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Helping The Homeless With Donations, Care Bags, Encouragement

December 17, 2018 by Paulina Fadrowska Filed Under: Neighborhood Photos

Neighbors filled a local church Dec. 15 for the eigth annual UMatter Chicago winter initiative by One Heart One Soul to serve homeless youth and those seeking emergency shelter.

Volunteers gathered at New Life Community Church Logan Square (1847 N. Humboldt Blvd.) and sorting donations, filled Wintrust tote bags with winter items/hygiene products and added encouraging words into each of the 400 bags.

Pastor Daniel Lopez of New Life Community Church has been helping with the organization for eight years, when the winter drive started, and donates the space for the event to take place.

Pastor Lopez and Mireya Fouche, founder of One Heart One Soul, pose for a photo at the 8th annual UMatter Winter Drive. Photo: Paulina Fadrowska

People brought donations to add to the care bags such as winter hats, gloves, scarves, socks, coats, thermals, toothbrush, toothpaste, baby wipes, socks and more, all organized on long tables in the church. Families brought children to help with the day’s events and free coffee and snacks were provided.

Different organizations who serve the homeless or disadvantaged communities will receive the bags, which will be brought by the One Heart One Soul team. La Casa Norte, Covenant House Chicago, El Rescate and more will receive the bags, which volunteers divided up and tallied how many went to each place on a large white board.

Check out photos from the care bag drive and learn more about donating to the cause here.

New Life Community Church Logan Square

Photos: Paulina Fadrowska

Good Beauty Salon Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

September 7, 2018 by Paulina Fadrowska Filed Under: Business Aldermen, Event

Good Beauty, a minimalistic trendy salon in Logan Square celebrated their one-year anniversary Sept 6.

Carla Alvarado, owner of Good Beauty, looks forward to celebrating many more years and said she was very thrilled to see so much support and love from her community. Alderman Carlos Rosa stopped in to congratulate the salon owner and staff. The celebration featured harpist Yomí, good music vibes by DJ Freddyphat, henna drawings and tarot reader laughing eye.

Many of the local neighborhood businesses supported the party with touches from Fluer, Son of a Butcher and Cafe con Leche, to name a few.

Check out photos from the event below. All Photography by Paulina Fadrowska | @PaulinaFadrowska

The Party Your Dog Wants to Take You to

August 31, 2018 by Paulina Fadrowska Filed Under: Neighborhood

Dreams do come true: A giant red fire hydrant, a dog house your dog can finally share with you and a pool filled with endless tennis balls is a dog’s dream. Sorry, no cats allowed! Finally, a party your dog wants to bring you to! The Dog’s Day Party opened tonight as the latest Emporium Pop-up bar (2363 N. Milwaukee Ave.) sponsored by One Tail at a Time.

The bar, called “A Dog’s Day” will be open until Sept. 16 and will have special events throughout next week. If you want to show off your dog to the public or have a private showing, now you can with these special nights at the bar. There will even be a special five-course dinner meal for dogs on Sept. 5. All of the proceeds go to OTAT to help its mission of saving homeless dogs and finding homes for them.

Check out photos from the opening night. Tonight we are celebrating everything dogs!

All photography by Paulina Fadrowska

Pretty Cool Ice Cream’s Opening

August 10, 2018 by Paulina Fadrowska Filed Under: Food + Drink Opening, Photos

It’s a pretty cool day for ice cream. New ice cream shop Pretty Cool Ice Cream opened in the old post office space (2353 N. California Ave.) with over 50 ice cream flavors, custards and dairy-free options all made in-house. Everything is made in-house and you can see the action from a window in the back. People lined up outside before its 11 a.m. opening time to try the ice cream and discover a new flavor. Excited children and families, dogs and adults showed up to get bedazzled with color, taste and homemade ice cream.

Get an inside look at Pretty Cool. Credit: Max Baire

Owner Dana Salls Cree, former Publican brand executive pastry chef and author of “Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop” partnered with co-founder Michael Ciapciak who owns Big Bang Pie just down the street. The ice cream business has been in the works since Janaury—now, it’s finally a colorful reality. Check out our photo gallery from the grand opening.