Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Creative Coworking Draws Downtown Evanston Lunch Map
I now work in Downtown Evanston (it's like I'm a newbie all over again)! I now can eat lunch at more than 35 restaurants, in walking distance from my desk. You gotta be kidding me!
Thanks to the team over at Creative Coworking anyone who rents their space gets this nifty map. Click here for the original source and visit http://creativecoworking.com to learn more about Creative Coworking.
I'm going to talk to my friend Paul in the Economic Development Offices at the City of Evanston about creating a Dining Passport Rewards program where people get points every time they dine at one of these places or something fun like that! And if Paul doesn't like that idea I'm going to talk to my other friend Carolyn at the Downtown Evanston offices! She'll probably point me to an App that already exists! I LOVE this town.
Happy Dining!
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Thank you for reading my blog Evanston Newbie, a blog dedicated to helping you too fall in love with the City of Evanston, just like I did. If you have any questions or need to get in touch with me about this blog, Evanston, or anything else you can email me at thelisadshow@gmail.com. Also feel free to send me announcements about upcoming Evanston events and I will promote them here!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
House for Sale: Move to Evanston and Live in the Sixteen Candles Movie Set
My kids are getting older and a little bit closer to being able to watch some of the classics like Jaws, Halloween, Sixteen Candles, etc.
We tried to watch Sixteen Candles the other night as a family but had to shut her down during the naked shower scene, not because of the naked lady but because of the dialogue about the sex the naked lady would later be having. I'm not explaining any of that to the kids yet.
I ended up watching Sixteen Candles later that night which is a shame because #1 I've seen it more than 10 times, more than 10 years ago and #2 I've seen like three movies in my life (Harold and Maude, Karate Kid and Das Boat!) and cannot waste valuable movie-watching time on repeat viewings. But really besides all that, the movie is fantastic, a total classic and Jake Ryan is still the HOTTEST man ever born on planet Earth.
The best part of the movie? Location, location, location! It's filmed around here on the Northshore of Chicago! And when I was walking to a friend's house this weekend, I couldn't help but be reminded every 15 feet how brilliant John Hughes was to film in such a lovely area.
The house pictured here is so Sixteen Candles to me and is for sale down on Forest Ave., just blocks from the lake. I'm sure it's a bajillion dollars but if you bought it and moved in you could be my neighbor and feel like you lived on the Sixteen Candles movie set every time you were home!
We tried to watch Sixteen Candles the other night as a family but had to shut her down during the naked shower scene, not because of the naked lady but because of the dialogue about the sex the naked lady would later be having. I'm not explaining any of that to the kids yet.
I ended up watching Sixteen Candles later that night which is a shame because #1 I've seen it more than 10 times, more than 10 years ago and #2 I've seen like three movies in my life (Harold and Maude, Karate Kid and Das Boat!) and cannot waste valuable movie-watching time on repeat viewings. But really besides all that, the movie is fantastic, a total classic and Jake Ryan is still the HOTTEST man ever born on planet Earth.
The best part of the movie? Location, location, location! It's filmed around here on the Northshore of Chicago! And when I was walking to a friend's house this weekend, I couldn't help but be reminded every 15 feet how brilliant John Hughes was to film in such a lovely area.
The house pictured here is so Sixteen Candles to me and is for sale down on Forest Ave., just blocks from the lake. I'm sure it's a bajillion dollars but if you bought it and moved in you could be my neighbor and feel like you lived on the Sixteen Candles movie set every time you were home!
Today at Naf Naf Grill in Evanston: Humans Stand in Line in 30 Degree Weather, get Free Tee Shirt and Food
This is my third winter in Evanston and I am still consistently impressed (often blown away) with the absolute and total disregard the locals seem to have for weather. Today's high was 34 degrees and people were strolling about town without hats or bedspreads!
Pictured here are a bunch of people standing in line in today's frigid weather waiting for a free tee shirt and falafel which Naf Naf Grill was giving away until they ran out in celebration of their grand opening. And people waited in line, in really cold weather and no one was mad about it, of course except for me! I couldn't wait in line and instead snapped a photo and ran to the nearest furnace.
So Naf Naf Grill opened today in Downtown Evanston and everyone is really excited because the food is supposed to be amazing - hence the locations all over Chicagoland. I'll try it soon and get back to you, but there was no way I was going to stand in that line! Mad props to all you crazies who did!
www.nafnafgrill.com
Naf Naf Grill is an award winning Chicago Mediterranean Restaurant.
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Thank you for reading my blog Evanston Newbie, a blog dedicated to helping you too fall in love with the City of Evanston, just like I did. If you have any questions or need to get in touch with me about this blog, Evanston, or anything else you can email me at thelisadshow@gmail.com. Also feel free to send me announcements about upcoming Evanston events and I will promote them here!
Music Institute Celebrates New Downtown Evanston Campus with Free Lunchtime Concert Series
New Downtown Evanston Campus Welcomes Musicians and Music Lovers Wednesdays Once a Month
Music Institute of Chicago
Downtown Evanston | 1702 Sherman Avenue
Monthly on Wednesdays from 12:15-1 pm
Downtown Evanston | 1702 Sherman Avenue
Monthly on Wednesdays from 12:15-1 pm
To introduce its stellar faculty to downtown Evanston workers and residents and welcome them to its new campus, the Music Institute of Chicago is offering free lunchtime concerts and conversation one Wednesday per month from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at its new home, 1702 Sherman Avenue, Evanston. Bring a bite from home of grab something from one of the many restuarants nearby.
“We have received such a warm welcome from the community since relocating our headquarters to downtown Evanston this summer,” said Music Institute President and CEO Mark George. “Our Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA) and Musical Theater program are already serving segments of the Evanston community. We are now pleased to present a free lunchtime concert series for the entire community, particularly our new neighbors in downtown Evanston. These informal performances will feature our spectacular artist faculty.”
George continued, “Evanston is an arts-friendly city. I am truly appreciative of the assistance we received from the City of Evanston’s Economic Development Division. The Music Institute of Chicago plans to be in Evanston for a very long time.”
The complete schedule of free lunchtime concerts includes
September 25: Ron Surace, piano
Jazz Piano—Favorite Standards and Original Compositions
October 23: Rae-Myra Hilliard, soprano and Louise Chan, piano
Excerpts from “Seasons Change: Music written by Black American Composers”
November 13: Michael Buckwalter, French horn, Chelsea French, trombone and Dr. Mark George, piano
Brass Chamber Music
December 11: Aimee Biasiello, viola, Kathy Lee, piano, and Ellen McSweeney,violin
Chamber Music
January 22: Dr. Mark George, piano and Almita Vamos, violin
Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op 80
February 12: Mary Drews, piano and Shigetoshi Yamada, violin
Fritz Kreisler compositions and arrangements
March 19: Fred Simon, jazz piano with Music Institute guests
Program TBD
April 23: Winds Chamber Music
May 21: Eric Sutz, jazz piano
June 11: Alexander Djordjevic, pianoSchubert’s Impromptus
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