Well, we have to hand it to our newest, bestest buddy (and “big toe”), Rahm Emanuel, for getting things done on Kinzie Avenue.  For the better part of a month now, Chicago’s first divided bike lanes or (“cycle tracks”) have been easing the morning commute for, and increasing the safety of, local bicyclists.  With the benefit of a $3.2 million federal grant, the city now has its first stretch of an anticipated 100 new miles of bike lanes.

We certainly don’t purport to speak for the whole Chicago renter community, but when we at domu are safely secluded in our apartments on a Friday afternoon, we love to crank up the stereo and trounce around the bedroom playing air guitar to frenetic death metal songs like “...

We are prone to hyperbole here at domu, but we think we’re being modest when we say that Paul McCartney is probably the most important cultural icon of the last century and one of the greatest-ever composers of popular music.  In the rock ‘n’ roll realm, he certainly ranks as one of the best singers and bassists ever to occupy the field.  So we’ve decided to give away a free pair of...

In 1909, the City of Chicago decided to fight back against the growing menace of local residents continually getting lost and throwing temper tantrums.  To put an end to this epidemic, it created a completely new and foolproof address system.

Chicago has seen such wondrous growth,

With weather often hot or cold, or both.
Tell me, if you were sworn on oath,
Would you live on Burton, or would you live on Goethe?

Gotcha!  It’s actually pronounced “Gur-ta."  Outside of Germans, five-time Jeopardy champions, and bus drivers, not a lot of local folk know that.  “But what’s in a name?” wrote William Shakespeare.  Just like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he has a Chicago street named after him.  Except, unlike Goethe, most people can pronounce his name....

We've randomly selected the winner of our bike giveaway from Do-Division, and the winner is . . . .

James Marshall Duich of Rogers Park!  He stopped by our office in Streeterville to pick it up on Tuesday and answered a few questions for us.  

What do you do?

I am a musician.

What is your sign?

I'm a Leo.

Where are you from?

Chicago.  Born and raised.  Cubs fan!

How long have you lived in...

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