From the Saturday, July 4, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky There are train stations. And there are destinations. And then, in rare and wonderful instances, there are both. Last Saturday in New York City, my wife and I visited one of […]
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A Decade in the City
Ten years ago today, I moved from Ottawa to Chicago and started work at the Tribune (yes, on the same day — that was a trick). Today, as I look back on this past decade, it’s been one filled with professional ups and professional downs, personal highs and personal lows, some things expected and many […]
Chicago’s new Riverwalk is worth a dip
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, […]
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 […]
Navy Pier trading its schlock for sleek in redesign
From the Saturday, May 16, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It’s the most well attended tourist attraction in the state and offers perhaps the best view of Chicago’s skyline that you can get with your feet planted on the ground, but […]
Is Chicago ready to put the ‘Win’ in Windy City?
From the Saturday, May 9, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST Besides the Blackhawks’ highly notable exception, you know they don’t call Chicago the Windy City because its sports teams actually win. But could that soon change? It’s certainly a possibility with […]
May Days: There’s more than football in Chicago
From the Saturday, May 2, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Chicago isn’t the Windy City this week. It’s Draft Town. But for the rest of May, it’s back to being itself – and that’s a pretty great thing if you’re looking […]