Top 50 most-viewed blogs/posts on ChicagoNow: March 17-23

Top 50 Most-Viewed Blogs Overall

1.      Baby Sideburns
2.      Tween Us
3.      Cubs Den
4.      Portrait of an Adoption
5.      Get Fit Chicago
6.      Moms Who Drink and Swear Chicago Edition
7.      High Gloss and Sauce
8.      Lists That Actually Matter
9.      Chicago Medical Marijuana
10.    A Couple of Critics
11.    Hammervision
12.    Chicago’s Real Law Blog
13.    Show Me Chicago
14.    Training the Wolf
15.    Daily Beefing
16.    Music Mom
17.    Raining Cats and Dogs
18.    In The Loop
19.    Chicago Food Snob
20.    Ups And Downs Of A Yoga Mom
21.    Cubs Insider
22.    Six Brown Chicks
23.    I Want A Dumpster Baby
24.    Lipstick and Lollipops
25.    Interesting Chicago
26.    Getting Real
27.    Steve Dale’s Pet World
28.    Getting Real
29.    Cheaper Than Therapy
30.    The White Rhino A Chicago Latino English Teacher
31.    Clean Convenient Cuisine
32.    Candid Candace
33.    J.O.Y. Love Lessons in Love Sex and Dating
34.    Chicago Bulls Confidential
35.    So You Have A Girlfriend
36.    Katalin Health & Fitness Driven
37.    Gladly Gluten Free
38.    In FITNESS and In Health
39.    Healthy or Bust
40.    Chicago Bears Huddle
41.    The New Abides
42.    The Barbershop Dennis Byrne, Proprietor
43.    Old Single Mom
44.    An Atheist in Illinois
45.    District 299: The Inside Scoop on CPS
46.    LitzyDitzy
47.    Chicago Sports: The Big Event
48.    Raising World Citizens
49.    Listing Toward Forty
50.  Chewables Chicago

Top 50 most-viewed posts on ChicagoNow: March 17-23

The posts below are in order from the most-viewed to the 50th most-viewed.

1. I love everything about my husband.Except for this annoying crap.

   Dear Schmoopie Woopie, I love you. I mean I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVE you. Like when you kiss me I still get those butterflies in my belly, and when you wash that pot that's been "soaking" in the sink for 48 hours I get weak in the knees. But here's the thing, I would really really be appreciative...

   

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2. Going from one kid to two is, uhhh, how do I say this, let me see, HELL (an excerpt from my book I Heart My Little A-Holes)

   So the other day we're at a restaurant and this pregnant lady with her toddler leans over from the next table and asks, "How is it having two kids?" The way I see it, I can answer her in one of three ways: 1. Thank God for Roe v.

   

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3. The serious chapter, like seriously (an excerpt from my book I Heart My Little A-Holes)

   This chapter is not funny. No, I'm not kidding. Like if you think I'm joking, please just jump to the next chapter. I'm serious. But hey, by now you probably need a little break from laughing, right? Hopefully. Maybe. Shit, what if this book isn't funny?

   

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4. Happy first day of Spring! Facts about the Vernal Equinox

   Spring has sprung! Well, not really in Chicago, where it is presently snowing. Technically speaking, though, today is the first day of spring because it is the vernal equinox in this hemisphere. What is the vernal equinox? It is the day on which the sun is directly over the equator.

   

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5. The Real Problem with Leggings Ban for Middle School Girls: Specific Targets

   News of a confusing ban on leggings and yoga pants at an Evanston middle school is sparking heated conversations around the nation. The fitted pants are apparently too distracting for male students. Juliet and Kevin Bond, both educators, are parents of a 7th grade girl at the school, and they wrote a letter to the...

   

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6. 10 Foods That Detox Your Body and Cleanse Your Liver

   Here are 10 foods that detox your body and cleanse your liver. Think of your liver as an air filter. All the toxins we eat, drink and bre...

   

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7. Top Ten Ways North Carolina School Could Have Responded To Bullying Other Than Banning Grayson's My Little Pony Backpack

   Dear Buncombe County Schools, I heard about your school in North Carolina that told Grayson Bruce he was not allowed to bring his My Little Pony Bag to school, because it was a trigger for bullying. You released a statement saying that you take bullying seriously and will continue to take steps to resolve this issue.

   

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8. 5 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Marijuana

   It's no coincidence that marijuana legalization support has surged with the growth of social media. The voices of the Reefer Madness era ...

   

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9. A few things about parenting and listening (and farting)

   "Can you say 'Momma? Say 'ball? 'Moo' says the cow. Can you say 'moo?'" I said these things hundreds of times to my kids when they were babies, encouraging them to talk. "'Why don't you ever ask for Daddy? No, I don't have time to play ball with you.

   

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10. Chicago's Top 85 Restaurants

    I get asked, A LOT, by people I know and people I meet - What's your favorite restaurant? I answer with a few questions to gauge what they may like or expect in a restaurant and provide them with 3-5 names. In my head, I have a far less polite response.

    

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11. Star Wars will make your kids turn gay

    We all know that there is a gay agenda that is trying to corrupt our children. But it was going on long before movies like Frozen and other Disney films sent these terrible messages to our kids. I have no tin-foil hat on, this is real.

    

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12. St. Patrick's Day trivia: 12 fun facts about Ireland's patron saint and the holiday honoring him

    Regardless of your heritage, everyone's Irish on March 17th. Get your green on, bust out your brogue, and impress your friends and family with this fun St. Patrick's Day trivia. See how much you really know about Ireland, St. Patrick and the traditions that surround the annual celebration of him.

    

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13. Chicago photographers support Calumet Photographic

    After 75 years in business, Calumet Photographic abruptly closed its doors om March 13th. The announcement was made at 8:35 a.m. on Calumet's Facebook page. 250 people lost their jobs. The Chicago photographic community was stunned. Support and anger poured out on Facebook. The Chicago Tribune picked up the story by 10:30 a.m and updated the...

    

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14. Best and Worst: Top 10 Most Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Foods!

    Inflammation: A localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot and often painful, especially as a ...

    

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15. Chicago area school bans yoga pants: THE SEXISM KILLS ME

    There's a doozy going down in the suburbs over yoga pants. Haven Middle School in Evanston has pitted feminists against apologists with its new policy that girls may not wear yoga pants because they "distract the boys". Let me get this straight. Long black material covering someone from waist to ankle is not enough lower...

    

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16. Yes, I Harness My Kids

    First of all, yes, I harness my kids. You can call it a leash and joke about them being animals, but I will not take your bait. Their safety is way more important than your snide comments or looks. But wouldn't it be a bit nicer to try to understand the reasoning behind why someone...

    

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17. Thoughts on late spring decisions: Olt, Bonifacio, Kalish, Vitters, Barney, Schierholtz, and Lake -- and can a spring trade be the solution?

    Other than the pursuit of Japanese star RHP Masahiro Tanaka, the Cubs didn't make a lot of waves this offseason. They improved the bullpen, they added some role players, and took a few flyers. With prospects not yet ready for the big leagues, it doesn't make a lot of sense right now to add expensive...

    

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18. Mike Olt Thoughts

    The general assumption is that the Cubs will hand over the third base duties to Luis Valbuena and Donnie Murphy to start the season. I figured that Mike Olt would have a chance to win the opening day job out of spring training with a solid showing in Arizona but a bout with shoulder fatigue...

    

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19. 10 frightening facts about Ask.fm all parents should know

    Ask.fm is a social networking website set up in a question and answer format that is very popular with teens and tweens. It has received ...

    

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20. 5 Foods That Fight Belly Fat

    Here are 5 foods that fight belly fat, the Achilles heel of just about anyone who needs to shed a few pounds. While good food isn't the o...

    

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21. 5 Things My Girlfriend Needs to Understand

    1) I've slept with other people. Let's face it-at this point in our lives it'd be more weird if I HADN'T slept with other people. I know it's kind of hard to grasp; but before you, "yes," there were other people-it doesn't matter how many. There's no need to share "when," and most definitely not...

    

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22. Are you sure you want the Cubs to select a pitcher with their first pick?

    A lot of us, including yours truly, would like to see the Cubs draft a top flight arm with the 4th pick in the upcoming June draft. It makes sense. That is where the strength of the draft lies and it just so happens to be the greatest weakness in what is a very strong...

    

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23. New Puppy: 7 Things I Wish I'd Known Ahead Of Time

    When I anticipated getting a new puppy, I had visions of a cute puppy cuddling next to me, punctuated by times (of my convenience) when we would play puppy games. 15 minutes later, new puppy would commence quietly chewing a chew toy, allowing me to return to my Breaking Bad Marathon.

    

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24. 2B or not 2B? Cubs developing a welcome "problem" as Javy Baez starts at the keystone today

    Back when I was a kid, in the days before Ryne Sandberg, the Cubs often struggled deciding who their 2B would be: Mike Tyson, Joe Strain, Ted Sizemore, Davey Rosello, Tom Veryzer... They've got the same issue now, only this time it's a matter of having an embarrassment of riches rather than just plain embarrassment....

    

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25. Transcript of the Sex Talk With My 6-Yr-Old

    Background: The Tooth Fairy Brings a Science Book Last week my daughter lost her first tooth in the evening. She wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy requesting a science book in lieu of a dollar. The Tooth Fairy chose a beautiful, well-illustrated biology book about the human body.