Chicago Thanksgiving 2007: Best Bets
Thursday November 15, 2007
Turkey-o-Rama, Put on Your Pajamas
Here we go:- Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade 2007
- Tuna and canned meat and chili
- Canned soup
- Canned fruits and veggies
- Flour, sugar and oil
- Mac and cheese
- Mayo and salad dressing
- Pasta and sauce
- Ketchup and mustard
- Diapers
- Shampoo, soap and deodorant
- Rolaids and aspirin
- Sanitary pads
Prescott Carlson, About.com's Guide to Chicago Travel, has the info you need about this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up
Diana Rattray, About.com Guide to Southern Cooking, has recipes galore that make sense for us Midwesterners, too.
25th Annual Vegan Thanksgiving at the Chicago Diner
Dinner reservations are sold out, but you can order carry-out through this Sunday. Hurry!
Two Languages, Uno Pavo. Chicago's biliingual newspaper, Extra, reinterpreted Thanksgiving meals with a fondness for their homelands and the traditions of America in mind. Try these Colombian, Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican, and New Mexican inspired recipes on your Thanksgiving mesa.
Chicago Holiday TV Listings: Football, Macy's Parade, Dodgeball
Yahoo's TV Listings beginning at 9 a.m. with the parade. Search throughout the day for football and movies. (Plug in your zip code and service to track any channel variations.)
30th Annual Turkey Trot
Make room for the bird. Run or walk the 8K at 9 am, departing from Lincoln Park, and be home in time to put your feet up and pig out. Sponsored by Fleet Feet with proceeds benefitting the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Junior dash also included.
While Giving Thanks, Give Other Stuff Too
The Common Pantry, Chicago's oldest continually-operated food pantry at 3744 North Damen, needs your food donations, volunteer time, and more. Drop-off hours are from 10am to 8pm on Wednesdays. They need the following items:
Is the Common Pantry not convenient to where you live? Locate an agency in need near you by using the Greater Chicago Food Depository's Agency Locator. It's easy.
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