TweetEcho: December 17, 2009-January 3, 2010
Written By Editor on January 7, 2010
For those of you who don’t subscribe to our Twitter feed, here are the items we tweeted in the last week or so:
- For the record — Raccoons are not afraid of the El (with video): http://ow.ly/QTb47:35 AM Dec 30th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Tuesday Trivia: What we were before there was a Chicagoland:http://ow.ly/QTap2:24 PM Dec 29th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Sur la Table on Walton Street is now closed. There’s a sign stating that it’s looking for a new location nearby.6:59 AM Dec 29th, 2009 from HootSuite
- @aThousandFeetUp Absolutely. It was one of the better sunsets we’ve had in a while. And the sun sets two minutes later where you are!4:48 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite in reply to aThousandFeetUp
- Ever wonder what Facebook’s headquarters looks like? Well, here ya’ go! http://ow.ly/QyGN4:08 PM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Chicago’s Aqua skyscraper is now a trivia question (#30):http://ow.ly/QpJT7:21 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Britain’s “Sun” newspaper compares Chicago with New York: “just as fabulous after dark – and a whole lot less frenzied.”http://ow.ly/QpGB6:49 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite
- My kind of town: New flight sim pack brings back Meigs Field, adds the Chicago Spire: http://ow.ly/QpCK6:46 AM Dec 28th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Anthropologie opens at Chicago’s Block 37 on January 22.3:26 PM Dec 23rd, 2009 from HootSuite
- Unfollowing @chiarchitecture because of the poor signal to noise ratio. Will re-follow if the content improves.1:39 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from HootSuite
- There’s finally a store to replace L’Artisan at the 900 Shops. LTJ Arthur looks like some kind of socks and pajamas store.1:37 PM Dec 22nd, 2009 from HootSuite
- Fifth Chicago skyscraper fire in a month. Latest one in the basement of 210 East Pearson. Pix of the building:http://ow.ly/Ovws12:52 AM Dec 22nd, 2009 from HootSuite
- Midwest Guest shows us Chicago’s Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows: http://ow.ly/NZgT11:45 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from HootSuite
- An artifact of Chicago’s railroad history runs through River North: http://ow.ly/NGGV8:02 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from HootSuite
- A sad slice of Chicago life: http://ow.ly/OfZ3 Especially for cat lovers.7:29 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from HootSuite
- A Toronto newspaper looks at Chicago’s Fulton Market district: http://ow.ly/Odlr5:22 AM Dec 21st, 2009 from HootSuite
- Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley on a 1956 edition of the game show What’s My Line? http://ow.ly/NW9y7:02 AM Dec 20th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Au Bon Pain is now open at Block 37.7:15 AM Dec 19th, 2009 from HootSuite
- The guy who designs the Apple Stores has been honored by the American Institute of Architects: http://ow.ly/NyCJ3:37 PM Dec 18th, 2009 from HootSuite
- WBBM reports the fire was actually in a stairwell in Nordstrom and is out.7:07 AM Dec 18th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Michigan Ave tied up because of a small fire at 540 North (The Marriott). More on the building: http://ow.ly/NnkA6:59 AM Dec 18th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Epic sunset. Thanks, God.2:26 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Chicago Art Magazine explains why you shouldn’t feel bad if you get lost in the Art Institute’s new wing:http://ow.ly/NbdO2:09 PM Dec 17th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Cranky Canuck Frank Gehry drops the F-bomb and takes swipes at other starchitects: http://ow.ly/N7gs10:48 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Celtic Fest Chicago is moving from the Fall to the Spring (May 8-9) and will be squeezed (downsized?) into Millennium Park.10:43 AM Dec 17th, 2009 from HootSuite
- The feds are checking north side restaurants for illegal meat! (Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill is clean) http://ow.ly/MO9a12:48 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from HootSuite
- The Hermes logos are up at the new Hermes location on Oak Street: http://ow.ly/MO6X12:44 PM Dec 16th, 2009 from HootSuite
- Chicago’s cheapest architecture tour: No club to join, tour fees, or docents to tip: http://ow.ly/MImI8:22 AM Dec 16th, 2009 from HootSuite