As we mentioned in this year’s wrap-up of C2E2, this year’s con was busier than ever, and that meant more people and more amazing costumes. Check out our gallery below […]

  In case you missed it, yesterday we posted a pretty comprehensive guide to this year’s C2E2, which begins this Friday, April 21st and runs through Sunday, April 23rd. But what […]

We had to wait an extra month to kick of Chicago’s “nerd season” this year, but C2E2 is finally upon us as of Friday, and it’s been worth the extra […]

Some good things have come to us this week – the start of baseball season, the raising of a World Series banner, some sunny skies and amazing temperatures this weekend. […]

So much of our life, and in fact, everything in our little corner of the known universe, revolves around the sun. We want to find our place in the sun, […]

[soliloquy id=”11084″] Photography is a medium of great power. It can show us things we’ve never seen before, transport us places, and capture a moment in time like an insect […]

  [soliloquy id=”10903″]   As Carl Sagan famously said, “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever […]

This time last week, over 62,000 people were participating in a massive meeting of minds at McCormick Place. The topic? Housewares. Each year, our behemoth of a convention center houses […]

  [soliloquy id=”10423″] The Field Museum of Natural History, born out of the ashes of the Chicago Fire, is more than meets the eye. In fact, it’s an absolute marvel. […]

[soliloquy id=”10195″]   It’s not exactly an austere art gallery environment. The walls are painted vivid colors, in keeping with the palette and imagery of the fanciful art displayed. The […]

Sparkling new cars lined up this Wednesday at McCormick Place’s Concept & Technology Garage to help kick off the 2017 Chicago Auto Show–the nation’s largest automotive exhibition featuring the latest […]

[soliloquy id=”9768″]   February is a month that makes me want to wander. With the holidays over, I’ve lost affection for the brown-grey of winter, and I don’t wish for […]