Tag: Walgreens

Ah, the joys of the beginning of spring. The weather is so nice that you can sit outside and enjoy the day. The Walgreens at the historic Wrigley Building in Chicago has a fantastic outdoor plaza. Get a snack and…

All the 4×6 prints you can imagine for free! All you have to do is order your prints through the Shutterfly app. Sounds great, right? Almost unbelievable. What would you do with unlimited prints? Here’s a few ideas: Mural: Take…

What if you found a masterpiece painting laying on a busy sidewalk? Certainly you would look at it. Maybe you might even pick it up, or photograph it. During autumn we have millions of such masterpieces laying on our sidewalks.…

Transform the fun of tourist postcards into something beyond their normal function. Buy a tourist postcard and then fold it into a paper origami and leave it at the same postcard rack in the store. Make sure to leave the…

Do you love amazing views? Do you love amazing architecture details? The next place you should visit is–surprise! Walgreens. Walgreens recently moved 40 steps from its cramped quarters above the Billy Goat into the first and second floor of the…

Walgreens writes some unrelevant posts on their wall. I am starting a project where I write silly responses on their wall. What sort of silly stuff am I writing? Find out on my Google Plus post, “Unrelevant Facebook posts?” (if…

Deodorant aisles like Tron? Individual candy bag dispensers? Alcohol prediction machines? Yes, you have just stepped into the flagship store of Walgreens in Chicago. The energy was palatable. You could feel the excitement with everyone in the store. And the…

I so want to memorize this song and then sing it when I’m at Walgreens, in the candy aisle… or anytime I see Reese’s candy! You can have a skittle, a mento or a sweet tart. It ain’t no riddle,…

Go to www.walgreenslistens.com with your Walgreens receipt and fill out a survey to win $3,000 cash. Fill out the form and tell about your experiences from your recent Walgreens visit. Great Walgreens cashiers are the best. I have a favorite cashier at…

Walgreens opened up a geo-thermal store in Oak Park. TribLocal reports: The technology functions because of four close-looped, liquid-filled boreholes that extend 650 feet into the ground. The liquid is heated using the Earth’s natural temperature, about 55 degrees. Heat…

Urbandictionary.com is the alternative dictionary for slang, subculture words, phrases, and phenomena not found in standard dictionaries. I love the site, because users submit totally crazy definitions for words–both existing words and totally new words. All my submissions for new…

For July’s top tweets, I picked the one tweet from each account that I use regularly in the past month. @DepressedDarth who needs chopsticks? me eat with paws. or just dunk my face into the plate. http://twitter.com/EwokLumat/status/19670390993 When you roll…

Get your cherry-flavored H1N1 shots! Would you like your H1N1 shot to be flavored as blue raspberry, Coke or wild cherry? Walgreens has a bright yellow sign posted on their ICEE machine stating that people can get their H1N1 shots…

Three years ago today I signed up for twitter. My first tweet was very grand: Signing up for twitter, duh. — 4:07 AM Apr 9th, 2007 Here’s my eight favorite tweets from the past month: Vending machines should have anti-gravity…

PaperGirl had a nice post about her twitter usage, so I’m making one too. I’ve been tweeting for almost two years now as @spudart. My tweets tend to be about fun ideas and interesting observations. My most-used word is Chicago.…

Here’s a funny story that happened to me yesterday. I live tweeted a cookie run to Walgreens. Making a cookie run to the walgreens. Chips Ahoy cookies are 4 boxes for $5. #walgreens #deal Okay, so I bought FOUR boxes…

OH HOW I LOVE WALKING IN THE SNOW! The cashier at Walgreens doesn’t think so, “All that cold makes me wanna die, y’know?” I encouraged her, “you need some good boots to go. They empower you to be oh so…

Here’s a letter of praise I just wrote to Walgreens: Hi there, I am a HUGE fan of Walgreens. The rebates, the employees, and the general Walgreens love. My comments here touch on these points, and I even offer some…

Print out cute photos from the internet and include them with your mail. Paying your credit card? Stick a hedgehog in with it. Submitting your student load payment? Slide a squirrel in the envelope. Sending in a rebate? That certainly…

Walgreens no longer has a toy section in its downtown Chicago stores. With the redesign of Walgreens floor layout last summer, they completely eliminated their toy section. So now other than the Lego Store on Michigan Avenue, there is a…

We all know that dart guns are fun at work. They should be a standard office equipment of any good corporate America worker. Right next to your stapler and scissors is your dart gun. Here’s one way to target higher…

This was rather funny. Walgreens is selling cubbie bears wearing white sox shirts. Do you see the irony?

Whenever I see someone buying hair products, I check out their hair. “oh they have beautiful hair, I’ll try their product.” or “oh boy, I’m sure not gonna buy what they are using if their hair looks like that.” But…

What store in Chicago has the best selection of Chicago Cubs mugs? Not any of the stores by Wrigley Field Not Sportmart Not any tourist trap in downtown Chicago Not Walgreens But our very own Tribune Tower with its tiny…

I’m designing a label for a foam rocket, and recently did some research at Walgreens. Small cylinder products that lay down horizontally almost always have the main logo on both sides of the product. i.e. candy While larger cylinder products…

While standing in line at Walgreens to purchase six balance bars on sale, I muttered out loud, “oh crap.” The person next in line asked me, “What’s wrong?” It sounded so ridiculously silly when I responded with, “I meant to…

While at Walgreens today, I came across a product called “Neat Sheet.” Why use your old towels and blankets at the beach, when you could use a sheet that is specially formulated for the sand and water? Brilliant. Think of…

I was going on a Walgreens break with a fellow SpongeBob fanatic, and he told me, “Matt look it’s SpongeBob!” At first I thought he meant like a SpongeBob t-shirt. But across Michigan Avenue by the Walgreens was a LIFE-SIZED…

While purchasing the new Sobe Mr. Green drink at Walgreens, I commented to Lisa about how I liked the dinosaur on the label. The Walgreens cashier corrected me and said, “it’s a lizard. NOT a dinosaur.” So I replied, “it…

I was at Walgreens during lunch today and I ran into this Singing Kung-Fu Hamster. Squeeze his hand and he sings the pop dance song, “Ku Fu Fighting.” But the killer winner of them all is the spinning nunchucks! I’m…