Last night was a beautiful warm night in Chicago. My husband and I took advantage of the warm weather to sit on our back porch, drink beer, stare at our phones and talk about electronic content management solutions. (You thought we were pretty cool until I got to those last two items, didn't you?) A … Continue reading 20 things to do on warm nights in Chicago besides shoot people
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Registration for summer sessions of Chicago Park District programs starts online April 15 and 16, and in person registration for most parks is April 20. This is absurdly early and not just because most new Chicago Park District programs won't start until July. The Chicago Park District registration for summer programs is absurdly early because … Continue reading Why do Chicago Park District programs have registration for summer so early?
Care for Real distributed toys to more than 600 Edgewater families on Tuesday, December 18. I was excited to be there to see some of the people who would benefit from donations to toy drives, such as the one I promoted on this site. The gallery below contains images from the toy distribution. Care for Real … Continue reading Care for Real Toy Distribution
Thank you to everyone who supported the toy drive for Edgewater's food pantry Care For Real either by dropping off toys at Bikram Hot Yoga Midwest or by donating online. I am thrilled with the response. I was inspired to do a toy drive by Burgh Baby's Christmas Crazy. Her results truly are crazy. Seriously, look at … Continue reading Toy Drive: Thank you
After the great disappointment of finding an empty toy donation bin for two weeks in a row I was thrilled when Bikram Hot Yoga Midwest called to let me know that bin was overflowing. Was it ever! You can see the bounty in the photo. I kept telling myself that the toys would come, but … Continue reading Toy drive final week includes “Wear Star Wars, Share Star Wars” Day