CSN Sales Manager Maureen Callan Guest Blogs About Her Favorite New Best Local Spot
Vino Cellar (141 W. St. Charles Rd.) is a new wine bar and wine shop in suburban downtown Lombard. I recently visited this three-month-old spot …
What to Do Outside Your Lombard Corporate Apartment
So, you’re staying in the Chicago suburbs and not downtown near all the skyscrapers and busy sidewalks. That doesn’t mean you’re missing out on anything. You’re staying at City View at the …
CSN Inside Sales Coordinator Erica Hale Guest Blogs Her Smart Shopping Tips
The holiday season can be stressful, and it’s almost always more than you budgeted for. But you can get great thrifty consignment store finds to high-end designer labels …
Give Thanks For These Chicago Happenings
The last stretch of November holds more than just a few days off from work; it’s Thanksgiving weekend. Whether it’s the food, the shopping, the return of holiday music or the time spent among …
Appreciate The Meat- And Dairy-Free This November
Plenty know Chicago for its hot dogs, Italian beef, Polish sausage and other meat-heavy delicacies. Even still, this city is home to plenty of happy vegetarians and vegans. Increase your awareness of the …
Eatin’ So Fresh And So Clean
Recap your recent milk and bread run to Dominick’s. Yeah… yawn. Picking up your produce at a local farmers market injects a slightly more exhilarating twist into the would-be chore of grocery shopping.
Putting …
July is National Ice Cream Month… need we say more?
Science proves that a spoonful of ice cream has immediate mood-lifting effects on the brain. But forget that—we’d eat it regardless. Whether you get it in a cup, cone or …
God Bless America… And Fireworks And Live Music And Boat Cruises
Independence Day is the time to indulge in all the America pride you can handle. And by pride, of course we mean patriotism. …But we’re also talking hot dogs. …
Make that popcorn a large– you’ll want to stick around these theaters for a while
There’s a reason Netflix hasn’t taken over the world. The moment a movie theater lowers the house lights will always beat hitting “play” on your …
Nothing screams fall to Chicagoans like copious amounts of juicy bratwurst, giant steins of ice cold beer, men in suspenders and woman in lace up bodices. That’s right, Oktoberfest is here.
As fast as the mayor in Munich can say …