Shop Online. Find Everything you are used to buy - in Good Prices.

One of the good things about living in the US is the online shopping.
You can buy almost everything online and if its not good, return it and get your money back.
It's really simple and most of the services are free delivery (or at least you can find a coupon online that will make it free delivery or 10% off).

These are services that are worth mentioning -
http://www.peapod.com/
The quality and prices are comparable to Jewel-Osco in everything (including the stand). The service is wonderful.
$20 off first grocery order at Peapod.com, then free delivery for 60 days
Use BAGFREE20 at checkout on first order.
$50 minimum delivery.

http://www.skin-one.com/
Skin 1 is a professional skin care organization with experience in every aspect of skin therapy. Regardless of your skin type or condition they will probably have what you're looking for. By working with Skin 1 you will have access to thousands of different products from around the globe. They have been in business for nearly 30 years and have undergone a rigorous screening process to bring you only the finest products in the marketplace.
The service is very good too.

http://www.visiondirect.com/
Buy contact lenses online. Much Cheaper. Good and reliable service.

These are only 3 of the many services that are available online.
Other companies that are great for shopping are:
Target - for clothing, toys, and more (http://www.target.com/) and Aldo - for shoes (http://www.aldoshoes.com/).
Anyway, don't forget to look for a coupon for whatever you buy. It really easy - just search and the word in google and you will probably find good ones.
I ask you - the readers - to add online recommendations in the comments for the other users (and for me...). Thanks!

Groceries, Supermarkets, and Wholesalers

Here is a list of the popular ones among the students and a few notes:

Costco: A quality products in attractive prices, wholesaler. It has a yearly membership fee with card access. The cost for 2 cards (at the same application) is $50. Everything there is in big quantities. A place you can go every 3 weeks to renew your stocks.

Whole Foods Market: High quality products. You enjoy the products and the service, but you also should be ready to pay a small extra for it. It is recommended to buy there vegetables and fruits - the quality is high and the prices won't be higher than in other grocery stores. Also - many 'healthy kind of products', like tofu, will be available there in lower prices than in most of the grocery stores.

Wal-Mart: You can find Wal-Marts all across America. they are usually located in the outskirts. In Wal-Mart you can buy practically everything, food, really cheap casual clothes, car accessories, home improvement stuff, everything. Some Wal-Marts don't have too much food. It is one one of the cheapest shopping centers in the US. They have a generous refund policy, they accept refunds with receipt for items over 30 days.

Jewel-Osco: A regular supermarket. You can find everything there, the quality and the prices are average. It's just easy to buy there.




Other stores that may be relevant to you are (* is recommended):
Food shopping chains: Dominick's Finer Foods*, Kroger.
Wholesalers: Target*, K-Mart, Sam's Club.
Convenient Stores:7-eleven, CVS.

Barack Obama speech in Cairo - 6/4/2009

A great speech. He really shows no fear in dealing with tough situations. Putting everything on the table and discuss.
It feels good to live in a country with such a president.

Getting to know the place and the people - First month in the US

We started our journey with a KWEST trip to Mexico -


It was a lot of fun, but more important - we met wonderful friends that helped our first months in the US to be warm and friendly.


As a student's partner I was invited to many different events. This is one captures of a really funny "get together" students' presentation at Kellogg -

One of the best thing about the different graduate programs is that most of the people are looking to make new friends as they are far from their old friends and they are very friendly anyway. So, at the first month we had many many dinners and we met even more wonderful friends -

Illinois Driving License

Here is a manual that includes everything you need to know in order to get an Illinois license -

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/rules_of_the_road/rrtoc.html

--Thanks to Gili Cnaani for sending