Chicago
Free Tax Tip #2: Itemized Deductions
Barry R. Steiner, a Chicago based CPA and former IRS Agent, brings you one new tax tip each week! This week’s tip: group together your itemized deductions…
New Restaurant Open On Devon Avenue; Old Restaurant Closed In St. Charles
A new restaurant opened recently in a long-vacant space that once housed the popular Gandhi India on Devon Avenue. But in St. Charles, a famed steakhouse has gone dark after 38 years.
New Restaurant Roundup: February
With new restaurants opening seemingly every day, how are you supposed to keep track of them all? We’ve rounded up some of the most notable Chicago openings of the past few months so you can better focus your dining energy.
U Mad? Ketchup On Hot Dogs
On this edition of ‘U Mad,’ Mason Johnson hits the streets of Chicago as if he’s a real reporter to solve the mystery of ketchup. Is it, or is it not, okay to put on hot dogs? His findings may shock and surprise you!
Chicago Celebrates 200th Birthday Of Charles Dickens
The great English author Charles Dickens was born on this date 200 years ago, and he has a fan club in Chicago.
Time To Dabble Into Knitting In Chicago
I wanted to learn how to knit, but had no idea where to go in this city to learn! A friend of mine suggested Dabble – a Chicago-based website that offers classes of all kinds for only $20 a class. Sure enough they had a “Knitting Basics” class – a sort of intro-to, exactly what I was looking for. I signed up online and a week later I was sitting in an adorable coffee shop in Lincoln Park, CityGrounds Coffee with four other women learning to knit…
- Valentine’s Day With The Kids 2012/02/06
- Chicago Yet Again Makes Forbes’ ‘Most Miserable Cities’ List CBS Chicago–2012/02/06
- Report: Hiring Surge In Chicago’s High-Tech Industry CBS Chicago–2012/02/06
- DEFEND YOUR RIDE: Lauren At The La Cantina Grill 2012/02/06
- Escape To The Tropics In Chicago 2012/02/04
- Chicago’s Best Kids’ Concert Venues: Reggie’s Rock Club 2012/02/03
- Clothes For The Awkward Male 2012/02/02
- German Manufacturer To Set Up North American HQ In Chicago CBS Chicago–2012/02/02
- Best Bars To Rent For A Party In Chicago 2012/02/02
- Best Of The South Loop 2012/02/01
- 2 Sparrows: Best New Breakfast Spot 2012/02/01
- Chicago-based E-Cigarette Maker Offers New Alternative To Smoking 2012/02/01
- YouTube Clips Expose How Chicagoans Really Sound CBS Chicago–2012/01/31
- Guide To Groundhog Day 2012/01/31
Most Popular News
- 3 Hurt When Wrong-Way Driver Hits Car, Van On Lake Shore DriveIn a headline that is becoming all too familiar, three people are hurt – one critically – after a wrong-way driver slammed into multiple vehicles, this time on Lake Shore Drive.206
- Some University Employees Double Dipping For State PaychecksSome public university employees have figured out a way to keep their jobs and double their salaries. CBS 2's Dave Savini has been investigating this lucrative, yet legal, sweetheart deal involving government pensions.226
- More Than $4M Worth Of Cannabis Seized In Calumet CityMore than $4 million worth of cannabis was seized after a months-long investigation of a south suburban Calumet City home.100
- Mayor Emanuel: Time To Speed Up Trains To O’Hare, MidwayMayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he’s evaluating plans to shave up to 12 minutes off CTA travel times between downtown and O’Hare Airport and Midway Airports, a goal he views as more attainable than his predecessor’s dream of an express train to O’Hare.221
- Babysitter Hired Through Sittercity Charged With Child Porn, Sex AssaultA former Boston area elementary school teacher has been charged with taking inappropriate pictures of a girl he babysat after he was hired through the Chicago-based babysitter service website Sittercity.com.307
Contests & Promotions
- Jameson Toast Master Competition February 6, 2012Enter for your chance to be The Score’s “Jameson Toast Master,” and you could win a $250 American Express gift card!
- Win At The Score’s “Make Tonight a DiGiorno Night” Appearances February 3, 2012Come out to The Score’s Make Tonight a DiGiorno Night appearances for your chance to win great prizes!
- Be The Massage “Envy-P” Of The Week February 3, 2012Click here to find out how you can enter for a chance to be the Massage “Envy-P” of the week, and win a gift card for a one-hour massage, compliments of Massage Envy!
- Toyota Auto Show Football Legends Dinner February 1, 2012Don’t forget to stop by the Sports Corner at the Toyota Display from the Chicago Auto Show, and register for a chance to win a dinner for two with football legends Steve McMichael and Keith Van Horne. Brought to you by Toyota - Moving forward.
