Vell, here it is! Our annual Year in Review. This has been a very challenging year for Team Gregula. Ve even lost our ChicagoNow entertainment blog of 10 years. So, I am just going to make this a short post. Glad to see 2022 come to an end. Ve are hoping to plan on a full comeback for the upcoming year. Be…
Tis the season for ho-ho-horror!!! Team Gregula always enjoys a good falalala scare at Cryptmas time, and there's no better place to get one than at 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago in Schiller Park, IL. The location is pretty easy to get to as it's about a mile down River Road south of the Donald E. Stephens Center (and other fun stuff)…
Season's Creepings from Santa Gregula! The most frighteningly festive time of year for holiday horror is here! Several established haunted attractions are scheduled to be open for Cryptmas fears this December. Put down the eggnog and go get the figgy pudding scared out of you! Keep scrolling this putrid post to view my deadly directory of sinfully selected Chicagoland holiday haunts that…
The season of ghoul cheer is almost here! Raising Cane’s is ready to get everyone in the Christmas spirit by recreating a holiday favorite moment from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Legendary comedic star Chevy Chase, better known as Clark Griswold from the beloved holiday classic, vill join Raising Cane’s Founder Todd Graves to “plug in” the holiday light display at 5PM on…
It's that time of year again....2nd Halloween!!!! Not really (haha) but one of our very favorite conventions will be returning next weekend - Days Of The Dead: Chicago. After a fangtastic weekend back in May where we got to meet awesome celebs like Tom Arnold, Henry Thomas and Doug Jones, Days Of The Dead (DOTD) will be returning for their regular November show. DOTD…
October is in full swing now and Team Gregula has been super busy with fun Halloween activities. One of our favorite Howl-iday traditions is going to Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest down in Homer Glen, IL. We usually try to make it earlier in the season (less crowds!) but unfortunately I had ended up in the hospital for almost a week earlier this month…
Vell, it is that macabre month once again and that means Team Gregula just had to revisit (after a couple years avay) Scream Scene Haunted House located inside the Abandoned Skokie Water Playground that is part of the Skokie Park District. Scream Scene has been a fiendish favorite of ours for several years now and ve lurk forvard to checking out their ominous offering each October. Ve all…
Ghoulish greetings from Count Gregula! Guess vhat? The beast time of year for fear is here once again! This scare season is lurking to be vast, vicked and vild for several established haunted happenings including some brand new ominous offerings scheduled to be open for boo business in 2022. A few fang-tastic fears and fall frights are already getting going this macabre…
The National Restaurant Association Show has finally come back after three looooong years, and Team Gregula (aka Da Count and myself) was hex-cited to be there for our fifth time! It was so good to be able to once again attend the most comprehensive annual trade show servicing the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry on the planet. This cavalcade of deliciousness happened…
Wow! It seems like C2E2 had come faster than usual this year...because it actually has! Yes, mortals and morsels the one and only Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo has come back a mere 8 months after their pre-Xmas edition back in December. This year we FINALLY got what we wished for, a chance to go to C2E2 in weather warm enough not…