Results tagged “mothernature”

Big surprise — the weather is going to be wildly unpredictable on and around Thanksgiving. Holiday travel will most likely be ludicrously difficult for the thousands of weary travelers coming and going in the Midwest via plane, train and automobile. According to Tom, we can expect rain as the week goes on. The rain will probably change to snow on Thanksgiving eve following a low pressure storm that may (or may not?) be moving northeasterly...

Remember last year when you all got your collective tights in a wad over speculation that Goose Island was being bought by Anheuser-Busch? It's nice to have some hometown pride, but in the world of brewing it's also hard to find a major beer company that isn't involved with a craft brewery in some fashion. It could be a stake in the company. It could be the use of a major beer group's distribution network to market and sell their product. But the days of a small brewery sticking with a small distributor are largely a thing of the past.

Yesterday we walked outside and couldn't believe our senses. We walked back inside. We came back out and - behold! - it really was sunny and mild! We had almost forgotten how awesome fall could be. We even held out some hope for the trick-or-treaters today.

Even though it is clear that the only worthwhile game to hunt is obviously humans, people all over the country still hunt. In fact, it seems some of it is actually necessary. So, hunters, you’re in luck, because the Chicago Park District is about ready to allow specific hunting in one park. We’re out of luck, though, because it’s not the most dangerous game, it is deer.

Didn't it seem like we were enjoying primo beer garden weather just a couple days ago? That's because we were. Mother Nature, you're such a tease.

Showing its complete faith in the accuracy of weather reports, the CTA postponed impending Brown Line closures due to rain and a chance of rain.

DCist helps us make more sense of the world this week. Posts like this concert review are the reason for Scott Stapp. DCist also enumerates the reasons for playing ultimate frisbee, Condi’s tight buns, their love of a local convenience store, and their jealousy of a person in Seattle calling the city. LAist documented graf artist Banksy’s most recent visit to LA in one two three posts. They also found the best possible use for the Louis Vuitton pattern and figured out that they weren’t seeing the grown-up version of Dancing with the Stars. Chicagoist advises smokers not to light themselves on fire, but would probably be pretty ok with it if their ex-DH did it. They also drop a few critical remarks on various alt-country folk and the comments flare up. The Crayola cannon is ransacked for a new El line name, Hilary’s Urban Eatery is accused of something, the Uptown Snack Shop is eulogized and the hunt is on for Shamrock shakes. Phillyist draws the line at pajama pants in the streets of Philidelphia and so they aren’t going to kick you out of bed in morning. They also watch a local environmental group butt heads with the AAA and interview the director of the new Paper Route video. Miamist sees the state attorney's kid go down in flames yet again and a politically-motivated kidnapping gets checked. Is Miami commutable by bicycle? And a pricey horse changes hands despite a $16M price tag. SFist survived a pair of earthquakes this week - One provided by Mother Nature and the other man-made. They also report that half the people riding Muni are turnstile Olympians and put out a call to anyone who thinks they can out J.T. LeRoy J.T. LeRoy. They peep on the mayor’s new relationship and then attempt to name it. Houstonist wrestles with the stereotypes reporting on the rodeo and Houston socialites before dirtying the hands once again at the Enron trial. They also follow Ms. Smith, Anna Nicole to Washington (x2) and wondered about their wacked out street names. Gothamist sees NYC’s title of "safest big city" slip a little bit when the psycho murder of a city grad student scares the crap out of everyone. A VV writer makes up a cover story that sounds too good to be true (but will soon be true, now), the Knicks hit rock bottom, Mario Batali’s new place gets the treatment. There’s also a panda envy case study. Shanghaiist laughs at the news of corruption and fraud in China, but the detention of protestors isn’t funny. Vocab lessons for the week include "chinked-out," "drunken shrimp," and "day rooms." The Rolling Stones and Mission Impossible 3 come to Shanghai and Starbucks ripoffs are everywhere. Seattlest drives the virtual streets in the virtual version of their home city via a Microsoft beta, but the whining in the city is all too non-virtual. They also explore everything podcastable in the city and hail a local guy on the fiction pages of the New Yorker. Scott Stapp photo by Kyle Gustafson

For generations, Alaskans have taken on one of Mother Nature's harshest climates in the Iditarod, a dog sled race that tests the integrity and endurance of the riders to their core.

On the list of things Chicagoist loves about summer, "being a sticky, sweaty mess by the time you're done walking the block to the Red Line each morning" ranks somewhere between Cubs traffic and mosquito bites. We do somewhat enjoy watching the napkin brigade openly mop the sweat from their foreheads as they suffer on crowded trains, but overall, we'd generally prefer that it be a little cooler out there.

There was a lot of talk about rain and thunderstorms for this weekend, and even yesterday weather.gov said there was a 40% chance of rain on Memorial Day. But Mother Nature was in a great mood today, and gave us clear skies, a slight breeze and temps in the low 70's. A great way to kick off the summer, and a great way to spend a day off in Summer Chicago, arguably the greatest city on Earth.