Friday 1/5 – Thursday 1/11
6 SATURDAY How do year-round cyclists keep their feet warm and toasty in winter? One trick is to trade the bike shoes and tights for lace-up boots and rain pants. At today’s free winter cycling class, all-weather bicycling “professor” Gin Kilgore will elaborate on how to dress inexpensively and handle a bike in inclement weather. The Bike Winter event also promises “hot bikers modeling layering–and unlayering–techniques,” a riding demonstration in a confetti “snowstorm,” and door prizes. It starts at 3 at Quenchers Saloon, 2401 N. Western. Call 773-486-9015 for more.
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My name is Cara and I’m a sugar addict–at least if you listen to chemical-dependency expert Kathleen DesMaisons, whose checklist for abusers includes questions like “Have you ever been frantic when you arrive at friends’ house for the weekend to discover they have NO sweets in the house and you do not have a car?” (Yes!) DesMaisons, author of 1998’s Potatoes Not Prozac, will outline The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program tonight at 7 at Transitions Bookplace, 1000 W. North. It’s free; call 312-951-7323.
