The number
$115.73
Average grocery store bill in the Chicago region, according to research firm IBISWorld. That figure — which includes buying a mix of store, commercial and organic brands — compares with $122.66 in New York and $124.43 in Los Angeles. Chicagoans’ costs drop to $92.04 when buying only store brands, the firm says, but jump to $142.95 when they fill up with organic products.
What day is it?
Today is both Cheesecake Day and Father-in-Law Day. So celebrate by taking your significant other’s dad out for a slice. Unless of course you don’t like cheesecake … or your father-in-law.
Desperately seeking
Five hot Internet searches Wednesday as tracked by Google Trends:
* “Madonna biceps”
* “Kevin Federline weight gain”
* “Cash for Clunkers eligible vehicles”
* “Saved by the Bell reunion”
* “National Lasagna Day”
Just sayin’
“Ten thousand people wanting to be my friends … It was just way too much trouble so I gave it up.”
— Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the decision to dump his Facebook account
