From the Saturday, June 20, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Freshwater is a wonderful resource. Just ask California. But as anyone still drying out this weekend along the banks of the swollen Kankakee, La Salle and Fox rivers can surely attest, […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Home is inhospitable for Chicago baseball clinchers
Tonight at the United Center, the Chicago Blackhawks have a chance to win the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since 1938. That’s a long dry spell. But, then again, it’s next to nothing when it comes to the postseason series-clinching drought that our city is still enduring in baseball. That’s because, […]
June events in Chicago to make you swoon
From the Saturday, June 13, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST In Illinois, people train for months – or, at least, weeks – to get their “beach body” ready for summer (even if they’re nowhere near a beach). But then, Chicago’s summer […]
Blackhawks looking fantastic – and maybe dynastic
From the Saturday, June 6, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Ming, Tudor, Duck … Blackhawks? Outside of China, England and the Reality TV lineup on A&E, dynasties are a pretty rare thing. But here in Chicago, we’ve been spoiled. During the […]
The best roofs to top off Chicago’s summer
From the Saturday, May 30, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky I like to think of Chicago as Summer’s Favorite City. For my money, there’s no town in America more beautiful during the year’s warmer months. And I’d bet big money that […]