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Middle aged dad. Sarah’s +1. Roxanne’s best buddy. Ex-sportswriter, pro mascot. Big fan of Wrigley, pizza, local news, and good folks. Just doing my best.

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Joined April 2009
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Matt Lindner
9 years
This is what it's like to get sprayed with champagne by Jon Lester. Tonight has been insane. http://t.co/n4tpn02uAg
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Matt Lindner
2 years
The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods on LinkedIn
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@EYEamLRBY Wait he liked your hair so much he slipped you a Benjamin?
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9 months
She’s a big city ad exec home in Gingerbread Falls for the holidays trying to find herself. He’s a clumsy lumberjack who volunteers at her grandma’s nursing home who can help. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce star in the Hallmark classic, Meet You Under the Mistletoe.
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9 months
A proposal and an actual marriage on the same day at the place where a rat or maybe a squirrel died that has become the city’s hottest tourist attraction.
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directional transsexual
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they’re doing a gay wedding at the chicago rat hole
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2 years
Non Midwesterners do not fully appreciate how warm and pleasant 45 and sunny feels in the dead of winter.
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7 months
Kris Bryant, staring into the void down 15 while playing first base for the Rockies knowing that, at the very least, he still has a mural of himself painted on the side of a Wrigleyville bar.
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Lady nobody at all calls Peoria “Little Chicago.”
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3 years
I feel like we as a city may owe Mitchell Trubisky an apology if this is how he was being coached.
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2 years
Ah yes now the rest of America gets to experience that uniquely Illinois experience of having the feds raid a politician’s place.
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2 months
Man shut the fuck up about Chicago you weird weirdo.
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Howard Mortman
2 months
"My little theory about why they decided to have the convention in Chicago, is, Tim Walz has been going around saying that he served in war, and maybe they did it in Chicago so that he could actually accurately say that he visited a combat zone" - JD Vance in Kenosha Wisconsin
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8 years
7:45 am in Wrigleyville. This is nuts.
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6 months
Cool. Pay for it yourselves.
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Chicago Bears
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A world-class destination for a world-class city. Introducing initial designs for a new lakefront stadium. #StadiumForChicago
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3 months
People give Cubs fans shit for continuing to pack Wrigley despite the team not being great and…You only get so many days, so many years in your life. Day Baseball at Wrigley is a drug that has no equal.
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5 years
What an outstanding night for some @Cubs baseball
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8 years
It is an absolutely gorgeous evening at Wrigley @Cubs
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2 years
I am on a Southwest flight that is leaving after a delay of less than an hour. Normally I’d be annoyed. Today I feel like I won the lottery.
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6 years
There is no more beautiful place on God’s green earth than Wrigley Field on a sunny summer day @Cubs
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2 months
I have seen mountains and oceans, forests and deserts, but there’s no place I love seeing quite like sweet home Chicago.
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4 months
The “support local” on the sign advertising a highly illegal bar being run out of someone’s apartment on the Pride parade route is sending me
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2 years
"Work from home isn't the future!" Man, it is snowing outside in Chicago, and I started work fifteen minutes ago without having to leave my house. All the office beer carts or in-person company kumbayas in the world don't make me miss having to commute each way in this.
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1 year
Witnessed by roughly 250 people…yikes.
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Cheryl (Raye) Stout
1 year
A walk off homer by #WhiteSox Andrew Vaughn and the losing streak is over.
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10 months
Fields is gonna get traded to the Falcons for a third rounder and a bag of beans where he’s gonna unlock something he couldn’t in Chicago. Caleb Williams is gonna be Mitchell Trubisky 2.0 as a Bear. The sun rises, the sun sets, nothing ever changes.
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4 months
I will say, the jersey the White Sox are giving away as part of Mexican Heritage Night tonight goes HARD.
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2 months
Out of towners trying to dunk on Chicago for the concrete beaches not realizing we have plenty of actual beaches
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3 months
Hooooooly moly this hockey jersey promo that the Cubs are doing on 9/17
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2 years
The rest of the country: “A high profile politician got indicted? That can happen?” Illinois:
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3 years
It's me, the Cubs fan who is rooting for the White Sox because baseball is fun, this White Sox team is fun, and what's good for Chicago is good for me.
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8 months
Jeff Passan giving a shoutout to some random fan who predicted the Bellinger signing in a tweet to Obvious Shirts shows that he is a real one, a true baseball fan’s baseball fan, but also that he spends way too much time online. Much respect.
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8 months
lisa was right
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1 year
This alone would’ve instantly made Sox Park one of the best in the league.
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1 year
What the backdrop could have been if dummy would have just turned the damn field to the north at 35th and Shields…
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7 years
@dog_rates HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THEY ARE ALREADY ALL GOOD DOGS
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Matt Lindner
2 years
People are losing their minds over Italian beef sandwiches nationally thanks to The Bear but wait until they find out that sometimes here in Chicago we combine an Italian beef sandwich with an Italian sausage to create a truly diabolical and delicious Italian Combo.
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2 years
Really can't wait for Election Day to be over with so we never have to hear about Darren Bailey again.
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7 years
@dog_rates THIS IS VERY EXCITING NEWS AND THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT
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3 years
The Chicago sports hill that I will die on is that it is possible to be a die-hard Cubs or White Sox fan and not totally hate the other team in town.
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9 months
Why the hell is having old people retake a driving test a “bad” thing
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Illinois is the only state in the nation that requires drivers 75 and older to retake a driving test as a condition of renewing their driver’s license. New legislation from Rep. Jeff Keicher would end this practice. #twill 🚗
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4 years
God bless Chicago, where we will market a bowl of roast beef and giardiniera as being health food.
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Portillo's
4 years
Cutting out carbs in the new year? No problem. Try one of our Beef Bowls, featuring our classic Italian beef, but without the bread. You can add peppers and cheese for an additional cost. Order online at !
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Schaumburg is so scenic
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3 years
At a bar in Key West… “You’re from Chicago? Isn’t Chicago a…” Me, immediately cutting the guy off: “A wonderful place to live? A completely and totally safe tourist destination with tons to do? Yes, yes it is.”
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1 year
For the first time in the 109 year history of Wrigley Field, the Culver’s sign can be seen on the same block as the marquee. The restaurant opens soon, it would appear. What a moment in history.
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3 months
It is Malort 5K time
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1 year
I’m sorry but charging $63 for a six pack of BUSCH LIGHT anywhere should get you thrown in jail.
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4 years
Guys I’m at Wrigley Field for the first time in a year and a half and I missed this far more than words can express @Cubs
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1 year
My hot take is that every Cubs fan should live within walking distance of Wrigley for at least one year just to experience what it’s like.
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1 year
For the record, this woman wound up picking up the pace and finishing in a shade under seven hours. Great work!
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4 months
At JB Pritzker bro you up
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2 years
Tourists, if you are paying $530 for this, don’t. (H/t ⁦ @nbcchicago ⁩)
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10 months
Ah yes, the party of book bans, repealing Roe vs. Wade, opposing gay marriage, and other assorted classics is very famously tolerant and wanting to leave everyone alone.
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Graham: The bottom line is Conservatives are tolerant, we are kind of get out of your business, you leave me alone, I’ll leave you alone
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Matt Lindner
2 years
Two Bud Lights and two hot dogs at Wrigley cost $50 yesterday and I'm not saying ballpark prices have gotten out of hand but yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.
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3 months
I cannot get over the fact that some dumb motherfuckers decided to head out on a boat on Lake Michigan knowing a storm like this was coming. Like what a bunch of dumb motherfuckers. Dumb. Motherfuckers.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
I've lived in Chicago for a dozen years now and I can say with absolute certainty that you never truly get used to Air and Water Show week. Like there's no tuning out the giant jets flying overhead.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
Fox sending someone to Naperville to get reaction to the new mayor of Chicago is a bit on the nose.
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Gianno Caldwell
1 year
Breakfast with ‘Friends’: Gianno Caldwell talks new Chicago mayor with diners Gianno Caldwell asks diners their reaction to Brandon Johnson being sworn in as Chicago Mayor. Segment:
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5 years
Peter: "Hey, so I've been told you're kind of awful..." Victoria: "I AM SO DONE WITH THIS CONVERSATION OH MY GOD I CAN'T CATCH A BREAK" #TheBachelor
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Matt Lindner
10 months
Booing Jerry Krause’s widow is the most embarrassing thing Chicago sports fans have done at a game since that father and son attacked the Royals first base coach at the White Sox game.
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2 years
Fuck, and I cannot stress this enough, all the way off with this shit.
@therecount
The Recount
2 years
Former NFL coach Tony Dungy invokes Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest as he calls on Americans to pray for an end to abortion: “Every day in this country, innocent lives are at stake. The only difference is they don’t belong to a famous athlete, and they’re not seen on national TV.”
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Oh my god
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Holy shit! The old Sluggers sign is BACK! @chicagobars
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4 years
Crazy sky over the West Loop tonight
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6 years
That feeling when your boss gives you permission to leave work early to go to a @Cubs game
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10 months
My kid’s name on the marquee at Wrigley. This is definitely going up in her nursery.
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Guys, the Malort 5k is a real race. You do a shot at the beginning, run a 5k, and do a shot at the end. It is so much fun.
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Matt Lindner
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It is Malort 5K time
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It’s the architecture, the ease of making friends, summer vibes, the neighborhoods, the food, oh the glorious food. It’s the flag, the sun rising over the Lake, street festivals, and the way the worst people on this hellsite are our most vocal critics makes us love it more.
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Chicago is nice and all, but I do wonder what is in the water there that makes Chiagoans act like this on the internet, just a next level commitment to boosterism
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3 years
The landmark at sunset. It’s magical, always magical. @Cubs
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1 year
Consensus among Wrigleyville bartenders is that Iowa is welcome to come back every year. Hawkeye fans apparently tipped well, were respectful, and drank everything in sight.
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10 months
Yesterday afternoon just before 5, my daughter came into the world and Wrigleyville Man officially became Wrigleyville Dad. Welcome to the world, Nora Marie. You are 5 pounds, 8 ounces, and your mother and I are so very in love with you.
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If you’re not used to Wrigley prices, it’s hard to overstate how much of a bargain $149 for the Makers Mark Barrel Room is. Two hours of pregame food and drink plus in-game food and drink on top of some of the best seats in the ballpark.
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Matt Lindner
2 years
Evanston isn't in Chicago but also, wearing these jerseys against DePaul, which actually IS in Chicago, is some shit.
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Northwestern Basketball
2 years
All in the Details.
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2 months
If you were plotting the absolute drunkest day you could have in Chicago after work, it'd start at Ceres Cafe, migrate over to Richard's, quick stop at La Scarola for a glass of wine and to carb up, then Hangge Uppe, and then if you're still alive at that point, Tai's Til 4.
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9 years
Chicago did the one thing nobody else in America has been able to do: Stop Trump from speaking.
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1 year
I have lived in or around Chicago for most of my life and tonight is the first time I'm going on an architecture cruise and I am pumped
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Matt Lindner
2 years
Chicago style poutine…beer cheese, giardiniera, and Italian beef over fries.
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3 years
YOU CANNOT CALL DIBS WHEN THERE IS NO SNOW ON THE STREET
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9 months
Fuck off. If you’re rich enough to own a team, pay for your own damn stadium.
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Chicago Tribune Sports
9 months
The White Sox met with a state funding agency to present plans for a new stadium, but officials say lawmakers would have to increase the borrowing limit if the team wants taxpayer financing.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
One other interesting stat from the weekend -- Apparently @murphysbleacher sold more beer on Saturday than they've ever sold in a single day, which is absolutely insane to me given that the bar has been there for decades. @chicagobars
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3 years
The Kris Bryant mural is still up on the side of HVAC Pub
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“What part of Chicago do you live in?” “Naperville.”
@obvious_shirts
OBVIOUS SHIRTS®
7 months
Best caption to this wins a free hoodie of their choice.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD
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Matt Lindner
1 year
Current weather conditions at the corner of Clark and Addison: The stuff that dreams are made of. Take the rest of the day off work and get out here. @Cubs
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5 months
Video board operator’s got jokes
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Chef Tee from Cozy Noodle ran a 3:30 Chicago Marathon today and is not only on his feet but is actually working tonight and that is a level of fitness and dedication I will never know. Man is a legend.
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Being in your 40s on St. Patrick’s weekend in Chicago is like being surrounded by the Ghosts of Bad Decisions Past.
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5 months
This is the best pizza you can get within walking distance of Wrigley Field and it’s some of the best pizza in Chicago period.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
Walking by one of Chicago’s hidden gems this morning. Situated in Lakeview on the north side of Chicago, Wrigley Field is one of those quaint neighborhood joints that seems to go overlooked by tourists, a real under the radar spot.
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7 months
It’s 51 degrees and partly cloudy with a high of 57 and no rain in the forecast on the biggest drinking holiday of the year in Chicago. Today is going to be a disaster.
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3 years
Cupsnake has almost reached the centerfield scoreboard
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7 months
Lol at younger Cubs fans being absolutely appalled that the team blew an 8 run late inning lead. You'll learn. You'll learn.
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2 months
Ronnie Woo Woo wearing a Kamala Harris Cubs jersey at Wrigley tonight and man what a huge celebrity endorsement.
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3 years
Wrigley at sunset tonight @Cubs
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8 months
I very much want the White Sox to stay in Chicago but on the list of things we could spend a billion dollars in taxpayer money on, replacing a 30ish year old baseball stadium for a team that consistently ranks in the bottom third in the league in attendance is like number last.
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Connor Bedard, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso, Rome Odunze, Caleb Williams. My god Chicago has such an incredible wealth of young stars who are just so likable.
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Matt Lindner
1 month
Wrigley tonight
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Matt Lindner
1 year
This website still has its good and pure moments, like ⁦ @6figga_dilla ⁩ referring to ⁦ @GovPritzker ⁩ as “big homie”
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Matt Lindner
1 year
Man all due respect to the fine folks at WGN but there is no news day slow enough in the history of Chicago to where “Man in high rise walking around naked with the blinds open” is worthy of the evening news.
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Matt Lindner
9 months
The snow is melting in Chicago, revealing an absolutely astounding amount of dog shit left by owners too irresponsible to pick up after their pets.
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Matt Lindner
7 years
There is no happier place on God’s green earth than the city of Chicago at the first whisper of patio drinking weather.
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3 months
Absolute embarrassment, and there’s no excuse for this. Chicago is a world class city and our public transit system has got to meet the moment, during the marquee and the mundane alike.
@royalpratt
Gregory Royal Pratt
3 months
From a source: A lot of frustration with the CTA over Lolla Red Line schedule backed up. “You invite 200k people to downtown Chicago and make it impossible for them to leave.”
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11 months
Our governor is having a good day on this here hellsite
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3 years
Death, taxes, and the Chicago Cubs replacing their hitting coach at the end of the season.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
Last year after I finished the marathon, some guy who was running about ten feet behind me immediately lit up a cigarette after crossing the finish line, and I think about this far more than I should.
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Matt Lindner
1 year
What if, and hear me out, the Culver's opening right across the street from Wrigley Field at the start of the offseason was the Cubs way of wooing Craig Counsell?
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Matt Lindner
2 months
Definitely do not go to Ceres Cafe if you are new to Chicago and/or not a heavy drinker, DNC-ers. Just...trust me on this.
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