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JOLANE'S CAFE & WINE BAR
I was anxious to visit Jolane's Cafe & Wine Bar. The place is a side project by the folks behind Abt Electronics & Appliances, which is the indisputable king of Chicago-area consumer electronics retailers. I haven't heard anybody say a bad word about Abt -- ever. (Disclosure: I recently bought a Toshiba HDTV from the store.)
Jolane's is located in the Abt "campus" -- translation: big box shopping center -- out in Glenview. We give it mostly high marks. If you've been the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
BURGER KING KETCHUP & FRIES
Desktop snacking is the scourge of my efforts to diet. This is compounded by the easy availability of a cornucopia of piggy-boy dee-lites at the Walgreens across the street.
My latest discovery at the Walgreens is Burger King Ketchup & Fries, which is supposed to taste like french fries smothered in ketchup, I suppose. That's not exactly the taste that comes through, but I found myself eating half the bag.
So, I guess that means they're good.
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"THE ROCKER" ROCKS
Pop culture guy Brendan Shultz weighs in with his opinion about "The Rocker," a film that just opened across America.
Brendan also has a few things to say about families and how they behave at the movies. Basically, if your kid is still in diapers, the child doesn't belong at the theater, he says.
I agree completely. If you're going to encounter feces and noise in the cinema, these should be provided by the filmmakers.
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BOUL MICH CHICK-A-BOOM
Normally, I have a pretty low tolerance for street performers and other sidewalk mischief. When you're doing you best to code HTML up on the 14th floor, the amplified sounds of a bunch of kids beating on plastic buckets isn't charmingly rhythmic, it's damn annoying.
But for some reason I really liked this drumming group's sound. Maybe it's because I was on my way home and enjoying the mild late-afternoon weather. So, I dragged out the little digital camera and grabbed some video.
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KRAFT MAC & CHEESE CRACKERS, ETC.
(Recorded on a Canon PowerShot SD950 IS Digital Elph while standing under the eaves of that building at left in the above photo of Jefferson Park.)
Nope, we're not headed to the Taste of Chicago. The Taste can be kind of fun, but it's also a real headache to get to and you have to battle thousands of other people.
I'd say you need to embrace the hustle and bustle to fully appreciate the Taste. Sort of like how to tolerate alfresco dining, you need a high tolerance of carbon monoxide an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
HOW TO CREATE A PODCAST USING ONLY A DIGITAL POINT & SHOOT CAMERA
Despite my sad devotion to that ancient religion of silver-based analog photography, I've found a nifty little digital camera that I've been carrying with me everywhere of late.
My new friend is the Canon PowerShot SD950 IS. It takes still images up to 12.1 megapixels in resolution and also records high-quality video that isn't too shabby.
I hadn't even intended to record a podcast that day. My goal was only to test the SD950 in macro mode on some flowers in Jefferson Park. (See the exa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
IS BARACK OBAMA REALLY MR. SPOCK?
Long before this week's primaries I knew Barack Obama would likely win the Democratic nomination.
I don't base this supposition on polls or prognosticators. Rather, I've concluded that Obama will get the nod because he's wearing Starfleet sideburns. This isn't the first time I've allowed popular culture to shape my opinion of the Illinois senator. I've already remarked that he looks a lot like Clutch Cargo.
As for the other candidates...
If I were being mean, I'd suggest that Hillary Cl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
TOPA SERVES UP SUBURBAN-SIZE PORTIONS
Here at ChicagoScope, we often talk about portion sizes -- and how suburban restaurants seem to serve much larger amounts of food. Far too often, quantity tries to make up for quality. Thankfully, that's not the case at Topa Tavern and Grill. The Elk Grove Village establishment features "American eclectic" cuisine that's uniformly excellent -- and uniformly big.
Read Leah's published review.
OTHER ASSESSMENTS
Joe and Lisa's Cheap Date
Yelp
Metromix
RESTAURANT CONTACT INFO
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FIND YOUR TOWN'S PHOTO HISTORY ONLINE
Back when I attended Community College of Denver, I always enjoyed presentations from a photography instructor who tried to impress upon us the fact that whenever we took a picture, we froze a moment in time. I've forgotten this instructor's name, but I remember her words whenever I pick up a camera.
She emphasized that we should occasionally take pictures of the ordinary images of our lives, since these glimpses would tell future generations the most about the present day. And she's r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
MACARONI AND CHEESE: THE SAGA CONTINUES
We received some interesting responses to our assertion that Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner is the gold standard by which all other mac-and-cheese recipes are judged. Missy from Chicago's Northcenter neighborhood says that Annie's is the best. Joe from Cheap Date weighs in on Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit, plus gives his opinion on Old Country Buffet -- whose mac and cheese he praises.
Finally, my colleague Marco talks about his own experiences with the Kraft product, and states that maca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
KRAFT MAKES THE BEST MACARONI AND CHEESE
Some say Thomas Jefferson introduced macaroni and cheese to the colonies, but no matter who first sent this dish steaming onto our tables, they created America's ultimate comfort food.
Although there are many brands, for just about everybody the name Kraft is synonymous with macaroni and cheese. Kraft's Macaroni & Cheese Dinner is considered the gold standard by many -- and even if it isn't, it's still the benchmark against which all others are judged.
That's why when I spied new Chef ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
SECURITY ON CHICAGO METRA TRAINS
Jon Espenschied wrote a piece in Computerworld recently about how he was especially observant while waiting for his flight at an airport recently, and spotted a woman systemically fishing credit-card receipts from trash cans. Apart from exchanging a knowing glance, Espenschied didn't call the authorities on this person. Should he have?
Unattended bags, suspicious behavior and anything out of the ordinary are, unfortunately, causes for concern. After all, "If you see something, say some ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
EDGEWATER INN HAS THE BEST PIZZA
I visited Colorado recently, and talked my cousin Brian Hague into joining me on a visit to Edgewater Inn, which I consider to be one of the best pizzerias in the world.
This suburban Denver eatery has always been an outpost for great pizza.
We ordered a large pepperoni pie and soda pop and the bill came to just over $15. I know this is going to sound odd, but the pizza tastes like a high-class version of the pizza that used to be sold at the Woolworth's in downtown Denver on 16th Str ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CITYFOLK SHOULD READ A FARMERS ALMANAC
You don't need to live in the sticks to benefit from a farmers almanac. After all, everybody's interested in the weather, since sooner or later most of us will need to deal with it one way or another. We reviewed three widely available almanacs, all of which provide ample meteorological predictions, planting guides, tide tables and astronomical data.
But wait, there's more! Articles will enlighten you on the history of popcorn, how to wash your hands, ghost pets, famous blunders, strang ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
SAVE MASS TRANSIT IN CHICAGO
There are lots of people with ideas I wish I'd thought of, but only a few people whom I wish I thought like. My friend and colleague Matt Maldre is one of those latter folks.
Matt has a visually ingenious way of seeing the world, whether it's with traditional tools in connection with his job as a graphic artist, photographer and designer, or in his delightful take on how to creatively keep a Chicago Cubs scorecard at Wrigley Field.
Matt recently turned his attention to a serious matter t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
NOODLES DELIGHT IS DEE-LITEFUL!
Leah, Dick and I find more than a few dee-liteful items on the menu at Noodles Delight out in the Chicago suburb of Roselle. The eggrolls are especially good, with lots of substantial fillings, not, as Leah puts it, "A sleazy eggroll with too much cabbage."
Links to topics discussed as we roll merrily through the suburbs in the Mobile Recording Studio include, but are not limited to:
A&W's Burger Family. Out in Hillsboro, Oregon, the Burger Family endured quite a bit of local drama.
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TELEPHONES GONE WILD!
Is cellphone use out of control? You sure get that impression from a New York Times article about the growing use of illegal devices to block cellphone frequencies.
Jamming the radio spectrum is an extreme reaction. Tom Roper of Chicago-based band Beatnik Turtle had a better idea: He wrote "Do You Mind?" -- a musical indictment of cellphones and the public jawboners who drive us nuts. In this podcast, ChicagoScope chats with Tom and finds out how he crafted this humorous respon ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
THE TWO BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER
Noting the release of "Fred Claus," a film I saw being shot just up the street from where I work on North Michigan Avenue, got me to thinking about Christmas movies and which ones survive the test of time and become classics.
It turns out that two of my favorite movies also are my favorite Christmas movies: "The Bishop's Wife" and "Die Hard." At first glance, these pictures separated by a span of more than four decades have nothing in common -- but both celebrate the power of faith and r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PHO LE VIETNAMESE CUISINE SCORES A HIT
The Vietnamese cuisine at Pho Le gets high marks from Leah, Dick and me; there's plenty of reasonably priced food and it's savory and satisfying. We were less than satisfied with our initial waiter, however, who behaved like a real jagoff. Fortunately, he disappeared after about 10 minutes and was replaced by two polite and attentive servers.
Read Leah's published review of Pho Le.
CONTACT INFO FOR RESTAURANT
Pho Le, 551 S. Schmale Road (at Geneva Road), Carol Stream, (630) 588-8299 .
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THE GLOBE PUB AND FARMERS ALMANACS
Just a brief podcast this time to let you know about some upcoming events. . .
âREMOTE PUBCAST
Phil Clark of The Brit and Yankee has organized a pretty cool event in which a number of us from the Chicago Area Podcasters Network will descend upon The Globe Pub, 1934 W. Irving Park Road, to create simultaneous shows at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, as part of what he calls "an experiment in live, raw, new media in action."
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IS HALLOWEEN EVIL?
It's that time of year again. Halloween. More than ever before, adults as well as kids are going gaga for the holiday.
Even municipalities are getting into the celebration, big time. In the photo here, Chicago's Daley Center has been decorated with a haunted house as part of Chicagoween and orange dye has been poured into the fountain.
Halloween is said to be second only to Christmas as a decorating and party holiday.
Here on Chicago's Northwest Side, the Six Corners shopping district b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
VICTORIA'S MEXICAN GRILL
This time out, our culinary expedition journeys to Long Grove for a taste of Victoria's Mexican Grill. We liked the food and loved the salsa, but felt everything could have had a bit more oomph.
CONTACT INFO FOR RESTAURANT
Victoria's Mexican Grill, 410 Robert Parker Coffin Road (Building 42), Long Grove. (847) 634-3772.
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BARACK AND CLUTCH: SEPARATED AT BIRTH?
Recently I Googled "Clutch Cargo" to determine how to spell the series' famous Syncro-Vox system, which I remembered more for its use in Alex Toth's "Space Angel." As I was perusing the Wikipedia entry for Monsieur Le Cargo, the thought hit me like a ton of bricks: Clutch Cargo and Barack Obama were separated at birth! Just to make sure I wasn't imagining things, I showed both images to about a dozen folks and they all agreed with me.
Obama looks even more like Cargo in this AFP photo. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
FIVE CHICAGO BUILDINGS THAT REALLY SUCK
This time out, ChicagoScope takes aim at less-than-pleasing buildings. It's just my opinion, but I think I'm right.
OTHER OPINIONS ABOUT BUILDINGS
Waterslide arrives on top of downtown Chicago office building
Stop the blandness
Too many ugly buildings?
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FIVE CHICAGO SCULPTURES THAT REALLY SUCK
I'll cut to the chase: The worst public sculpture in Chicago is the one of Harry Caray, outside Wrigley Field. Runnerup is of Jack Brickhouse, in the plaza between the Tribune Tower and the Equitable Building. Poor Harry Caray looks as if he's in Hades, howling in pain while the disembodied heads of other condemned souls join his chorus of lament. As for Jack Brickhouse, he appears to be auditioning for the part of Capt. Christopher Pike.
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FIVE CHICAGO SCULPTURES THAT REALLY SUCK - ENHANCED VERSION
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HOW TO CONDUCT PODCAST INTERVIEWS
Each month, the Chicago Area Podcasters Network has a Meetup at Chicago's North Michigan Avenue Apple Store. Thanks to my colleague Alice Singleton, September's Meetup featured Stan Lawrence and Terry Armour (shown here; that's Stan on the left), who host of one of the city's most popular radio programs on WCKG-FM.
In this recording made Wednesday night, Sept. 12, by Tom Kim, our organizer, Stan & Terry reveal the secret of their interviewing technique, offer tips on how to maintain a pro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PARADISE FOUND IN HOFFMAN ESTATES
If India and Pakistan can get along so well as tandem cuisines on so many menus, why, oh why, do they want to nuke each other to tandoori consistency? Don't ask me. There's lots of stuff I don't know -- like why in France the girls wear scanties, but on lamb chops they put panties. And why (I know this sounds jerky) in Turkey, who eats turkey? I'm tellin' you, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Both subcontinental cultures peacefully coexist at Paradise, a restaurant in Hoffman Estates that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
TEPATULCO
I missed yet another chance to eat insects when Leah, Dick and I went to Geno Bahena's Tepatulco, a restaurant in Lincoln Park.
Unless you count the random, accidental sucking-in of a bug while jogging or riding a bicycle, the last time I consumed insects was in junior high when, as part of what today no doubt would be a state-mandated "cultural diversity" program, our teacher insisted we sample taste treats such as palm-tree hearts, pickled grasshoppers and chocolate-covered a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
SATISFYING KOREAN FARE AT JUMONG
As we point out in our assessment of the cuisine served up at Jumong, a restaurant out in Buffalo Grove, most Americans really ought to try Korean cuisine. The food is largely meat-based, and prepared in ways -- grilling, barbecuing -- that we're comfortable with. In short, there's no reason not eat a little Korean. Although kimchi has a (mostly undeserved) reputation as being hot and pungent, most of the entrees are meat dishes and soups that you'll have Absolutely Nothing to Fear About.
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SHOP TILL YOU DROP 24 HOURS A DAY
We rolled into the Rolling Meadows Meijer because Leah & Dick's cat, Max, has suddenly decided not to eat catfood. The solution: Gerber baby food. But the real surprise for me was the vast cornucopia of stuff at this 24-hour store.
No matter what you want, it seems to be available here. Speakers for your iPod, plumbing supplies, lawn furniture, comic books, tiki torches, fuel for your tiki torches, eggs, teas from all over the world, T-shirts, shoes, balloons specially designed for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
AZUCAR
It was sure hot the night we dined at Azucar, a tapas bar in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. And several of the young ladies seated in a window table were pretty and hot, too, much like the senioritas of "Sabado Gigante" -- the Spanish-language program that seldom requires translation.
And speaking of Spanish, much to my disappointment, I learn that patatas bravas has nothing to do with one of my favorite movies, "Rio Bravo."
Overall, we really liked the food, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
JEFFERSON PARK CICADA REPORT
I heard a few cicadas during the day Saturday in Jefferson Park, so I walked out later that evening to see if I could record sounds from any. I thought I heard an especially noisy group over by the fieldhouse (above), but the sound turned out to be from a laboring air conditioner in a nearby apartment building. Only when I got home and checked online did I realize that cicadas are mostly nocturnal. It's katydids that sing at night.
I went back into the park on Sunday afternoon and mana ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
ALIEN CAT CELEBRATES 20TH BIRTHDAY
This time out, I join Leah and Dick as they take their cat, Maxwell Silver Hammer Smith, out for a treat at a frozen-custard joint in honor of his 20th birthday. (By the way, the oldest cat recorded by Guinness World Records was 38.)
To learn more about Max, visit his birthday website, where you can hear him howl, yowl, meow and purr. On the site, you can also read about Max's dietary regimen, which includes distilled water and concessions to his increasingly finicky concept of mealtim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
ICOSIUM KAFE IN ANDERSONVILLE
It's not just a crepe, it's a meal -- and it's dessert, too! That's what I learned from Leah and Dick when we dined recently at Icosium Kafe in Andersonville. Almost as good as the crepes is the view out the cafe's windows, which give you front-row seats to Clark Street's widescreen-Technicolor parade. It's men with women, men with men, women with women -- and some folks just sit there and cross-pollinate.
Once we get rolling in the Mobile Recording Studio, we head south along Clark an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER CAN
It's summer movie time here in Chicago and Brendan Shultz returns to review "Spider-Man 3." He also discusses the rest of the reason's crop of cinematic gems, weighs in on the current Bush administration, and reveals the real reason why teenagers enjoy visiting Wikipedia.
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NORTHWEST SIDE FIRE Sometimes, the real news isn't what you think.Just over a week ago, I had gone up to the Six Corners neighborhood to visit City Newsstand to buy a British hi-fi magazine. After that, I headed across Cicero to the Jewel Food Store to pick up some sushi when I stopped and looked up -- and saw a huge plume of black smoke rising from behind the store.The real news to me wasn't the fire. It was how people responded to the fire.A woman standing next to me already had her cellphone out and was ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
GRAPPLE TASTE TESTFor several months, I'd been toying with the idea of trying a container of Grapples, but soured on the idea after figuring out these things weren't some incredible two-headed transplant, just standard apples that had been subjected to a grape-juice bath.A few weeks back, colleague Mark Bazer had some Grapples at work and gave me one to eat. Mark's a humor writer whose work appears in numerous publications -- including the Chicago Tribune's RedEye edition, and online at The Huffington Post ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
ANGUS THIRD POUNDER REVIEW I'm generally unimpressed with new-product introductions at fast-food restaurants these days. The last time I found myself overwhelmed was when Mom treated us to Big Macs after we'd been to see "2001: A Space Odyssey" -- so that was definitely a long time ago. However, while walking past the Jefferson Park McDonald's the other day, I saw a big banner announcing the Angus Third Pounder. This burger triad is apparently being test-marketed in Southern California and the Chicago area -- or at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
TANDOOR FINE INDIAN CUISINEWe really enjoyed our recent dining adventure at Tandoor, an Indian restaurant in Park Ridge. My favorite item on the menu is Chicken 65. The dish is described as "hot," but I didn't find it overly so. In fact, I liked Chicken 65 so much that I regretted having to let Leah and Dick sample it, too.I like how "Chicken 65" could also be the title of a Roger Corman movie about drag racing, car theft or other vehicular mischief. Maybe it would have appeared on a marathon driv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE: INFORMAL EDIROL R-09 TEST After several days of near-tropical conditions that dovetailed nicely with the Al Gore-Captain Planet campaign, Chicago's weather took a turn for the chilly -- so, rather than hoofing it over to Daley Center and hopping on the CTA Blue Line, I decided to catch the express bus to the Ogilvie Transportation Center and ride the big Metra train home.I miscalculated, however, and had about an hour to kill before the next train, so I decided to do a recording test of an Edirol R-09 digital recor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE: INFORMAL KOSHER-FOR-PASSOVER COCA-COLA TASTE TEST
A number of years ago, just after I had moved to Chicago from Casper, Wyoming, a friend introduced me to the seasonal joys of what she called "Passover Pepsi." To the uninitiated, this is Pepsi that is reformulated with sugar rather than corn syrup so that the soft drink can remain kosher for Passover.
I figured Pepsi is Pepsi -- but after one taste, I was convinced.
In this episode of ChicagoScope, Leah, Dick and I conduct an informal taste test of regular kosher Coke and kosher-for-P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE:"GET SHORTY"PACIFISMLast time ChicagoScope spoke with cohort Bob Koehler, he managed to thoroughly diss one of the greatest "Star Trek" episodes of all time. In that October 2006 podcast, Bob makes a very good point in asking why pacifist Edith Keeler must be sacrificed on the altar of history to restore the timeline that ultimately leads to both the stars and to humanity's salvation.In several recent columns distributed by Tribune Media Services and on his own website, Common Wonders, Bob's written ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE: SMOQUE BBQ
"Not just another pretty sauce." That's the slogan at Smoque BBQ, a new restaurant in the Irving Park neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side. They've got a funky, roadside vibe going -- plus some of the best ribs we've tasted in awhile.
After eating at Smoque BBQ, we motor along in the Mobile Recording Studio and discuss other barbecue restaurants we like. Leah and Dick have high praise for Bar-B-Que Bob's up in Rogers Park. Even though I wish their ribs weren't so soft, I like the sauc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE: BIG BUNS & PITA
I wasn't sure I'd like this place, but with a name like "Big Buns & Pita," how could it not have at least some redeeming qualities? (Makes you wonder if their first choice for a name was "Fat Ass & Bread" but Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. had a prior claim on the tradename.)
Well, it turns out that the food was pretty spectacular and we had a really swell time.
By the way, the Spanish-dubbed movie showing on the TV while we were in Big Buns & Pita was "Red Sun," starring Ch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LA GRANJA IN PALATINELa Granja restaurant in Palatine, Illinois. (APS photo; see CinemaScope version.)In a wide-ranging post-dinner discussion, Leah, Dick and I talk about our visit to La Granja, a new restaurant in the Chicago suburb of Palatine -- and then weigh in on topics that include (but are not necessarily limited to) "Three Days of the Condor," the Bradford Exchange, Fiestaware, Booby's restaurant in Niles and keeping guinea pigs as pets.I also discuss The Three Stooges and that whole Shemp issue to de ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
CHICAGOSCOPE: BROADWAY CELLARS AND BB'S
This time out, we talk about recent visits to Broadway Cellars and BB's.
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CHICAGOSCOPE: SUPER H MART
Join us as we visit Super H Mart in the Chicago suburb of Niles -- which is famous for its Leaning Tower.
Now it's also famous for the H Mart.
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CHICAGOSCOPE: LINCOLNWOOD CHRISTMAS The Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has a well-earned reputation as going whole hog -- and then some -- when Christmas rolls around. Leah, Dick and I tool around this sometimes-tony suburb for a look at ways to dress up a McMansion for the holidays.As you'll hear, the displays range from the simple to the complex. Many feature those inflatable snow-globe displays that have been on sale at every drug and discount store. And some even continue to trot out deacdes-old illuminated Sant ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
