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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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Weather Bell

Posted by on December 03rd 2007 to Architecture & Attractions Tagged architecture, Architecture & Attractions, beacon, blue-line, chicago, downtown, light, loop, red-line, weather

Chicago’s weather is as notorious as its mobster past. Chicago experiences sudden climatic changes, high variations in temperature, and an erratic precipitation. Because of the city’s location between the Great Plains and Lake Michigan, the weather can be distinctively unpredictable.
Amidst all this forecast murkiness, there is a light. A light that changes to green, yellow, and red. The Weather Bell at Monroe St and Clark St has outlasted its initial owner, Bell Federal Savings. Originally erected in the early ‘60s, the sign and its bell promoted “the Weather Bell Corner.” Even though ABN AMRO eventually bought out Bell Savings and …read more

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