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The Best of The Chicago Traveler 2007

Posted by on December 31st 2007 to Architecture & Attractions, Art, Collectibles and Hobbies, Bars and Clubs, Gay & Lesbian, Restaurants, Shopping Tagged acid-jazz, alternative, architecture, Architecture & Attractions, art, Art, Collectibles and Hobbies, audio, bars, Bars and Clubs, beacon, beer, blue-line, blues, boats, boystown, bridgeport, bridges, brown-line, byob, carry-out, cassettes, cheap eats, chicago, chicago-history, chicago-river, circle-interchange, cocktails, collectibles, construction, costumes, courts, desserts, dinner, dj, downtown, drag-queens, electronica, expressways, family-oriented, freeways, full bar, funk, gay, Gay & Lesbian, gay-friendly, glbt, glbtq, green-line, highways, history, interstates, junctions, lake-michigan, lake-shore-drive, lakeview, late-night, latin, law, light, lincoln-park, lincolnwood, loop, lounge, lp, lunch, martinis, mexican, music, north-center, north-ravenswood, north-side, north-suburbs, old-town, olives, orange-line, palindromes, picasso, pink-line, purple-line, ravenswood, records, recreation, red-line, Restaurants, river-north, river-west, rivers, roads, rogers-park, roscoe-village, sculptures, ships, Shopping, skyscrapers, soups, south-loop, south-suburbs, spirits, suburbs, tequila, turntable, ukrainian-village, valet, vinyl, weather, west-suburbs, wheelchair access, wicker-park, wrigleyville

It’s time to say good-bye to 2007. The year has treated me very well. I moved to a new apartment, did some traveling, and, best of all, began writing The Chicago Traveler! Many thanks to Mary Jo and everyone at b5media who has been so welcoming and helpful.
Even though The Chicago Traveler is only a few months old, let’s take a look back at the ten most popular articles of this year.
10. Abegweit. Resting peacefully on Lake Michigan, this beautiful ship was once the most powerful icebreaker in the world.
9. Let’s Boogie Records & Tapes. This music store on the …read more

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Chicago Highways

Posted by on September 25th 2007 to Uncategorized Tagged chicago, circle-interchange, construction, downtown, expressways, freeways, highways, interstates, junctions, lake-shore-drive, loop, roads, south-suburbs, suburbs, west-suburbs

Even though I’ve lived in Chicago all my life, I have to admit that I haven’t done very much driving on the city’s interstate highways. That’s why I always have to “translate” directions from Chicago natives. Chicagoans do not call each of the seven major highways by their Interstate numbers. Instead, the roadways are known by various given names, completely confusing anyone not from the area.
For example, Interstate 90/94/190 is better known as “the Kennedy.” It runs east-west between the Circle Interchange (in downtown Chicago) and O’Hare International Airport. The CTA Blue Line train runs right down the middle of …read more

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