Looking to buy a condo
 

Chicagoans:

I'm looking to buy a condo relatively soon. I've been looking at West Town, River West and the West Loop. I think I'm too late for the West Loop, but does anyone have an opinion re: the other two? It seems that RW and WT are growing (gentrifying?), and I'd like to get a piece soon. I'd also, of course, like to ensure that the future wife will be safe. Any suggestions?

Looking to buy a condo
 

If you don't want to be lonely in your new condo, don't let her hear you refer to her as "the future wife."

Looking to buy a condo
 

It's not like he said "future first wife."

Looking to buy a condo
 

The future ex-Mrs. Coltrane?

Looking to buy a condo
 

I have actually on occasion introduced Mrs. Wonk as my first wife.

Looking to buy a condo
 

I am not surprised.

Looking to buy a condo
 

So has a good friend of mine. Well, not Mrs. Wonk, but HIS wife.

Final Four Baby!
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...elebration.jpg

Unbelievable.

Chicagoland GA's
 

I'll be in Chicago for one night only in April. PM me if you're interested in meeting up for drinks and we'll figure out if timing works out.

Chicagoland GA's
 

I'm free between 2:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.

Woo hoo!
 

As if the interest in putting Lallapalooza in Grant Park wasn't enough, today they announce that

Lauryn Hill and
Santana

will each be playing the Taste of Chicago this year.

As far as I could tell, the rest of the musicians on the schedule suck, but this announcement might be the best thing to happen since last week in the Chicago music scene.

It's a Fucking Salt Stain, People...
 

People gather under a Kennedy Expressway overpass and block traffic to pray before a rust stain that they think looks like the Virgin Mary.



Great googly moogly...

WTF is wrong with these people?

makin the rounds
 

http://spankwad.com/northvssouth.html

North Side vs. South Side

not great, not bad comparison of cubs vs. sox. Apparently written by a north side pansy.

It's a Fucking Salt Stain, People...
 

I happened by there yesterday and there were a shitload of people there. I hope today's rain fucked the virgin.

I predict a riot
 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...l=chi-news-hed

Chicago suddenly seems like the best place to be on Earth this summer. In the second major, major music announcement, Lollapalooza (only available in Chicago) announces:

Liz Phair, the Pixies, Widespread Panic, the Killers, the Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, Dashboard Confessional, Dinosaur Jr., Billy Idol, Cake, Arcade Fire, Ambulance LTD, Kasabian, Los Amigos Invisibles, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Z-Trip, M83 and more (70 acts or more altogether).

See http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...l=chi-news-hed

or www.lollapalooza.com.