can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere.” Old Chicago proverb That is [...] Last night I went to karaoke at Holiday Club. I love karaoke. I sang Faith by George Michael and MAN, if you ever want to really see my Trixie (that sounded dirty) come see me do the karaoke. I sing like Cameron Diaz and dance like Molly Ringwald. But heck, I enjoy it. But before [...] |
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