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“I just wanted to create a deal that people knew they were getting a great value out of” says Will Glass, founder of Drink Deck. In a nutshell, the Drink Deck looks like any normal deck of cards with a big difference. Each card also serves as a $10 gift card to a bar, restaurant [...]

90 Years of Voting…Time to get Running

90 years and one week. That is how long women in the USA have had a constitutional right to vote in elections AND have them counted. Yes, in some parts of our fair country, women were allowed to vote, but they didn’t count. And for women of color, especially African American women, the right to [...]

Let Us Take You To Discover Six Flags – Win a Family Pack!

A lot of families are scrambling to pack in the fun before all the kids go back to school and a lot are planning their last Great America visit, but did you know that this is the last weekend of Six Flag Great America’s Hurricane Harbor? Well, it is! If you miss it this weekend, [...]

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By the time you read this post, we will be less than 40 days away from the Chicago Marathon. It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were 100 days from the race, scheduled for October 10, 2010. Last week, marathon banners appeared on the race course throughout the Loop. Several tweets including ones from Whitney [...]

Finding Mom through the ReVamp Project

The kids are back in school, and so MOMS can get herself back! Chicagonista partnered with Mom Renewal on an upcoming ReVamp Project and we’re inviting other Chicago Mom Bloggers to join us and secure a spot. We are gathering 10 mom bloggers and we only have a couple spaces left. This 2 month long [...]

Value Family Packs To (re) Discover Six Flags

It’s crunch time for a lot of parents with kids heading back to school but how about one last family hurrah before the kids hit their books and pencils? In case you haven’t heard yet, Discover Card and Six Flags teamed up to bring us exclusive Discover perks and values for all card members. We recently [...]

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