A blog by Bonnie McGrath. Got feedback? E-mail bonmcgrath@aol.com.
Rat a tat tat
three dead rats five live guys
06/18/2012
They are everywhere around the not-yet-opened Five Guys--and all I can say is, by the time it's officially open in the very near future, the rats better be gone Read More...
Maintaining a facade
the new facade at 618 S. Michigan is getting old
06/15/2012
It's been a while since the idea got floated about "oldening" the facade at Columbia's 618 S. Michigan Avenue building. But it is, in fact, becoming older by the day. Read More...
Dinner with a TIF
or how a wonderful fundraiser gave me a lot to think about
06/12/2012
The Near South Planning Board annual fundraiser for "Authors in the Schools" always hosts a bastion of movers and shakers. And this year the movers and shakers illustrated an interesting irony. Read More...
Fair up fair down
the lit fest sure comes and goes fast
06/11/2012
Between Friday and Sunday, a lot goes on during the lit fest. And if you're here to see it come and go, it gets melancholy, baby Read More...
Sticker frenzy
Saturday was the day the alderman offered city stickers for sale in the South Loop
06/10/2012
It was a convenience to have city sticker sales right in our South Loop midst--but there sure was a crowd! Read More...
South Loop School got talent
their Rock of Ages was great
06/08/2012
Saw "Rock of Ages" Thursday night at South Loop School; it was so good, I can save myself the trouble of going to see the movie Read More...
To market to market
but no fat pigs for sale
06/07/2012
There was a lot of buzz about the new farmers market at the Wheeler Mansion recently; and it worked. Out came a lot of people Wednesday afternoon to see what all the fuss was about Read More...
Winning statewide journo awards
thanks, Illinois Woman's Press Association, not to mention Chicago Journal
06/05/2012
I have another three journalism awards in my prized possession, thanks to a woman's organization that never forgets me and never lets me down! Read More...
Prairie Avenue on our minds
and on our bookshelves
06/03/2012
Thinking about Prairie Avenue because our homegrown prez just attended a rousing party in his honor there? Don't stop thinking about that strip of South Loop lore--because you can now read a rousing new historic novel that takes place right in the same spot. Read More...
Back into the past with handiworks at the oldest house in Chicago
stitching away in the present and in the past behind the ropes
06/01/2012
What a thrill to do an old-fashioned handiwork in a place where old-fashioned handiwork really happened Read More...