Check it out....Buy With Me deal this week!

Hello to all --

Just wanted to let you know that this week Wear Eyewear will be running a promotion with Buy With Me. 

If you are not familiar with Buy With Me, here is the quick break down.  Much like other deal sites, you can subscribe to get their daily email of local deals or install an app on your smart phone to check them out at your leisure.  You check out the deals, and if one strikes your fancy...you buy it and receive great discounts on products/services you are interested in.  The BEST part of Buy With Me however is this...if you tell 3 of your friends to get the deal along with you....yours is free!!!

So...click on the link below to see the deal...tell as many of your friends as you can...and you just might get yours for free!

Wear Eyewear to be featured on ABC7 Chicago

First of all...thanks to everyone who helped make our first Groupon experience a success.  We were able to sell over 700 Groupons!  We have had a lot of positive feedback and have heard from many people who wish they would have been able to get the deal as well.  To all of you....you are in luck!

This Thursday morning we will be featured on ABC7 Chicago as part of their new Daily Deal powered by Groupon.  There will be three short TV spots promoting the deal during the morning news, a spot on the frontpage of the ABC7 Chicago website, and an email sent out to all of their subscribers.  However, anyone can jump onto the ABC7 website and be connected directly to the deal.  It will be the same promotion that was recently run as our Groupon.  SO....watch the news this Thursday, check the ABC7 website, and get the deal....and tell all your friends that missed out about another opportunity to get this great Groupon!

Click the logo to go directly to the daily deal!

We are on Groupon today!

Check it out, we are on Groupon today!  http://www.groupon.com/deals/wear-eyewear

What is Astigmatism?

Have you ever been told you have astigmatism?  Even the mention of the word makes some people feel self conscious.  The problem is, most people don't even know what it means.

In general astigmatism is a term used to describe how a single point of light is blurred into two separate points of light.  Unlike true "double vision," astigmatism creates an effect similar to a shadow or secondary image around the image you are looking at.  For those of you with astigmatism you will struggle more with night vision, vision on rainy days/nights, computer work, and really distinguishing between letters like P and F, or B and 8 as from afar they look very similar.

In most instances, astigmatism is caused by the front part of your eye (cornea) being slightly more football shaped than basketball shaped.  This irregular or non-spherical cornea forces light that enters into the eye to focus in two spots in the back of the eye, thus giving you the almost double vision effect around whatever you are looking at.

If you have astigmatism, there is no need to worry or feel like you need to hide this fact from friends.  Its extremely common.  With a simple pair of glasses, or a toric contact lens, we can make your vision sharp and clear.  When you come to visit me for your next exam, we will work together to see if you do have any astigmatism, and to correct it as perfectly as we possibly can!

The image below shows what text can look like with different levels/types of astigmatism. Check it out!

Downtown Chicago Location Moving!

Just wanted to get the word out....our Chicago location will be moving at the end of this month.  We have outgrown our space at 207 W Superior and will be moving on to bigger and better things right around the corner at 750 N Franklin.  Currently we are putting the finishing touches on the buildout at our new space.  We are sure that you will all love our new location when it is completed and we hope to see you more as you make your daily stop at our new neighbor, Starbucks!


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Wear Eyewear of Orland Park on Facebook!

Our Orland Park location is now on Facebook!  Become a Fan and see what is going on down in our Orland location.

We are on Facebook as:     Wear Eyewear of Orland Park

If you aren't already a fan of our Chicago location, check that out too:   Wear Eyewear



Jordan Jones, O.D.

What is 20/20 Vision?

So you've been going to the eye doctor your entire life.  You've heard people say they have 20/20 vision.  Heck, there is even a television program named 20/20. But....what does that really mean?


Eye care professionals need a way to quantify how your vision stacks up to everybody else.  When you go to visit your eye doctor and he/she has you read the letters on the chart, this is exactly what is happening.  We are attempting to understand exactly how well you can see compared to the standard or "perfect eye."


The "perfect eye" has been determined over time to be able to distinguish a certain size letter or symbol at a distance of 20 feet.  If you are able to distinguish this same size letter accurately...you have 20/20 vision.  


In other words, think of it as a contest between you and someone with "perfect eyes"  You are standing right beside each other seeing who can read the smallest line of letters.  The "perfect eye" goes first and from 20 feet away can read all the way down to the bottom of the chart.  Now its your turn.  If you too can read all the way down to the bottom.....you both tie.... and your vision is considered 20/20.  The first number 20 is how far you were away from the chart, the second 20 was how far away the "perfect eye" was to read the same line. 


What if you can't read that bottom line though?  Well the bigger the letters, the farther away the "perfect eye" could stand away from the chart and read the letters accurately.  For example, let's say you can only see the "Big E" at the top of the chart.  Well, the "perfect eye" was able to read that letter from 400 feet away!!  However, you are only 20 feet away from it.  Remembering from our example above, your vision would then be 20/400.  (First number is your eye, second number is the "perfect eye")


Hopefully the next time you come in to visit me, you will have a better understanding of exactly what it means to be 20/20!


Jordan Jones, O.D.

ic! berlin Trunk Show

 Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be holding an ic! berlin trunk show this Saturday 12/05/09.  The show will take place at our Chicago location from 10am until 5pm.  Stop in to see and try on all of the latest styles, as well as the classics from ic! berlin.  On the day of the show only we will be offering 20% off all frame and lens purchases (this offer cannot be combined with insurance or any other offers).

Chanel and Tag Heuer Trunk Show

Last night was our Chanel and Tag Heuer trunk show.  In conjunction with Steve Green and GO Green management, the event was a success....and with a portion of the proceeds going to the group Big Love, Little Hearts, everybody was a winner!  We will be posting photos of the event shortly on our Facebook Fan site....so if you aren't already.....become a Fan of Wear Eyewear on Facebook to check them out!  www.facebook.com/weareyewear

As always....you can check out our website at www.weareyewear.com

WILCO

Nothing like a little team building!  A great evening last night for the Wear Eyewear team as we were able to see Wilco live at the UIC Pavillion.  Great seats, great music, great night!

NEW WEBSITE!

As of last night our new website is up and operational.  Quite a process to jump through all of the hoops to get the job done, but we are quite pleased that we have made it to the finish line.  Hopefully the new site will provide more information, better interaction, and an improved layout that all of our patients can appreciate and use.  If you have any suggestions for possible improvements, please feel free to leave a comment.  As our main goal is to provide you, our patients, with an easy to use and view experience, we would be more than willing to make changes to the site as needed!  Check us out at http://www.weareyewear.com/!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other news.....become a Fan of Wear Eyewear on Facebook to see special promotions and to view more of our frames.

Also.....CHANEL & TAG HEUER TRUNK SHOW

This coming Tuesday, October 20,2009, from 6-8 pm we will have the entire collection from Chanel and Tag Heuer available in our Chicago location to view and try on.  Stop in and see what these two great frame lines have to offer!

Welcome!

And so it begins....this is the first entry into what will be a regularly updated blog. I plan on providing information on all topics eye related. From contact lenses to eyeglass frames; from the latest in refractive surgery options to ocular allergy management, it will all be covered here. Please bookmark our site at www.weareyewear.com and subscribe to the blog or check back often to see what's new!