Archive for December, 2006

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Cheaper Than Gas

Through January 5, Metra is letting up to 3 children under 12 ride free with each fare-paying adult. If you’re traveling on the weekend you can get an unlimited ride pass for $5 (year-round). Once you get into the city, the free trolley system takes you to downtown Chicago’s most popular attractions.
The change of the […]

Christmas Tree Recycling

Christmas is over. Soon you’ll be putting all the ornaments away, nursing the stab wounds from those dry, wretched needles, and avoiding strangling yourself with the lights rather than try to get them back in the box.
But you’ll still have that blasted tree to deal with. You could leave it by the dumpster, or in […]

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Merry Christmas Mea Culpa

I spent Christmas Day with my family. There was laughter, and warmth, and respect, and friendship. It was a fabulous day that evoked the spirit of love and peace that this holiday celebrates.
And then I got home and checked my email.

American Girl says move over Lord & Taylor

Technically American Girl isn’t kicking Lord & Taylor out, but they are going to take over their Water Tower location and will open fall 2008. The current location at 111 E Chicago is simply too small for the popular store, so they’re going to take 52,000 square feet of the department store’s space.
Lord & Taylor […]

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