Today’s post will point you to a point-counterpoint on Travel+Leisure’s recent poll finding that Chicago is the 14th rudest city in the country. I take the “yea” while RedEye’s “social media lady” Jessica Galliart takes the “nay.”
I am the lamest. Every time I even begin to think a thought like, “Actually, I’m pretty cool guy. I mean, David Hasselhoff follows me on Twitter,” events come along that completely disabuse me of these notions. Case in point, RedEye’s iBall party, which took place on Tuesday at a hipper-than-thou joint in the West… Continue reading ‘Jesus, I’m the Worst: RedEye iBall Party Edition’
I’ll get all radical on you here: Taxes are good. Taxes make civilization possible. Even better than regular taxes are taxes that incentivize people to make decisions that improve those civilizations in some small way. That’s a pretty grandiose statement, but nevertheless it’s why Ald. Joe Moreno of the 1st Ward has a fine idea… Continue reading ‘Michigan Avenue Doesn’t Fix Itself’
I tend to really enjoy certain things. How about you? I bet if you think about it long enough, you too will decide there are many things in this world you really, really enjoy. Mint chocolate chip ice cream, for instance. The Ben Folds version of “Tiny Dancer.” Birds that you think are about… Continue reading ‘Let Chicago’s Streets Run Green with Beer’
Recent census data revealed that Chicago’s population has shrunk by nearly 200,000 people in the past decade. Demographer Kenneth Johnson told the Chicago Sun-Times, the census “underscores the fact that the growth of the Chicago metropolitan area is now concentrated in the outer suburbs.” This raises an interesting point: WTF–has anyone seen the Chicago suburbs?… Continue reading ‘People Still Move to the Chicago Suburbs?’