November 28th is SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY! Hello Neighbors, The holiday season is upon us, bringing joy and a chance to support our local shops and restaurants in the 43rd Ward. Here are some of our newest additions: Armitage / Halsted / Webster …
Join Matt Panush and Steven Pallotto at an informal gathering where they will tell us what to do to get a reduction in assessed value, the first step to a decrease in a property tax bill. This is an important …
Greetings! What’s so special about June? For me, June brings peonies (mine are just about to bloom in my tiny sliver of a garden) and my daughter’s birthday (Kat turned 18 on the 1st). For us Chicagoans, June 1 is …
May Day, celebrated on May 1, is an ancient, Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the celebrations that the day includes. So in honor of May Day, and the …
Spring is here! What a crazy bunch of fun April brings. From bunnies to robots to love, with a bit of madness and a dash of gastronomy thrown in for good measure. Explore Chicago with my top picks for the …
Our Shop Hop event was a whopping success! Over 60 local businesses, food vendors, and bloggers joined in creating a festive mood to celebrate the holiday season and engage with everything local. We reconnected with old friends, new friendships were …
This Thursday, your favorite shops on Armitage, Halsted, and Webster streets partner up with local food vendors and interesting bloggers for an exciting shopping party.
Chicago is hot these days! So says the Summer Moving Trends Study from national moving company United Van Lines. The report tracks the destination of moving Americans and ranks Chicago as the number one metropolitan area for this summer. Scores …
Most people think that hockey is national sport of the Czech Republic but any Czech will tell you that it is mushroom hunting. From August to the end of October the season is in full swing. Czech forests look like …
While Labor Day may have come and gone, Chicago’s summer festivals are continuing in full force and these events are a great way to keep the summer fun going, especially with the gorgeous weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday. And …
