CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK WEST LOOP LINCOLN PARK GOLD COAST EVANSTON
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK WEST LOOP LINCOLN PARK GOLD COAST EVANSTON
Local Norwood Park resident Erin Leyden has taken the new position of Director of Development with Imerman Angels. got her start in the nonprofit world after founding her own organization back in 2006 when her young son started having seizures over 200 a day at times. She and her family soon started the American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation a national organization created to raise epilepsy awareness and provide support to those affected by epilepsy and their families. Erin was recognized by People Magazine and Major League Baseball in 2009 as an All Star Among Us for her work in nonprofit and her community.
WEST LOOP
Get over to CrossTown Fitness a West Loop gym ready to pound you into beach-ready shape even if it has to drag you across the city to do it now open. The front half is a sleek café soon to be filled with spinach salads protein shakes and teriyaki chicken supplied by the Fifty/50 Restaurant Group. Your workout: a hybrid of CrossFit and high-intensity interval training. You can also sign up for morning workouts at North Avenue Beach or take advantage of this summer’s stand-up paddleboarding and kayaking excursions.
LINCOLN PARK
Welcome to Bodega which has the feel of a basement party filled with pork-belly tacos margaritas and carne asada french fries now open in Lincoln Park. If you remember the Twisted Lizard you won’t notice dramatic changes right away (other than the huge sign above the door). The layout remains as do the tables the chairs the boisterous energy and a lot of random artwork on the walls.
GOLD COAST
Welcome to The Dec Rooftop Lounge + Bar a glamorous terrace jutting out from the 12th floor of the Ritz-Carlton hotel opening as early as this weekend weather permitting. There is an LED light show at the bar. There are fire pits. Lush garden landscaping is involved. Also involved: oysters on the half shell and ham-flecked pull-apart bread. Don’t forget to hit the sundae cart and get intimately acquainted with ice cream goodies like a salted-pretzel-and-milk-chocolate ice cream push-up or a strawberry balsamic sundae.
EVANSTON
Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application has been named 2013 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year by the Royal Society of Chemistry. In addition to his work with SNAs Mirkin is the inventor and chief developer of three pioneering nanoscale fabrication and analytical tools: Dip-Pen Nanolithography Polymer Pen Lithography and Beam-Pen Lithography. Mirkin has more than 900 U.S. and foreign patents (233 issued) and is the founder of four Chicago-based companies including AuraSense Therapeutics and Nanosphere.
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