A blog by Bonnie McGrath. Got feedback? E-mail bonmcgrath@aol.com.


We are THE most walkable

South Loop neighborhoods are uber-walkable

07/25/2011

We here in the South Loop have TWO neighborhoods on the latest most walkable list! And one is number 1! Read More...

Think cold

a way to cool off?

07/20/2011

As we swelter in the South Loop, I think I know a way to reduce the temperature; think back to the beginning of February Read More...

Pita Heaven named correctly

it's a heavenly place

07/19/2011

Made it over to Pita Heaven on Sunday and it was GOOD Read More...

Taking back the night

one night at a time

07/16/2011

Arrests of the perps who have been mugging South Loop residents gave me the courage to run around the neighborhood for a few minutes tonight Read More...

The Auditorium Theater has Sunk

or has it?

07/13/2011

A South Loop group visited a neighborhood landmark tonight--and a mild fight erupted over whether the sway in the building's floor was really meant to be Read More...

The Boss

another new show is being filmed in the 'hood

07/08/2011

Out for a stroll, I ended up alongside the filming of a new show: The Boss starring Kelsey Grammer Read More...

Another tree down

just when it was coming into its own

07/05/2011

It seems that every time a tree starts to really blossom and bloom and burgeon on my corner, it becomes a victim Read More...

My red light camera has disappeared

where'd it go? and why'd it leave?

07/02/2011

I don't know when it happened, but my red light camera intersection is no longer a red light camera intersection


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Carts aweigh

it won't be long for Trader Joe's now

06/29/2011

My head spun around when I saw through the corner of my eye those carts in the window: Trader Joe's is getting nearer every day Read More...

The Secret Garden

GSLA shows us that it's right under our nose

06/24/2011

What a magnificent jewel, amenity, resource, whatever you want to call it...Columbia College has outdone itself again. Read More...