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Sorry, Kids, No Sledding this Weekend

Last year at this time, Chicago was blanketed in almost two feet of snow and no one did much of anything over the weekend but shovel. This winter is much different, despite the weather people’s predictions that it was going to be even worse. So far, the 2011-12 winter is the warmest on record since [...]

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Fill Your Weekend with Reality or Fantasy

As you sit reading this in your warm Chicago real estate, let me ask you: Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be homeless? Step into someone’s shoes who has lived on the streets during The Human Library: What It’s Like to be Homeless: AnnMarie Walsh, an hour-long seminar taking place [...]

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Happy New Year of the Dragon!

We may be several weeks into the new year, but the Chinese New Year is just about to begin. 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, which comes around only every 12 years and is considered the mightiest and the luckiest of the 12 signs. The holiday is especially significant in one area of Chicago [...]

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It’s Going to be a White and Wild Weekend

The big event of this weekend will undoubtedly be the weather around Chicagoland, where a Winter Weather Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service during most of Friday for the counties of Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DeKalb, DuPage, Kendall and Will. The chance of precipitation is 100 percent and the area could get [...]

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Register for Chicago Real Estate Conference to Save

What do you think is going to happen in the commercial real estate industry in 2012? Want to hear the opinion of a Chicago real estate legend? The 10th Annual Commercial Real Estate Forecast Event is set for January 24 in downtown Chicago, and if you register early, you’ll save. Produced by the Illinois Real [...]