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top 10 obscure Chicago museums – part# 3
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Are looking for things to do on your upcoming trip to Chicago? Or are you a local looking for a new & different museum experience? Here are my suggestions as a blogger & local tour guide for the past 15+ years of the top 10 obscure Chicago museums PART #3. If you are a museum-goer, you already know about the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium, which all reside in our Museum Campus on the beautiful Lake Michigan lakefront.…
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best ways to get around Chicago
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Planning a trip to Chicago? Found a flight, check. Found your hotel, check. If you are still looking for flights, check out Expedia for great prices. And if you are still looking for a hotel, check out Expedia for some great rates. Click here for a vrbo if you have a larger group or are interested in living like a local. Wondering where to stay? Here is my guide about the best neighborhoods to stay in Chicago. Now that you have those…
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top 10 obscure Chicago museums – part# 2
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Are looking for things to do on your upcoming trip to Chicago? Or are you a local looking for a new & different museum experience? Here are my suggestions as a blogger & local tour guide for the past 15+ years of the top 10 obscure Chicago museums – part#2. If you are a museum-goer, you already know about the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium which all reside in our Museum Campus on the beautiful Lake Michigan lakefront.…
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best views & uniquely Chicago things to do
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Planning your trip to Chicago and trying to figure out where to see the best views? Or wondering what uniquely Chicago things there are to do here and nowhere else? Read on for suggestions from a native Chicagoan and tour guide for the last 15+years. Have fun exploring! where to go to get the best views & some uniquely Chicago things to do Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park The photo above was taken at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park…
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top 10 obscure Chicago museums
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Are looking for things to do on your upcoming trip to Chicago? Or are you a local looking for a new & different museum experience? Here are my suggestions as a blogger & local tour guide for the past 20 years of the top 10 obscure Chicago museums. If you are a museum-goer, you probably already know about the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium which all reside in our Museum Campus on the beautiful Lake Michigan Lakefront. Also…
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THINK SPRING post-pandemic 2022
Wow, has it really been two years? Have we finally graduated from a pandemic to an endemic? I will remain cautiously optimistic. Slowly but surely, I think we are finally entering the new normal we’ve been hearing about for the last year. Though the mask mandate has been lifted at the end of February in Illinois, I will continue wearing a mask in large groups and continue getting updated vaccines as they become available. Spring seems especially welcome this year. Mother Nature is helping us emerge from a pandemic and the cold, dark winter and easing us into Spring with the inevitable promise of more sunshine & flowers. Did you…
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the perfect 3-day Chicago travel guide
This content contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. UPDATE: The City of Chicago has fully reopened as of June 11. 2021! Check here for the latest. You will still want to check specific details for each place. While the country is slowly getting vaccinated and the travel industry is rebounding (yay!), now is the time to plan your trip to Chicago. Here is my guide to help you plan the perfect 3 days in Chicago with insight from a local (born & raised) & a tour guide. This guide is for everyone from solo…
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secret gardens of chicago – part 2 – garden of the phoenix
This post is the second in a series revealing the Secret Gardens of Chicago – Part 2 – Garden of the Phoenix. If you missed Secret Gardens of Chicago – Part 1 – Alfred Caldwell Lily Pond you can read it here. Some content in this posts uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Full disclosure, it took me a couple of times to find this garden. Seriously, it was not easy to find even for this native Chicagoan. Currently it is closed because of erosion but I encourage you to put…
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Randolph St Market
This content uses referral links and contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links at no cost to you. Attention all you city dwellers! Want to go to a really cool, vintage flea market without having to trek out to the boonies? Well, you are in luck. Just head on over to the Randolph St Market located in the West Loop. I went on a beautiful, chilly, fall day last year and it was laid out both inside (Plumbers Hall – 1341 W Randolph) & outside. I took the Metra to Ogilvie and met my friends coming in from the suburbs. If…
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amplified: Chicago blues at CHM & Mavis Staples at ‘OUT OF SPACE’
Last summer in late July, my sister & I went to see Mavis Staples in concert. She played the Canal Shores Golf Course in celebration of SPACE’s Tenth Anniversary (OUT OF SPACE) in Evanston. If you haven’t seen a show at SPACE yet, I highly recommend it. It’s an intimate venue in Evanston that showcases really great, musical talent. Make it an evening by grabbing some dinner & drinks before the show at Union Pizzeria. To get us in the mood, we first went to check out the exhibit Amplified: Chicago Blues at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) in Old Town. We took the cta brown line to Sedgwick stop…
