Author Archives: Dave

Seeking new revenue streams, Ricketts family turns Wrigley Field into trendy French boutique for the offseason.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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.

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 […]