Best Kept Secret
We received hundreds of entries in this category, most with one vote each—including a few predictable knee-slappers like “Wait . . . are you tryin’ to ask me where I buy my weed?!” and “I have a little dick.” We’ve culled the ones we found most intriguing; some are genuinely hot tips, some seem worth exploring, all seemed worth passing on.
The $2-a-day parking lot at the Howard el station
Tadao Ando’s Asian gallery at the Art Institute
The back stairwell at the Double Door
The Bloomingdale Trail
The bridge rooms at Ashland and Webster
Burton Place between LaSalle and Wells
Alfred Caldwell’s lily pond in Lincoln Park
The Chicago Photography Center
The Chicago School of Woodworking
Free museum passes at the library
The Game Show Show
Groveland Park
The Japanese Tea House on Wooded Island in Jackson Park
The Lake Michigan water crib restaurant
The lilac bushes at Rosehill cemetetry
Lower Wacker Drive
Merit School of Music
Miss Foozie
North Park Village Nature Center
The pedway
Ping Tom Park
The produce department at HarvesTime on Lawrence
Portage Park
Ravenswood Manor
The restroom in Grant Park North garage
The Shakespeare Garden at Northwestern
Sports Action Team
SRO tickets to Wrigley on weekdays
Sub sandwiches at Bari
Theatre Building composer Karena Mendoza
The Ville
The Villa
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Jodi at 11:17 AM on 6/26/2008
Don't forget about Baby Wants Candy! Funniest show I've ever seen. They're at the Apollo Theater now.
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Mr. Smith at 7:21 PM on 6/26/2008
"The back stairwell at the Double Door"
Damn you, whoever submitted that.
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charles keys at 2:22 PM on 6/27/2008
two dollar parking? that must be next to the unicorn stables.
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charles keys at 2:24 PM on 6/27/2008
'the game show show & stuff' is the funniest show I'VE ever seen - & i've seen it all, y'all! i can't wait until next st. pat's day to see baked potato face again!!
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josie at 10:00 AM on 6/29/2008
what happens on the back stairwell?
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D-Lou at 3:55 PM on 6/30/2008
the guy who hands out free city car stickers every Tuesday at.. Oops, I've said too much
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Jeff at 4:12 PM on 10/20/2008
I second THE VILLE. Hilarious.
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patrad at 7:40 PM on 10/28/2008
nice! i discovered two of these last week myself. the CPC and HarvesTime. I used to live by Edgewater Foods on Clark, but just moved closer to HarvesTime and noticed it was listed on Edgewater's bags. Holy crap it's way nicer and bigger! (and just as cheap)
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Richard Stromberg at 2:39 PM on 10/29/2008
CPC was great when the vote was taken, but now that Richard is gone the the place has gone down the toilet.
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Seve at 3:41 PM on 10/29/2008
The Chicago Photography Center is now a sterile place to take classes. The community of volunteers and the Director are now gone which was the heart of this organization.
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Volunteer at 1:06 AM on 10/30/2008
I agree. The board at the CPC is a joke. They fired the program director and refused to take the volunteers seriously. That's why 25+ volunteers recently walked out. They ruined the community to try and make more money. Beware!
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Another volunteer at 5:55 PM on 11/3/2008
Don't bother with classes at CPC anymore. The board doesn't know what they're doing. The volunteers who left were the true leaders of the program, and when the board fired the program director they assured the program would be gutted. I took classes there for a long time. It's never going to be good again like it was before.
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Me Too at 9:57 PM on 11/4/2008
The Chicago Photography Center was a once great place that is falling apart because they have an unproven photographer and egotistical a-hole, William Benson, now leading the majority of classes. They also have a Board of Directors that are power hungry and too stubborn to admit they have flaws and have made very bad decisions. They are now letting students that started there 8 weeks ago and just finished their first class take over as lab instructors and lead new students. I'd be very cautious about spending $500 on a class at a place that lacks organization and quality instructors.
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Mike M at 5:57 PM on 11/13/2008
...I am wondering whether Chicago Photography Center was added to this list before or after Founder Richard Stromberg was abruptly dumped by the opportunistic usurpers now running what was once a better and far more affordable place to learn photography than local art schools. They are sure pretty adept at capitalizing on the reputation the school enjoyed while Richard led, nurtured, promoted, and taught classes there...
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Mortis at 11:52 PM on 11/16/2008
...I am wondering whether Chicago Photography Center was added to this list before or after Founder Richard Stromberg was abruptly dumped by the opportunistic usurpers now running what was once a better and far more affordable place to learn photography than local art schools. They are sure pretty adept at capitalizing on the reputation the school enjoyed while Richard led, nurtured, promoted, and taught classes there...
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Mortis at 8:35 PM on 11/17/2008
...I am wondering whether Chicago Photography Center was added to this list before or after Founder Richard Stromberg was abruptly dumped by the opportunistic usurpers now running what was once a better and far more affordable place to learn photography than local art schools. They are sure pretty adept at capitalizing on the reputation the school enjoyed while Richard led, nurtured, promoted, and taught classes there...
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Melissa Carter at 7:39 PM on 12/30/2008
Check out www.chicagophotoclasses.com for the new Richard Stromberg run photography school!
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Doris Bleach at 11:20 AM on 2/4/2009
I thought about taking a class at this new place but when I went to the new website I saw that Mr. Stromberg was boasting that he had been fired for personal hygene reasons. Not only did the personal hygene part turn me away from signing up for a class, as it probably would for every woman in Chicago, but the stupidity of boasting about it on a website made me realise that I definitely do not want to give my money to a fool. I see that the personal hygene part has been removed from the website now. At least Mr Stromberg must be getting good advice from somewhere.
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Doris Bleak at 12:27 PM on 2/5/2009
I thought about taking a class at this new place but when I went to the new website I saw that Mr. Stromberg was boasting that he had been fired for personal hygene reasons. Not only did the personal hygene part turn me away from signing up for a class, as it probably would for every woman in Chicago, but the stupidity of boasting about it on a website made me realise that I definitely do not want to give my money to a fool. I see that the personal hygene part has been removed from the website now. At least Mr Stromberg must be getting good advice from somewhere.
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Photo Buddha at 1:17 AM on 2/21/2009
Richard Stromberg's Chicago Photography Classes www.chicagophotoclasses.com
New Classes, less cost. 4001 N Ravenswood
Call or text 312-671-7717 NEW BEST CHICAGO
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Busted Buddha at 1:48 PM on 6/7/2009
Photo Buddha is Richard Stromberg taking the opportunity to promote his junk yard
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