All Entries in the "Art & Lifestyle" Category
Drink Deck, 2nd Edition
“I just wanted to create a deal that people knew they were getting a great value out of” says Will Glass, founder of Drink Deck. In a nutshell, the Drink Deck looks like any normal deck of cards with a big difference. Each card also serves as a $10 gift card to a bar, restaurant [...]
40 Days until the Chicago Marathon
By the time you read this post, we will be less than 40 days away from the Chicago Marathon. It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were 100 days from the race, scheduled for October 10, 2010. Last week, marathon banners appeared on the race course throughout the Loop. Several tweets including ones from Whitney [...]
Finding Mom through the ReVamp Project
The kids are back in school, and so MOMS can get herself back! Chicagonista partnered with Mom Renewal on an upcoming ReVamp Project and we’re inviting other Chicago Mom Bloggers to join us and secure a spot. We are gathering 10 mom bloggers and we only have a couple spaces left. This 2 month long [...]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Expo
A few days after traveling back from the San Francisco Half Marathon, I attended the Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Health and Fitness Expo. The expo was a two-day event that was open to the public at no cost for admission. I didn’t run the Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon but was planning to meet with [...]
Tress in the City
Those tresses are gorgeous and so are you! So where do we get our hair cuts in the city? Where do we go, who cuts who and what can we knock out with one super visit without emptying our pocketbooks can be quite a chore. Are your luscious locks in need of a trim? Are [...]
San Francisco Hospitality
Why did I decide to run a race in San Francisco? It’s a beautiful city but it’s known for lots of hills! In September 2009, I was convinced and recruited to run the San Francisco Marathon scheduled for July 25, 2010. By simply helping the SFM team promote the race to Chicagoans, I was offered a free [...]
Ramona & Beezus inspired goodness in all!
Chicagonista along with Nancy Loo hosted the special screening of Ramona & Beezus this past weekend in behalf of Tide Acti-Lift. The night before the event, Chicago had an incredible amount of rain throughout the night and news of flooded basements were heard on radios and tv news but yet over 200 viewers came to [...]
Meeting the #Runnerds!
Last week I was talking to fellow Chicagonista author Chanthana and how that I was excited about being added to a runners list on Twitter even though I am not one…just have a lot of friends who are and sometimes, luckily, I get mixed in with them. This week I got to enjoy a #Runnerds [...]
Crazy Thoughts from a Runner
You can expect for a lot of great things to happen when you run and race. You might lose some weight, improve your BMI, increase your endurance, and gain confidence. But lately for me, I’ve been thinking some crazy thoughts – I want to run ultra marathons (any race longer than 26.2 miles) and finish triathlons [...]
Seven 1010 Tweetup
I live in Chicago…and I love it! It’s rare that I leave the city limits. However, once in a while I venture out to the suburban areas if the opportunity presents itself and if there’s a promise of a good time at the end of the road. That was the case this past weekend with [...]
