Stop and Listen to the Music

Look at this video then read the rest of the blog post: The scene is a Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on [...]

Chicago Leads Nation in Five Diamond Restaurants

Chicago has more AAA Five Diamond-rated restaurants than any other city in the country. With seven Five Diamond restaurants, Chicago tops the list in the ultimate dining experience. Chicago also has nine total Five Diamond establishments, including two hotels, making Illinois fifth among the states with the most Five Diamond establishments. “All Five Diamond establishments offer exemplary surroundings and service,” said Brad Roeber, regional president, AAA Chicago. “Chicago’s nine Five Diamond establishments reflect the characteristics of ultimate luxury and sophistication.”

Sun-Times says Cotton Patch Gospel “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED”

‘COTTON PATCH GOSPEL’ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Remount of biblical riff reminds us of Provision Theater’s talent When: Through Nov. 8 Where: Provision Theater Company, 1001 W. Roosevelt Tickets: $22-$28 Phone: (866) 811-4111                                GET TICKETS HERE —————————————————————————————— September 14, 2009       BY HEDY WEISS Theater Critic/hweiss@suntimes.com JESUS CHRIST SOUTHERNER It might not be the oldest story ever told, [...]

Provision Theater’s Open House Fundraiser – June 12

Provision Theater Company will be hosting an Open House Celebration benefit on June 12 to showcase their new facility, a 200-seat theater complex at 1001 W. Roosevelt.  Doors will open at 6:00 pm for refreshments and tours with a special performance at 7:30 pm.  The evening will end with a live auction and full reception [...]

Chicago Photo of the Week- Chicago Flower Show

Periodically, when I find an excellent photo capturing some aspect of Chicago, I will share their excellent work on my blog. Today’s photo is from Joseph P from JosephPalmerPhotos.com and is a wonderful spring photo of the Chicago Flower Show and makes me feel like winter can be put in the closet until November and now it is time to thaw out and begin the 7 month living season.

Words to Start Your Week

Words to Start Your Week — Two of the greatest assets to have in life are patience and wisdom.

Chicago Free Fridays 2: How to Score Free Oprah Tickets

We tell you how to get free tickets for one of the most popular free things to do in Chicago — an Oprah taping in the West Loop at her Harpo Studios. Audience reservations for The Oprah Winfrey Show are available almost exclusively by phone. As you can imagine, demand for free Oprah tickets far exceeds supply.

Lonely Planet Names Chicago Top Tourist City

Prescott Carlson of About.com:Chicago Travel points out that the Lonely Planet Travel Guide has named the Windy City one of the top 10 cities in the world in their upcoming book Best in Travel 2009 — Chicago was the only U.S. city that made the list. He says there is no argument from him as [...]

It’s Almost Time for Festival Season

I love Chicago for the summers.  Many of us cocoon all winter long getting geared up for the 7 greatest months (any non-winter month is a great month, right) in Chicago.  Well, here is the list of festivals coming to Chicago this summer from Metromix.  What is your favorite? MAY 15-17: Chicago Mayfest | click [...]

New Site for Free Things to Do in Chicago

I love Chicago but am finding it harder and harder to find fun things to do with our family of six that do not cost an arm and a leg. I am constantly on the prowl for sites that list free things to do in Chicago.  Having not found any sites that provide things to [...]

Chicago Named Top Indie Filmmaker City

If you’re an independent filmmaker, MovieMaker magazine put together its annual list of the top cities to host indie filmmakers and productions. Last year’s No. 1, Austin, got bumped to No. 10 in favor of Chicago. Also home to the Blues Brothers and Ferris Bueller, the Bodyguard and even Bruce Wayne, the magazine lauded the [...]

What is Your Chocolate IQ?

I know we are all working on our New Year’s Resolutions but I came across this fun quiz on Chocolate. My knowledge of chocolate has grown exponentially as I have had the opportunity to spend some time with an enterprising young chocolatier, Jered Brown, who is going to soon open his own Chicago chocolatier shop [...]

Things I Love — Hollingworth Toffee

One of our friends runs an great service for other moms (and dads) with things that she loves and she does it each Thursday.  So I am linking to her and adding my own personal Christmas favorite for all of you to try.  Check out her site thediaperdiaries.net for many other great things to love. [...]

Thanksgiving Top 20

In September of 1620, a small wooden ship called the Mayflower set sail from England, headed for the New World. Crowded on board were 102 passengers, most of them Christians who believed that God was leading them to establish a new community where they could worship freely. After sixty-five days of tossing on the sea [...]

Joe the Plumber Now Part of Election

Who is ‘Joe the Plumber’? He is Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the notion Obama’s plan involving ‘spreading the wealth’ in Wednesday night’s third and final presidential debate.  You won’t find it in his campaign ads, but Barack Obama let slip his plans to become [...]

What a Downer Week…..

Stock market ….DOWN Michigan throttled by Illinois  45-20 Cubs Lose in first round of playoffs White Sox Bounced from playoffs At least we got Jesus and the Promises of God below in our corner….. The Promises of God WHEN REFERENCE Seeking the best investment… Matthew 7 Starting a new job… Psalm 1; Proverbs 16; Philippians [...]

Provision Theater’s World Premier

If it is starting to cool outside and football is in full swing, then it must be theater time in Chicago.  This year will prove to be an exceptional year in Chicago Theater, especially for Provision Theater, who starts off their season with a WORLD PREMIER of Truman Capote’s best -selling books, A CHRISTMAS MEMORY [...]

Solar as Alternative?

I am beginning to look into solar options but I live in Illinois (never really known as the land of the uninterrupted sun) so I wanted to find out how to calculate whether an investment in solar makes sense in Chicago.  I learned that the total solar energy available to the earth is approximately 3850 [...]

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