Fannie May Opening Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Fannie May Opening Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Fannie May Line, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Sign in a Jewelry Store Nearby, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
StreetWise Salesman, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Fannie May, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Fanny May, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Fannie May Chocolates, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Call in a little late for work? Check! Stand on line for 40 minutes? Check! Stand in the rain on that line for 10 of the minutes? Check!
Today was the opening of Fannie May on Michigan and Wacker. The first 500 people got a free pound of Pixies (valued at $18.95 on their website). On the corner of Wacker and Michigan employees were handing out free squares of chocolates to passers by. The box of truffles was given to people at the front of the line. The individual truffles were being handed out inside the store.
Everyone in these photos wearing a red shirt is an official employee of Fannie May. The guy selling StreetWise was an unofficial employee for the day. He walked up and down policing the line to make sure no one butt in. When the store officially opened at 10 he walked down the line telling everyone “Fannie May is officially open” and, of course, “Don’t forget to buy Street Wise on your way out!”
Oh yeh, I also got more free White Hen coffee this morning too.
8 responses so far ↓
1 mom // Nov 19, 2004 at 9:30 pm
I’d stand IN LINE too! I love chocolates! You should watch the news! I see a cameraman! SCORE ~
2 matt // Nov 19, 2004 at 9:49 pm
Wow, that typography for “Pixies” is similar to what I’ve seen used for the band, the (or is it “The”) Pixies.
BTW, I suggest some good ol’ Pixies songs for your iPod, like Here Comes Your Man or Gigantic.
3 Janine // Nov 22, 2004 at 1:44 pm
I think you did make the news. I think I saw you in one of the line shots - that is if you were wearing a red coat??
4 rachelle // Nov 22, 2004 at 2:35 pm
yep! I think I might have been on 2 stations. one cameraman just ran down the line. the other one went down the line then kind of swooped out and stayed on me and i just gave this redic fake smile. im sure it looked tortured.
5 joel // Nov 22, 2004 at 3:20 pm
“BTW, I suggest some good ol’ Pixies songs for your iPod, like Here Comes Your Man or Gigantic.”
I agree with this man’s comment.
6 rachelle // Nov 24, 2004 at 9:37 am
i have Here Comes Your Man but I’ll have to check out Gigantic. I have Debaser too.
7 Chicagoist // Dec 16, 2004 at 5:30 pm
What Would Willy Wonka Do?
Perhaps they should have thought twice before handing out all of that free candy. Our good friends at the Chicago Tribune tell us that Fannie May Candies, the company that after declaring bankruptcy earlier this year and shutting down its operations fo…
8 rachelleb.com // Aug 1, 2005 at 1:56 pm
CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE
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