Yay! The Hawks win! My parents were big into hockey, me not so much. I’ll admit it. I’m not really a sports girl at all. But MAN OH MAN I love it when Chicago does something so awesome. So yay Hawks. I’ll be there for that parade tomorrow oh man!
So yeah, I just decided today [...]
Okay! I just love them and well…I just love them. Enjoy! And please add your own!
“I’m terribly chauvinistic about this city. Smell the air – it’s sexy. Chicago is vital and it continues to improve.” – Lois Nettleton
I love this quote. The air is sexy, no doubt about it. At least in the springtime. And [...]
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 [...]
From Facebook:
Chicago Elevated
when March 1st comes around you can’t even bear to look at your winter coat…
Jay Austin Sukow
When June 1st comes around and you still haven’t put your winter coat in storage.
Cory Russ Rickerson
When you’re wearing fleece at the 4th of July fireworks!
From Twitter:
@andrewhamer
when your mustache has a mustache.
@dupreeblue
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The Pedway Tour ends on Friday, so if you’ve been thinking about coming and haven’t yet, you better, or you WILL LOSE IT FOREVER.
No, you won’t really. It’ll be back next fall and you could always request a private tour whenever you want. But still. You should come.
But now that the tour is almost over, [...]
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 [...]
I’m interested in working with video a little more. So if you like short and sweet, cute and funny, deep yet entertaining – please watch a few short videos won’t you?
The first one is titled: Free Falling in the Pedway:
The second one is called: Spring is coming and I have proof. And, meet my dog [...]
A long time ago a boy I loved asked me “if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?” I smiled knowingly and said “I would live here; I would live in Chicago.” He looked at me disapprovingly, he was not satisfied with my answer, there were far to many illustrious and [...]
Dearest William,
I felt the need to write after seeing you on State Street the other day. You looked well. Retirement from the mayor’s office suits you more and more. I hear talk of a new canal that might open up our city to progress. I’ve seen your name attached to it, I hope it goes [...]
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 [...]