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You Are Breathing In Dog Feces
Well if you live in Cleveland, Detroit or Chicago you are, according to a new study from University of Colorado. The researchers looked at airborne bacteria found in these three cities and found a...
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Bush in the Afterlife
British band Bush played the Congress Theater in Chicago on August 18 as part of a series of warm-up dates for the world tour they will start in October. It was a free show that had two lines...
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Restaurant Review: Girl and the Goat
I’m not usually one to jump on a restaurant bandwagon, but when one of my regular baristas told me that her boyfriend took her to West Loop Chicago restaurant Girl and the Goat for her birthday and...
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Rahm Emanuel: Public (Library) Enemy Number One
Oh hey, Chicagoans. How’s it going? Did you know that your sexy mayor plans to slash your public library’s budget, with plans to lay off about a third of your city’s librarians and paraprofessional...
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Following “The F*cking Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel”
Writing a book is probably not something you think about doing 140 characters at a time. But that’s exactly what Dan Sinker did with “The F*cking Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel.” He might not...
View ArticleNew York Times Commenters Solve Chicago’s Murder Problem
On Monday, the New York Times reported on the dramatic increase in Chicago’s homicide rate. The city’s murder rate from January to June has increased 38% compared to the same period in 2011. That’s 240...
View ArticleThursday Open Thread
Hey dude, you better step off. Get your hand out of the frame, jerk! Don’t waste handheld projectors on PowerPoint presentations. Image: The Oriel Staircase at the Rookery Building (Chicago), Chris...
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Recipe Sunday: Breakfast of Champions
One of the very first bars I got drunk at in Chicago is called Twisted Spoke – the one on Clark Street, not the one on Ogden in the West Loop. My friend Christine and I got drunk on $2.75 pints of...
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Chicago Alderman Proposes $25 Annual Bike Tax
Chicago Alderman Pat Dowell has proposed a plan that bicyclists in the city should pay a $25 annual bike registration fee as a way to raise revenue for the city. Ms. Dowell is hoping this would be an...
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Wednesday Open Thread
Ommm, I’m tellin’ GI… Lucky used a dirty word in yesterday’s OT. Blue Hour at the Bean by Chris Smith/Out of Chicago
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Saturday Open Thread
A little perspective. Summer Evening at Fullerton by Chris Smith/Out of Chicago
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Monday Open Thread
Monday again? So uncivilized. Happy Sid Day, everyone. Cadillac Daphne by Chris Smith/Out of Chicago
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Sunday Open Thread
Not for the cloisterphobic. Play time. Credits: Image: Ida Noyes Hall and Rockefeller Chapel, Univ. of Chicago, Chris Smith via Flickr. Video: What is littleBits?, littleBits via Vimeo.
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Monday Open Thread
Circuit-board City. Symmetry – a Palindromic Film from Parachutes on Vimeo. Chicago Forever by Stuck in Customs
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Tuesday Open Thread
Blee bloo blah… -Rumpo Romance at the Bean by Chris Smith/Out of Chicago
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