Meghan Clark

With all of the rain we’ve had recently, Chicagoist has been forced to abandon our nightly summer ritual of grilling for indoor cooking. While we don’t mind cooking indoors, it tends to heat up the whole Chicagoist pad no matter how high we turn up the air conditioning. Thankfully, the... continue reading on Chicagoist

Congratulations! You've made it to the last day of Lollapalooza (but probably not the last day of our coverage). You've stuck it out through the heat and the occasional rain. Maybe you've been subsisting on energy bars and your refillable water bottle or you've been ducking out of the masses... continue reading on Chicagoist

Imagine you’re an immigrant who has arrived in Chicago from Jerusalem. You create your home and life in your new country. You work as bus driver and through that job, you’ve come to understand what people want. They want coffee and doughnuts. So you save your money and pledge to... continue reading on Chicagoist

We complained about the heat yesterday, but we really started bitching when the rain fell. Sure, the rain was over before the Chicagoist offices closed for the day, but the fun was just starting. Chicagoist found three inches of water in our basement and that was after our reroute around... continue reading on Chicagoist

While we know that our home has a kitchen, we’re not entirely familiar with it. We usually use the refrigerator for storing beer and the stove for storing bags of potato chips. Based on our knowledge of the “beer and potato chips room,” it’s easy to understand why our summer... continue reading on Chicagoist