Support small businesses by shopping locally for your holiday gifts. When you shop local you can find unique gifts instead of whatever thing all the big box stores and major online sites are shilling, plus you help to keep your community vibrant. Below are just some of the stores in Edgewater and Andersonville that have … Continue reading List 19: Shop Local in Edgewater/Andersonville This Holiday Season
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There are two big shopping events happening in Edgewater this weekend. Both are perfect ways to jump start your holiday shopping or pick up something fun for yourself. Chicago Craft Mafia's DIY Trunk Show Broadway Armory, 5917 North Broadway Street Saturday, November 17 from 10 AM to 5 PM Free Admission This is not your … Continue reading Two Unique Shopping Events in Edgewater this Weekend
I love smart people. I wrote about Nate Silver's statistics fueled stardom during the election, which was only strengthened when results showed he predicted the outcome of the presidential election for every state (one better than he had in 2008). Yes, I have a little crush on Nate Silver's brain, and his is not the … Continue reading List 18: Super Smart People
Many people in Chicago are reveling in the re-election of our hometown president, but there are other election results that should not fill our city with such pride. Nationally people have questioned how Jesse Jackson, Jr. managed to be re-elected, but our city has a less publicized embarrassment in our election results, Cynthia Brim. Every election Chicagoans … Continue reading Chicago Voters Blindly Affirm “Legally Insane” Cynthia Brim, Demonstrating Why Judges Shouldn’t Be on the Ballot
I had to step away from election coverage. My little girl woke up. I went up and rocked her for 45 minutes until she fell back asleep. (I fully admit that I was trying to avoid co-sleeping.) As I held my daughter in a darkened room, silent but for the creaking of the rocking chair, … Continue reading Obama Wasn’t the Only One Who Won Tonight
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