Scene in Logan Square: Pumpkinfest 2009

Unity Park Advisory Council’s Pumpkinfest 2009  takes place Saturday, October 24, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Unity Park at the corner of Kimball and Schubert Avenues.

Help the kids celebrate Halloween two Saturdays in a row! 

Come in costume for the costume parade.  Complete your costume with face painting.  Get to Pumpkinfest early for a free pumpkin to decorate (as long as supplies last).  Enjoy the music and general Halloween fun and frivolity!

Parking and Milwaukee Avenue

How participants in the Milwaukee Avenue Corridor Development Initiative workshops responded to a question about parking also surprised organizers of the workshops (in a good way) (also see Height and Milwaukee Avenue [Part I]), and a few participants as well (in a not so good way).

How do you feel about parking on Milwaukee Avenue?

Eighty-one percent of workshop participants felt that there is sufficient or too much parking on Milwaukee Avenue, and only 19% felt that more parking is needed.

I think workshop participants got this answer right, and the response is consistent with the results of the polls I posted at Do we need more parking? (click on image below for better legibility).

Café con Leche is now BYOB

Café con Leche’s long-awaited expansion at 2714 N. Milwaukee Avenue is ready to be experienced, even over a bottle of wine or beer — that you bring with.

For now, you’ll still order at the counter and bring your food into the expanded space (photo above).  Perhaps you’ll have picked up a bottle of something across the street at Red Star Liquors.  Enjoy a cozy conversation near the warm and inviting fireplace, a more solo pursuit on your laptop with free Wi-Fi, or watch some T.V. near the future bar area.   The hours have expanded too — until 10:00 p.m. every night.

And/or allow a little extra time on your weekday mornings to take advantage of a dine-in breakfast special.

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Fall diversions in Logan Square:

Phantom Gallery Chicago’s ”Chicago Revisionists” opening reception Friday, October 16, from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. at 2827 N. Milwaukee Ave.; show continues Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18.

The Logan Square
ARTicipation Tour
continues with the family-friendly Victor M. Montañez/Know Art Gallery Open Studio Saturday, October 17, from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. at 3036 N. Sawyer (dress to ARTicipate!); RSVP requested.

Milwaukee Avenue is magically nutritious

A plethora of Herbalife nutrition clubs have popped up on Milwaukee Avenue.

I saw the first one some time over the summer in the building at the southeast corner of Diversey and Milwaukee Avenues with a Diversey Avenue entrance.  Fair enough.

But in the past month, another has popped up at 2641 N. Milwaukee Avenue.


And another right next door at 2643 N. Milwaukee Avenue.