Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Finding Zombieland in Chicagoland The WISCH LIST Oct. 31, 2009 Earlier this week on his Facebook page, a friend of mine wrote how “the economy is so bad that millions of children will hit the streets this weekend to beg for food.” He called it […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
The time I followed in Bigfoot’s steps (yeah, really) …
Four years ago — back when the Wisch List was a blog at chicagotribune.com (just the third-ever blog for the Trib, by the way) — I “investigated” an entertaining flurry of supposed Bigfoot sightings along the Illinois River near the town of Seneca for a print story and then delved into minds of Bigfoot believers […]
Looking for a phone booth …
A Little Taste of Chicago
This weekend’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal, a little belated (I was out of town for a wedding, sorry) … A Little Taste of Chicago The WISCH LIST Oct. 24, 2009 For my (Mayor Daley-taxed) money, there’s no better street in America on which to lose yourself during an autumn afternoon than Chicago’s Michigan […]
Hail to the Chief, to heck with the Chancellor …
Halfway gone? Myself … and Ron Zook
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Halfway gone? Myself … and Ron Zook The WISCH LIST Oct. 17, 2009 I don’t leave sporting events early. At least, I sure don’t very often. I go to a baseball game, I’m there for nine innings (or 13). I take in a basketball tilt, […]
C.O.’s is closed?
At the University of Illinois, the venerable Campustown bar C.O. Daniel’s is no more. For right now, at least. But you think you’re disappointed? Man, Hitler was really ticked when he got the news just before Homecoming. Thank God for Joe’s.
Never Forget.
If ‘Next Year’ finally happens, what then?
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … If ‘Next Year’ finally happens, what then? The WISCH LIST Oct. 10, 2009 On Wednesday afternoon, with the first day of the 2009 Major League Baseball playoffs underway, my buddy in Chicago shot me a text message. “What time do the Cubs play?” he asked […]
My Life in Chicargo
Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … My Life in Chicargo The WISCH LIST Oct. 3, 2009 This week has been a pretty complicated one for me. After all, on Tuesday night, I ended the longest relationship of my life. Eight years. But, hey, don’t worry about me. I’ve already moved on […]