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Lisa Chatroop
Articles by Lisa
Lifestyle
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Chicago’s 12 Best Beaches to Visit This Summer
Your guide to hanging 10 in the 312.
By Multiple Authors
Travel
By Lisa Chatroop
The Creepiest Haunted Places Around Chicago
Chicago has a reputation as one of the most haunted cities in America thanks to the high amount of paranormal activity that’s been reported around these parts... and those cheesy Al Capone-themed ghost tours aren’t helping matters.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Moments You Realize You're a Chicagoan
As corrupt aldermen "Hinky Dink" Kenna famously stated, “Chicago ain’t no sissy town.”
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Stuff That Only Happens in Illinois
To the rest of the United States, much of Illinois probably seems like the bastion of normalcy, particularly when compared to, say, Florida.
By Lisa Chatroop
Sex + Dating
By Lisa Chatroop
Chicagoans Share Their Worst Online Dating Stories
Spending too much time on Tinder, Bumble, or OkCupid will make any sane person yearn for simpler times.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
10 Things Chicagoans Are Irrationally Passionate About
Chicagoans are understandably passionate when it comes to things like the Bears' glory days or dressing a hot dog -- sports and encased meats are the lifeblood of the city after all.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Things That Make You Weird Anywhere but Chicago
While other cities pride themselves on keeping things “weird,” Chicagoans typically consider ourselves to be pretty normal human beings.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Things People From Chicago Suburbs Are Sick of Hearing
There are two types of suburbanites: those that typically live in far-flung suburbs and only visit the city once or twice per year, and those that work and/or spend most of their free time in the city, but happen to keep a suburban address.
By Lisa Chatroop
Travel
By Lisa Chatroop
12 Reasons Southern Illinois Should Be Chicago’s Go-To Vacation Destination
Unless you grew up or attended college in Southern Illinois, "Little Egypt" is probably low on your radar -- particularly if you’re a Chicagoan who thinks everything south of I-80 qualifies as Southern Illinois.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Everything You Must Do on Lake Michigan This Summer
Those coastal folks can keep their salty, shark-ridden, tropical-storming oceans.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
Things Chicagoans Are Tired of Hearing From Out-of-Towners
Ahhh, tourist season -- that magical time of year when locals need to allot extra travel time to navigate the hundreds of thousands of slow-walking tourists clogging the sidewalks.
By Lisa Chatroop
Lifestyle
By Lisa Chatroop
The Craziest Abandoned Places Around Chicago
While much of the city is being bought up and demolished or redeveloped at an increasingly rapid pace, there are still plenty of buildings in the Chicagoland area that have fallen by the wayside.
By Lisa Chatroop
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