First Swim of the Season

And it was 31 degrees!

Polar Vortex at Dempster Street Beach

This is what the beach looks like after temperatures reached an all-time low of minus 42 degrees! According to the Chicago Tribune, the temperature reached zero early this afternoon for the first time in about 37 hours. My friend Erika has been walking around Evanston snapping pics of the snow and today's image from Dempster Street beach is very representative of what happens when a Polar Vortex comes to the beach! Yowza!

May Day #Lakeporn

Thanks to Per, an Evanstonian who runs along the lake every day of the year, I am sharing this amazing photo with you! This was taken this morning somewhere by Dempster Street Beach. You are welcome! And thank you Per!

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Evanston and its Sexy Frozen Beaches

How can a frozen beach be described as sexy? Go see for yourself! Take a walk to any of the Evanston lakefront public spaces and you'll see some sexy, frozen, tundra instead of warm, sandy beach.

This time of year, the waves crest and break on the beach and then freeze onto one another, creating a massive ice structure at the waterfront.

And soon, in fact too soon for some of you winter lovers, spring and summer will be here and so will the muggy weather and bugs. Enjoy the sexy frozen beach while you can!

Summer Jobs: Sandcastle Builder

Blog Update

Yesterday I saw this guy again, building a big sandcastle on the Greenwood Beach (not Dempster as stated previously, more details on that later) and we actually spoke. Turns out Dave (we'll respect his privacy and use first names only) is for hire and teaches children and adults alike how to make sandcastles. Can you believe it?

If you are interested in learning the trade of sandcastle building, contact Dave directly at dave@creativepromo.net.

Dave is an Evanston resident and can usually be found at Greenwood Beach, he says another guy named Omar works on sandcastles several beaches down. I'll keep you posted as to what I find.

Posted on June 30: As if I needed another reason to fall in love with Evanston, yesterday I discovered this professional sandcastle builder on the Dempster Beach. Our beach hires professional sandcastle builders to spruce up the scenery? This town is awesome.

This guy was a little too busy to chat, so I didn't get any intel out of him but if any of you know where to apply for this job or what city funding makes this happen please contact me directly at thelisadshow@gmail.com.