The Chicago Tribune is running a quiz to test our knowledge of Chicago trivia. Give the test a try. If you want to, email me and share what your score was. ...
Just checking in. Haven't posted here in awhile and thought I'd say HOWDY! Thanks for the info on the Beatles celebration at the OP Library! I was really...
Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. Feel free to post to the list and share what is going on in your life. To post to the list, address email to: ...
Oak Park residents howl about pet law Village reviewing 2-dog, 4-cat limit By Maria Kantzavelos Special to the Tribune Published March 31, 2004 Oak Park has...
I was just looking at the "Centerfold" from the Max P Yearbook for XP ('79-'80) and I was wondering if anyone kept in touch with Jim Brauneis. I know he was an...
I looked around the site (while logged in) and didn't find an option for increasing the disk space for this email list. One workaround would be to upload...
It's that time of year again. Free scoop night at Baskin Robbins - April 28th 6-10pm. Since a lot of churches have Wednesday night services, this would make a...
Hi Everyone! I know, the Early Edition tv series has been in syndication (reruns) for years now. My family enjoys this show (we call it the "cat show" <G>). ...
Nope! No Marion St. in River Forest. There IS a Marion St. in Oak Park. It's 2 blocks east of Harlem. It starts at Chicago Ave. and the name changes to...
Okay, here's one that is really Oak Park related. In the Early Edition episode "Blackout", the show starts with Gary rescuing children at Rehm Park who are...
Scott Kelby Book Signing Sunday At Chicago Apple Store Scott Kelby will be on hand at the Chicago Apple Store for a book signing and demonstration of Photoshop...
Hi, especially to Diana, who joined my silly OPRFHS Huskies group at ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OPRFHS_Class_of_73_HUSKIES/ and showed me (indirectly)...
Does anyone here recall any of the local papers reporting that the Early Edition show would be filming at OPRFHS years ago? This episode aired this week: ...
Congrats Mike! Quote from a newspaper article regarding the recent baseball draft... As with Marconi and Minor, Wohlgemuth enjoyed the company of an NIU ...
County bans motorized scooters June 23, 2004 BY STEVE PATTERSON Staff Reporter Kids, put away the scooters. A countywide ban on motorized scooters is set to...
Went by the Come Back Inn the other day and there was a for sale sign on it! This was a great place to go to while in high school. Remember the Kodiac...
It was 25 years ago today...(if today happens to be July 12, 2004) that Steve Dahl collected "disco records" and blew them up between games at a White Sox...
I remember the Come Back Inn. You would walk on the peanut shells that people dropped on the floor from the baskets of peanuts that every table received....
Hey, does anyone remember the "ball chair" in XP ? One was featured on a recent program on HGTV. Who here has ever shopped for one of these? Did you find one? ...
I always called it the "Egg Chair". I remember seeing one in a TV show once, but I've never seen any other ones. I always thought it would be cool to mount a...
Here is the preseason schedule: August 12 @ Rams 7 p.m. NBC5, Telemundo August 21 vs.49ers 7:30 p.m. WCIU, Telemundo August 27 vs.Saints 7:30 p.m. WCIU,...
Hey all! Bumped into Dale Johnson, Rob Starkey, and Dierdre Rich at my favorite watering hole last night (Carole's Next Bext Best Thing in Forest Park)and I...
Hi! I thought someone here might benefit from this information. Enjoy the free ice cream cone! Diana ... Free Cone Day @ Dairy Queen Quote from DQ website: ...
While I was there I TRIED to take some pictures for y'all, but was stopped my a elderly guard and told I couldn't take pictures. I asked why couldn't I take...
... but > I can't post them 'cause we're out of space! I get hassled about taking pictures too from time to time. It didn't used to be an issue, but nowadays I...
Idea for road trip! EMI Delete Sale North Warehouse, 500 Capitol Way Jacksonville, Illinois. (look for parking lot with activity) Nov 18 and 19 from 8 a.m. to...
CTA ride not worth fare in poorer areas, study says Published November 22, 2004 Sample from article: The Green Line received the lowest rating. The study found...
