New Camera Information If you are a person who enjoys image making and wants a bit of creative control into the bargain, then the Nikon Coolpix P7100 is a camera you might wish to consider. It has a full on automatic mode wherein the camera makes all the decisions for you. But in addition you [...]
Ride Summary You really have to visit the Little Italy neighborhood surrounding the University of Illinois Campus to get a taste of what the city could look like if Urban Renewal was allowed to thrive. We did a very sort toddle around the area before making our way over to the Rapid Transit Bicycle Shop [...]
Ride Summary It was supposed to be a lot warmer than it was. And it turned out to be “breezier” than predicted as well. But over-dressing for the cold and wind made it a tolerable situation. Nevertheless it was nice to ride along the Chicago Lakefront Trail in late autumn and see so many others [...]
By Lesley Young Posted November 21, 2011 The Commercial Appeal Samilia Colar could use an extra set of hands. Or three. When she’s not looking after her 2-year-old son, Liam, she’s fiercely sketching new ideas or implementing them on her sewing machine. “I’m a team of one,” said the 27-year-old owner and designer of Texstyle [...]
Wintery Conditions By the time we reached the Loop it was getting dark and the temperatures were holding at about 46° F. Nevertheless it was fairly warm when you went with the wind. We took an alternate route to and from the restaurant. The major aim was to visit the Taylor Street Starbucks shop to [...]
Ride Summary Last night we decided to ride the Fox River Trail. The direction we chose to ride was from the Batavia Municipal Parking Lot south to Illinois street and back. The wind dictated that we ride this way as it was gusting up to some 30 MPH from the south. So the ride [...]
Report Summary The Lakefront Trail today was swimming with folks out to get another chance at warm temperatures and sunshine despite the stiff southwestern winds that swept across Chicagoland. Heading north along Lake Shore Drive we reached Sheridan Road and took it all the way north to the Baha’i Temple. But just before reaching the [...]
Ride Report The weather today was windy and in the 60s as we began our ride from Whalon Lake’s parking lot. We begin with a clockwise circumnavigation of the lake itself and then headed outbound on the trail that leads into downtown Naperville. There is still some color showing on various kinds of trees. They [...]
By Nicole Marie Melton Naturalistas from far and wide gathered this weekend in Chicago for the ‘Treasure Our Tresses’ meetup, hosted by bloggers Brianna McCarthy of The Mane Source and Maeling Tapp of Natural Chica. “The energy in the room at ‘Treasure Our Tresses’ was electric!” said McCarthy. “There was so much love and unity between all these [...]
Chicago VeganMania 2011 website About this year’s event – Chicago VeganMania 2011 Chicago VeganMania is returning one more time to the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, which lies just west of the Kennedy Expressway and just east of the trendy Wicker Park Neighborhood, about 3 miles northwest of Chicago’s Loop. Come hungry. We’ll be back with an exciting [...]
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