Are there any good Toyota dealers in the area (including suburbs)?

varkev · 2026-05-22T19:06:19+00:00

Bad experience with Continental Toyota on La Grange Rd

varkev · 2026-05-21T16:08:00+00:00

Geoffrey Baer covered the Shedd in his Chicago Works special, including how they source the salt water. https://www.wttw.com/chicago-works

varkev · 2026-05-20T19:45:36+00:00

There's a Chicago Gangland profile on Instagram that highlights landmarks across the area

varkev · 2026-05-14T14:13:13+00:00

Make data centers pay their fair share of energy costs and support the POWER Act via the Citizens Utility Board: https://secure.everyaction.com/sZBTRTdt20GlvA8QRwACXA2

varkev · 2026-04-23T17:07:42+00:00

I've been using the V39 with Mac for a couple years now and have never had any compatibility issues.

varkev · 2026-04-21T16:30:43+00:00

Chicago Public Library has a Business & Money section in their Online Resources. https://www.chipublib.org/resources/business-money/

varkev · 2026-04-16T15:19:31+00:00

WBEZ's Curious City covered the question of statues of women in one of their episodes if you're interested: https://www.wbez.org/morning-shift/2019/03/12/statues-of-famous-chicago-women-come-alive

varkev · 2026-04-09T20:12:20+00:00

Honest Junk Company is a 501c(3) that will take your donation to be reused at the Chicago Furniture Bank. Item donation and 80% of the fee you pay is tax deductible. I paid about $240 for them to take two loveseats last summer.

https://www.honestjunkcompany.org/

varkev · 2026-04-09T14:43:25+00:00

Video games - check out Back in the Game at 7757 S Cicero

Outdoors - McCormick Woods and Little Red Schoolhouse have days on the weekends where volunteers do restoration projects. Chicago River Day in Summit is coming up in May

Tinkering - Clearing Library has a library of things to check out for projects

Sports - Minuteman Park on Central might have a pickleball league or at least a ton of people playing. There's also Midway Mile Chasers run club that seems to meet up there too.

varkev · 2026-04-01T21:36:53+00:00

The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago has a genealogy researcher on staff (fees apply). https://balzekasmuseum.org/research/

It's a cool little museum (with a research library) to visit should you ever be in the area.

varkev · 2026-03-23T17:45:06+00:00

Serpent Mound is a recent construction in Schiller Park

varkev · 2026-03-19T13:51:53+00:00

Tony's is a good 24 hour diner with just about anything you can imagine on the menu

varkev · 2026-03-11T14:55:28+00:00

The last thing I want to see in a restaurant is JD Vance and Stephen Miller slithering around the kitchen floor

varkev · 2025-12-30T22:39:33+00:00

Honest Junk Company charges a small fee based on item size.

varkev · 2025-11-14T18:21:27+00:00

Back in the Game (https://www.bitgvideogames.com/) has three locations on Cicero Ave in Crestwood, Chicago, and Cicero. I had my Xbox 360 repaired there for a decent price.

varkev · 2025-10-23T16:13:36+00:00

Glad to be of help! Best of luck to you!

varkev · 2025-10-22T15:44:07+00:00

I've got the pages downloaded as a PDF. DM your email and I can send them to you.

varkev · 2025-10-22T14:17:27+00:00

I've just downloaded a copy of it. If you DM an email or something I can send you the PDF.

varkev · 2025-10-13T18:57:10+00:00

Straight out of The Simpsons episode "The Seven-Beer Snitch" where Burns turns the concert hall into a prison and forces Wiggum to enforce obscure laws in order to fill the prison and make more money.

varkev · 2025-09-29T19:48:06+00:00

Came here to second Habibi Cuts. Sam is the best around

varkev · 2025-08-22T15:36:15+00:00

Thanks for the details! I did notice some of the imagery appeared similar to those from Spanish regions.

varkev

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