Chicago's own rodent prognosticator, Woodstock Willie, did not see his shadow. more ›

We don't personally believe in taking weather advice from a groundhog and it seems like Friend of Chicagoist and local Fox meteorologist Amy Freeze agrees. Still, we love the movie Groundhog Day, so that's something. more ›

Those wacky Germans. Without their superstitions, we wouldn’t have Groundhog Day, nor would we have the delightful movie which takes its name from it. The leading authority on G-Day, Punxsutawney Phil, went against the grain this morning and did not see his shadow. According to lore, this means spring will come early — how early, nobody knows. We call bull on this, considering how face-crackingly cold it is outside, along with the dissipation of El Nino. Come back, our little Nino, we miss you! more ›

If you’re thinking about taking a trip this summer, the state really wants you to explore each “mile after magnificent mile.” In fact, it’s even willing to pony up some gas money for the trip. Which is cool, because your friends always promise to chip in, but they usually flake out. more ›

If you read Chicagoist with any regularity � in which case, we love you � you know that we're always reporting about Hollywood coming to Chi-town (or just pretending to come here). Most prominently, we've bitched about Josh Hartnett posing as a Bucktown hipster and fawned over the caped crusader chilling on Lower Wacker. (We always knew Wacker Drive felt like another world and now we know it is: Gotham City.) This week's New... more ›

McWhat? Yes, McHenry County! It's that county just northwest of Cook County, home to film director John Hughes and Woodstock, Illinois, the film location of Groundhog Day. But really, what we'd like to point out is the inordinate amount of bad things that have been happening to the good people of McHenry County. more ›