We returned from vacation through Paducah, Kentucky, on Interstate 24 for the second year in a row. Besides trying to buy a wine glass at the Purple Toad Winery (maybe some wine, too), which was closed because it was Sunday, … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Joe Gottemoller, just elected last November, is one of the people who drew a two-year term. In preparation for a Republican Primary Election, Gottemoller has scheduled a 1776 fund raiser on Columbus Day, October 14th , … Continue reading
After attending “Under the Streetlamp,” a concert by the stars of “Jersey Boys,” at Huntley High school, the Skinners went to eat at 1776 in Crystal Lake. Proprietor Andy Andresky, as usual, came around to greet us and, after catching … Continue reading
That’s what this email to area residents said: State Government in Illinois is a fiscal mess. One party dominates the Legislature, the Governor’s Office and the City of Chicago, which has the highest sales tax of any city in the … Continue reading
I’m sure I didn’t find all the signs in Crystal Lake honoring the memory of Staff Sgt. Christopher Antonik, but here are two: The restaurant named 1776. Teddy’s Liquors was another business honoring the Prairie Ridge High School graduate. … Continue reading
McHenry County Republican Party Chairman (and State Rep.) Mike Tryon formed a political action committee separate from the Central Committee. I thought you might find the contributors and expenditures of interest. They are included in the PAC’s campaign disclosure filing … Continue reading
Last night at Crystal Lake’s 1776 restaurant will be a night that Jason Plummer, an aggressive Downstate candidate for lieutenant governor, will remember forever. How do I know? Because I’ve been on the same route he took twice, once in … Continue reading
Yesterday in an article entitled Kirk Dillard Woos McHenry County Women McHenry County Blog started a three-part series on what happened when the GOP candidate came to Crystal Lake. Besides covering pensions and a new tax credit for contributions to … Continue reading
Billing himself as the only non-millionaire in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, State Senator Kirk Dillard spoke to mainly women at Crystal Lake’s 1776 restaurant Tuesday morning. He related having received this advice from his former boss, … Continue reading
Apparently the leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination (according to the Chicago Tribune pollster), Jim Ryan, has called for privatizing the Illinois Tollway. Actually, I see in the Daily Herald, Ryan wants to sell it. One of his DuPage … Continue reading
Thanks to the Illinois Observer, you now know the following: “Next week, State Senator Pam Althoff and State Rep. Michael Tryon help Rutherford bring in some dough by headlining a fund raising breakfast in Crystal Lake on Thursday, December 3 … Continue reading
The patriotic decor of Crystal Lake’s 1776 restaurant was an ideal setting for Wednesday night’s meeting of the McHenry County Young Republicans. It was so much more appropriate that the little room in the Pizza Hut basement outside the men’s … Continue reading
While the McHenry County Young Republicans met Sunday in Crystal Lake’s Veterans Acres for a Petition Party, they will meet tonight at 7 PM at the upscale 1776 Restaurant on Route 14 in Crystal Lake. The YR weekly newsletter reports … Continue reading
I took my camera into Crystal Lake’s 1776 Thursday night and the colors on the sign outside prompted me to take this photo. Looks like the place is open Sunday’s this month. I wanted a photo of Andy Andresky for … Continue reading
I took my camera into Crystal Lake’s 1776 Thursday night and the colors on the sign outside prompted me to take this photo. Looks like the place is open Sunday’s this month. I wanted a photo of Andy Andresky for … Continue reading
Democratic Party candidates for McHenry County State’s Attorney, Tom and Auditor will be holding a fund raiser at Stage Left, 125 Van Buren Street in Woodstock from 7:30-9:30 on Tuesday, September 23rd. No word as to the cost. Draw your … Continue reading
Democratic Party candidates for McHenry County State’s Attorney, Tom and Auditor will be holding a fund raiser at Stage Left, 125 Van Buren Street in Woodstock from 7:30-9:30 on Tuesday, September 23rd. No word as to the cost. Draw your … Continue reading
Elgin’s Daily Courier-News devoted the entire front page of its July 2nd Living section and more to Andy Andresky’s celebration of the “culinary loves,” as Mike Danahey’s article puts it, of Thomas Jefferson. 1776 is our favorite restaurant. It’s right … Continue reading
Elgin’s Daily Courier-News devoted the entire front page of its July 2nd Living section and more to Andy Andresky’s celebration of the “culinary loves,” as Mike Danahey’s article puts it, of Thomas Jefferson. 1776 is our favorite restaurant. It’s right … Continue reading
