Pandemic

It's stimmy season! We've been in a pandemic so long we're really out here giving nicknames to the stimulus check. The stimmy. Have you gotten paid yet? The “Get My Payment” tool on the IRS website went live early yesterday and it's a great tool to track when you'll get your stimulus check...

Has the COVID-19 pandemic made you consider moving? It's almost a year later, and we're finally starting to see a taste of normal life again. But during quarantine, a lot of people had time to sit and think about if they really like where they live...

The Shedd Aquarium Penguins in Chicago just went on another Field Trip. This time, I'm pretty jealous of the place they got to visit. If you haven't heard of The "Friends" Experience, then you're a fake "Friends" fan. Just kidding, if you've never heard of it, it's an in-person event with props and set items from the iconic show...

Tired of looking outside and seeing nothing but snow? Same. I think we've all reached that point where we've seen the snow, it was pretty for like a day, but now we miss seeing grass. I don't think we're going to see that green stuff for a while...

At some point we're going to get past this pandemic, it's just not right now

It's wild to think that almost a year later we're finally in the midst of the COVID-19 vaccine getting rolled out. And now that we're in that phase, do you know if you're eligible to receive the vaccine? Good news Illinois, there's actually a website that just launched to make this whole phase of the pandemic a little less confusing...

If you'd made "de-stressing my life in 2020" one of your new year's resolutions in late 2019, chances are you made it up until about March of last year before realizing that you picked the wrong year for that kind of thinking.

Parents rejoice! Your kids are finally going to have some things to do besides play in the house and tell you they're bored. One of life's greatest gifts to parents is museums. They're great for a number of reasons. They're super educational and can double as a day of class and a fun adventure...

2020 - the year we realized just how good we really had it. From going to the gym whenever you'd like, to being able to meet your friends for a drink after work, the way we lived our life got flipped upside down. Those every day activities slowly but surely were shut down in 2020 and it made us realize that we've kind of been taking advantage of just how many amenities were offered in life... Read

I wanted to give you a heads-up on this a little ahead of time so you can make your plans accordingly to help out your favorite restaurants as they continue to battle for survival.