Control Syphilis, Learn A Hobby
“This is a collection of WPA posters from Chicago produced by the WPA from 1936-1943,” writes generalchina22. “All images came directly from the Library of Congress digital collection.”
Posted on July 26, 2012
Old Days: Lost Chicago
Roller Rinks And Drive-In Movies
“A collection of photos depicting places we used to go for fun in Chicagoland which are things of the past,” writes zeusdvm, who uploaded this video on Monday.
“I received an e-mail directing me to Craig’s Lost Chicago, which had photos of bygone Chicago treasures and these were under the fun section. As I viewed them I realized a soundtrack was needed. The song choice was obvious to me, ‘Old Days’ by Chicago.
“I hope you enjoy the show which will definitely bring back some warm, nostalgic memories. I hope Craig also likes what I have done. I will send him this link. His website is http://www.craigslostchicago.yolasite.com/.”
Posted on July 24, 2012
The Beer Thinker: Summer Brew
By Dan O’Shea
Summer has been too hot, and it’s time for cooler, foamier heads to prevail. Thursday night I’m heading to my local cooling station in Lincoln Square, only this one will by outside in the fading sunlight. Impossible, you say? Not when I’ll be sampling a variety of cool beers from the many Midwestern craft breweries participating in the first Summer Brew.
Remember Winter Brew? Well, Summer Brew, sponsored by the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, is its warm-weather cousin. It’s also the opening night event for this weekend’s Square Roots Festival In Lincoln Square, an event we have been hearing for months will feature an array of craft beers.
Posted on July 18, 2012
Chicagoetry: Red Wing, Yellow Sin
By J.J. Tindall
Red Wing, Yellow Sin
A red-winged blackbird
landed at my picnic table
at Navy Pier
opening a great lake
in my turbulent mind.
Yes: my mind landed
on this picnic table at Navy Pier
for a cig break
Posted on July 18, 2012
The Grunsfeld Children’s Growing Garden
The New And Unimproved Taste Of Chicago
City Hopes To Make More Money By Offering Less Food Over Fewer Days
With a slimmed down Taste of Chicago winding up almost as fast as it got going, we sent our intrepid team downtown to see what Taste of Rahm’s Chicago had to offer. Here’s what they found.
* More realistic Chicago experience includes the Booth of Bile and the Eat Your Meal Before Your Meter Runs Out Booth.
* The Next booth serves food from the Taste of Chicago July 15, 1837. The turkey legs are served tartare.
* Bandshell headlined by the bucket boys. Buckets returned to KFC after performance.
* Eat Lead Booth sponsored by members of Chicago’s gang community.
* Turkey legs replaced by (gluten-free) vegan leggings.
Posted on July 13, 2012
The Chicago International Teleport
Uploaded to YouTube by Dr. A Mo
“United Video Satellite Group’s subsidiary, SpaceCom Systems, Inc. had a satellite teleport outside of Chicago. It was built starting in 1982. Today (2012) it is owned and operated by DirecTV.”
Posted on July 10, 2012
Dirty Girl Mud Run
By Nikki Golden
Men came for the free mud wrestling. Women came for the empowerment of completing a non-threatening 5K obstacle course. Both groups got their wish this weekend as the Dirty Girl Mud Run came to town.
This past weekend, the Lake County Fairgrounds were transformed into a 5K track with obstacles such as One Ugly Mudder (a mud hill you had to both scale and descend), Get a Grip (a 12-foot-plus cargo net you had to climb up and down), H2OMG (a water pit you had to crawl through) and the final obstacle, PMS, which stood for pretty muddy stuff, a mud pit you had to crawl through like a snake.
Posted on July 2, 2012