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Each month, ChicagoNow holds a contest to select the best blog posts throughout ChicagoNow.

Out of over 1,000 posts published during the month of July, here are the 20 judged to be the best.

Becoming SuperMommy: Discovering My PTSD in the Dentist’s Chair

BitesFromMe2U: Healthy In N Out Burger Recipe (Paleo)

Cubs Den: Anarchists’ Brunch: The One And Only

Cut Out Kid: We Took A Bus To Rip’s Tavern To Eat Fried Chicken

FutureSox: The Inaugural Nick Madrigal Show

Getting Real: Chicago’s Safest And Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 2018: Murders

Hammervision: I couldn’t give him everything

Hitz & Mrs.: Relationship Goals Are Real Especially If You Don’t Have The Same Ones

I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes: There should be sunscreen dispensers at MLB stadiums

JUST SAYIN: Cops/The Media/The Divide

Looking for the Good: Review: Chicago History Museum

Look Back, Chicago!: Historic Chicago Plaques Lost to History

Medium Rare: Embarrassment is the emotional terrorist (part 2)

Old Single Mom: A letter for my son to read on June 2, 2038

On Tap in the Windy City with a Side of Murals: Let Your Eyes do the Talking at Ballast Point

Opinionated Woman: How Abraham Lincoln could get Bruce Rauner or JB Pritzker elected governor

Pizza For Breakfast: Queer Eye Makes Me Cry

Purple Reigns: How to Live a Full Life with Lupus

Still Advocating: Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to Know

The Wrestling Grognard: What WWE Can Learn From The Chicago Bears Rebuild