This weekend, I took another trip to Mazon Creek on a traffic-less lazy Saturday. I wish I could say it was one of my more productive trips, but I only collected a small bag of fossils. It was a windy and overcast spring day and I did not stay as long as I would have […]
A Changing Logan Square
The changing face of Logan Square makes the headlines every week. I’ll add to the dialog with this quick rant since I lived in Logan Square from 2011-2013, and considered moving back in 2016. And very recently, the debate focused on 2 buildings at Sawyer/Spaulding and Milwaukee, a building I used to live in, and their […]
Why is Chicago Rants Still Here?
An odd anniversary quietly snuck by the other day. As of March 2016, Chicago Rants has been the voice of a twenty-something’s adventures around Chicagoland area for 5 years. A half-decade is quite a lifespan for a personal blog, and I wanted to make a post to mention a mile-mark that few sites ever hit. Starting a […]
The 2 Best Options on Where to Buy Sold Out Lollapalooza Tickets
Once upon a time, Lollapalooza was a traveling tour with 12+ US dates that hosted the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins and dozens more that continue to grace the stages of Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza into the 2000’s and beyond. This was a dark, gloomy […]
Finding Mazon Creek Fossils: The Ultimate Guide
Fossil Collecting Mazon Creek Pit 11: The Ultimate Field Guide This was originally published and sold via a Gumroad link on Chicago Rants, but I have enjoyed revisiting my longtime hobby so much that it has expanded into its own website, American Fossil Hunt, where the famous guide now resides. I created this eBook as the one-stop […]