For many Chicagoans, like myself, it’s that time of the year in the windy city when it’s far from below zero temperatures, Santa isn’t here, asking if you were naughty or nice, and we finally get to take that much needed break from shoveling our cars out from 10 inches of dirty snow. (Side note: One year my Jeep sat covered, snowed in on the street, for a week in a half until it finally melted off. Lazy? Nope, more like: Don’t care to throw my back out just to drive 5mph to the 7-11 down the block).
Chicago Street Fest Season is here and it’s the young adult version of Christmas in June! Here is a list of some of the biggest and well known street fests for 2012. Mark your calendars, kids:
STREET FEST JUNE-AUGUST LINEUP
- June 1-3: Do-Division Street Fest & Sidewalk Sale, Wicker Park
- June 2-3: 57th Street Art Fair, Hyde Park
- June 8-10: Ribfest Chicago, North Center
- June 9-10: Wells Street Art Festival, Old Town
- June 15-17: Taste of Randolph Street, West Loop
- June 22-23: Chicago Pride Fest, Lakeview
- June 23-24: Chicago Summerfest, Lincoln Park
- June 23-24: Chicago Green Music Fest, Wicker Park
- June 24: Gay Pride Parade, Lakeview
- June 29-30: Old St. Pat’s World’s Largest Block Party, West Loop
- July 8-9: Rock Around the Block, Lakeview
- July 7-8: West Fest, West Town
- July 13-14: Pitchfork, Union Park
- July 13-15: Windy City RibFest, Uptown
- July 20-22: Square Roots, Lincoln Square
- July 20-22: Taste of River North, River North
- July 21-22: Summer on Southport, Lakeview
- July 21-22: Sheffield Garden Walk & Festival, Lincoln Park
- July 28-29: Wicker Park Fest, Wicker Park
- July 28-29: Taste of Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Park
- August 4-5: Wrigleyville Summerfest, Lakeview
- August 11-12: Northalsted Market Days, Lakeview
- August 11-12: Retro On Roscoe, Roscoe Village
- August 18-19: North Side Summerfest, North Center
- August 24-26: The Boulevard, Logan Square
- August 25-26: Bucktown Arts Fest, Bucktown
*Many street fests are left out of this list, as there are too many to list, so my apologies if I am missing your favorite one.
Oh, hello work schedule…
(via fuckkyeahchicago)
STOLEN BIKE!!!!So… ya know that bike I just posted a picture of today? It got stolen while I was in a movie tonight. It was locked up with the pictured lock in front of a windows with people inside. I don’t know how it happened. Also the back tire was flat, so I hope that made it harder.
PLEASE CHICAGO SIGNAL BOOST!!
Yellow, Motobecane, 54 cm, fixed gear track/road bike.
Stolen from outside the Logan Theater. Small the Saddest Landscape sticker below the seat post.
Help please! Please reblog and/or keep your eyes peeled. This is my primary mode of transportation :(
Seriously, she is one of the sweetest fucking girls on the face of this earth. If anyone knows ANYTHING, please help her out.
zess:
Move to Chicago. I’ll marry you, and you can become a US citizen (and I can get one from NZ, I hope) and we’ll just figure the rest out. I smile a lot, and that’s contagious.Well that sounds a little bit amazing. Can we have cats and go to Disneyland a lot?
Sure. I’m a ways a way from Disneyland, but we can make it work.
The Channel 4 News alternative league table shows the levels of debt within the Premier League (based on most recent figures available) and does not even take into account this season’s most recent epic spending. While clubs’ total spend and debt accumulation does not correlate exactly with their position based on points, the big spenders float towards the top and the teams that actually make a profit are in the minority.
This table his a bit misleading, however. Most of, it not almost all of United’s debt is due to the way the Glazers took over the club, and not reflective of their buying/selling habits.
(via pitchinvasion)
“So they are going to retconn a “significant” character into being gay. I oppose this. Not because we don’t need more representation of queer, trans, Non-sexualized women, different body types or POC in comics, because We Do. I don’t think destroying an existing canon by another creator is respectful. Blue Beetle was a great way to do it, same name but respects the memory of Ted Kord without ripping him off. My fear is that they will cater to the shippers and fan girls and Tim Drake will be the one tapped for this. I would have no issue if his character evolved and realized he had feeling that might cause him to identify as bi…but if you flip a switch and just make him Gay, ignoring all his previous relationships like with Steph, I would be really disappointed. We need more “Batwoman”s and less rubberstamp diversity. “
“Knock Out” by Quyen Dinh
Feeding chickens. (Taken with Instagram at Dowdy Ranch)
