Looking for something to do this weekend? Beginning tomorrow, Friday, March 25th through Sunday, March 27th, Brilliant Events will be hosting the Home Improvement & Landscaping Expo at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
The DuPage County Forest Preserve District has announced this year’s “Hard-Water Classic” ice fishing tournament at Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville. The tournament will take place Saturday, February 11th from noon to 3:30PM at Silver Lake. Awards will be given to those who catch the longest in bass, bluegill and crappie. An additional award will…
Are you planning a wedding in DuPage County? We’ve got just the list for you… Wedding planning can be a stressful endeavor. This list of banquet halls will give your a good starting-point to research and compare venues for your wedding reception. Clicking on the venue name listed in the first column of the table…
Santa will be paying a special visit to Kline Creek’s “Christmas on the Farm” celebration on Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday, December 4th. The free event, sponsored by the DuPage County Forest Preserve District will run from 1:30PM to 3:30PM both days.
The Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment Event is held twice each year (once in the spring and once in the fall). This huge children’s items sale event is being held Friday, October 8th through Sunday, October 10th at The Odeum. The Odeum is located just north of North Avenue (and west of Route 83) at 1033…
Check out Winfield’s Good Old Days festival, running Thursday, September 9 – Sunday, September 12, 2010. The Good Old Days festival is located in downtown Winfield (1.5 miles north of Roosevelt Road on Winfield Road). This year’s theme is “Drive Back to ’75.” Here is the 2011 Winfield Good Old Days information! The thing I like…
Glen Ellyn Images of America – Book Glen Ellyn took its name from a Victorian real estate development whose massive promotional campaigns brought this unusually beautiful village to the attention of city dwellers eager to move their families away from the grimy, coal-fired environs of Chicago. Its story begins with hardy New Englanders who felled…
On July 7th, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation waiving state sales taxes on all back-to-school related purchases for the week of August 6 through August 15, 2010. This is a first-ever sales tax amnesty for all of Illinois.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to share the following poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley on the topic of love… Happy Valentine’s Day!
A review of the Raging Waves (Yorkville) & Best Western Timber Creek Inn (Sandwich) overnight water park package. Not too far west of DuPage County, you’ll find what is touted as the largest water park in Illinois, Raging Waves. I recently took my children there for a short family getaway.
