gallery walk just got longer ...

rotating artist showings coming

above slightly used gone ..1 day
this new set will fill the room at under $1500

http://www.cityconsignments.com/ has them coming state wide !


When you’re walking down Main Street and you come to a shop with the most inviting furniture in town displayed quaintly in the window, you’ve made it to City Consignments. It’s a really nice store and we’re not the only ones who think so. Since May when they began updating their inventory listing weekly online, their website has had 25,000 visits. Add that to their newest undertaking, a wall share where they will use wall space to promote local artists, and you’ve got local charm mixed with brand name, quality furniture and accessories.

The Lazy Boy couch (pictured) sold in one day for under five hundred dollars. Up next? Available Friday will be a brand new set couch and love seat with matching chair and ottoman.

So, stop in and try comfortable living on for size. Owners Thom Delforge Mary Munson, and their staff will greet you in style.

attorney don hammer has record golf round of 82

attorney don hammer, of hayes hammer attorney firm, has achieved some leisure time success on the golf course. don recorded his personal best round of golf. shooting an 82 at prairie vista golf course this week. don has been practicing law in all areas for many years at the corner of center and washington st. when asked what area of law he likes to keep on the front burner going forward, " don says, mediation is one area that i always want to stay focused on.

Loft alert

2 lofts will be available soon

213 e front st lots of exposed brick , Townhouse They go fast, @750 mo.

315 e front st
Soon.

Redbird management 454 4888

wollrab hits brick jackpot in new rehab space.

the wollrab masterpiece is a work in progress, the space at the corner of main and monroe st. downtown bloomington is fred wollrabs latest rehab project. wollrab has a knack of seeing past the new and uncovering the old. once stripping the walls clean, wollrab hits the downtown jackpot of floor to ceiling brick walls. and the tin ceiling yet one more glimpse to the past that one lucky tenant will cherish merchandising around. the process which wollrab has repeated time and time again in rehabbing downtown bloomington should take another 45 days or so. at this moment the space is still available. redbird management leases freds spaces, they can be reached at the normal office at 454 4888

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coming soon , take a peek at what bed time boutique thinks may be one its hottest Halloween costumes this year is.

sidewalk chess anyone !

with 10,000 chess lessons, open evenings, a new entertainment / learning option


welcomes visitors Wednesday sept 5 th , downtown bloomington. 409 n main st



colleykitson@gmail.com

kitson chess academy opens downtown bloomingotn next door to the coffee hound.

tony .. what hours are you going with


colley .. i work full time at sf as a tech analysis, and will be open 5-9 plus weekends.


colley is a fide instructor one of only three in the country. currently colley teaches chess at 6 area schools, such as metcalf.

reachable at 824-5701

colley will offer classes for groups or individuals, 90 minute classes are $10 per student for group lessons.

many fine wood chess boards are on display signed by some of the most famous chess players of our time. colley tells me, bloomington normal has a huge chess player base, and he considers the market to have a very high per ca pita player ratio, even rivaling new york.

food fest goes off like a rocket.

food fest turns main st downtown into "great party"




















by anthony saluto

I sat sipping my coffee hound latte, the town’s best, as well the best I’ve had anywhere, ever. While reading my New York Times I watched the Tent Company erecting a rather large tent spanning a good part of the 400 block of North Main Street downtown Bloomington, Saturday morning. It was in fact a beautiful morning. It’s about 8 am. Watching the tent going up inspired me to want to come back and check it out around start time.

So, I decided to take a swing by uptown to check out the Corn Fest. I can’t find parking, and a little hip pain suggests I blow off the shuttle routine and all that. So I am back at downtown and things are ready. Saving my appetite I go directly to Lancaster's for duck wrapped with bacon, I think they were 2 bucks. I love duck. Then a few crab rangoons hit the spot and I head for the tent for a draft.

Not bad, some music, food, familiar faces, I really like the cocktail height black draped stand up tables spread all over under the big tent. I sip a beer with Doug Hanson, can’t wander too far as the beer can’t leave the tent. I guess I can focus on the beer and then the food, and then some more beer. Sounds great.

I pop in on a friend to find myself on beer garden at show time. Now it’s four girls and me. More live music there. Great time of day and the weather was perfect. Ok, back to the tent, with four girls comes a few guys I hadn't seen for awhile. Lots of boomers are giving the food fest a shot. Surely they know all too well, hey let’s go and they will keep doing it. Maybe the timing was right for many who had just situated kids back in classes and felt well deserving of some relaxation and entertainment. And hey you've got to eat. I pretty much closed the place down at 11 pm. Having drank way more beer than I normally would I managed to stumble home my block and half.

















The India folks had their own activities going on too at city square. In brightly colored flowing dress, they had music on another stage and some food too. From what I hear, the organizers are scrambling with ideas on its success to apply to next year’s food fest. That is good news for you, if you missed it. Perhaps by reading about it, you’ll check it out next time.

Next time, or next year, hmm Farmer’s Market is nice but I don't cook. Some would say do this every month or week. Well there are many events in the pipeline, I can’t keep up with them and that's a good thing. Talented hard-working people catching a break is good stuff. So I strolled the hill pretty much from 8 am to 11 pm in downtown Bloomington. Imagine that. Nothing new really I have been doing it since 1995. Live and work downtown, a great lifestyle for singles and families alike.

More people, more money, more revenue flowing all around, is what makes it all go round. for more on participating in downtown events, you should contact: http://www.downtownbloomington.org/



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