This is a classic neighborhood walkabout in West Town. It starts with coffee and shopping at a pandemic-inspired retail/coffee shop. You'll then grab a Filipino breakfast at at a place that's going on 30 years in the neighborhood. After, you'll visit…

Wine and book lovers, especially fans of the two combined, this one's for you. You'll venture to Printer’s Row, a neighborhood near the South Loop that makes walking through its charming tree-lined streets akin to a voyage back in time. As its nam…

We've got a short trip planned to Southwest Michigan for a quick weekend getaway. You'll layout on dunes along Lake Michigan's coast, drink whiskey while putting on a 30,000-square-foot putting green, get some hiking in, and explore shops along a cou…

Get your walking shoes ready, because we're going on an old fashioned neighborhood walkabout. The plan for the day is a one mile jaunt through Lincoln Park that's got a bit of an international flare. It starts with Taiwanese bubble tea, then olive oi…

The night starts on an empty street surrounded by warehouses where you'll have cocktails inside a bustling taproom while a forklift might be operating in the background. Later into the night, venture to a basement wine bar and restaurant, where the m…

We’re traveling to Fullerton Avenue in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood to visit a bowling alley with a rich history as the center of Chicago's punk rock scene in the 90s. Afterward, you'll head to a cheekily named 1920s-style tavern to end the ni…

Ask any group of Chicagoans about their favorite taqueria and you'll get different answer from each. For this guide, you're going to eat at a place that just might make the cut on your list of favorites. You'll then walk a few blocks to a laid-back b…

About an hour outside of Chicago, there are thousands of scientists from all over the world working to answer fundamental questions about space, life, and our very own existence. Is time travel possible? Are we living in a multiverse? You know, all t…

This guide has us venturing out into the deep dark abyss, a terrifying hellscape for 20-somethings living in the city. That's right, we're headed to the Chicago suburbs. While it gets a bad rap, we've got a day trip planned that might have you feelin…

This guide takes us to Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, where we'll spend the afternoon doing a reverse progressive lunch. We start with dessert and scarfing down a paczki or two; we then grab some tavern-style pizza at an old-school neighborhood p…

Every neighborhood has that one classic Chicago corner bar that everyone loves. For this guide, we're visiting three neighborhoods and their corner dives for an epic night of cheap drinks, pool, and good times. Here are the details.

When most folks think of Japanese cuisine, they think of either sushi or hibachi. This guide features neither. Instead, we start this guide with Osakan street food and a rich bowl of tori paitan ramen. From there, you'll take a quick walk around the…

Twenty-five years ago, on the southern end of the Roscoe Village neighborhood, an eight-block stretch of Belmont Avenue was home to 'Antiques Row.' At its peak, upwards of 30 antique shops and resale markets clustered along this one-mile corridor. Ne…

We're hanging out in Bridgeport and going on a classic neighborhood walkabout. It starts off with coffee at a beloved neighborhood cafe, and then you'll cut across three residential blocks to visit a public art exhibit and gallery. You'll then walk a…

This guide takes us to Chicago’s Southwest side. We’ll be exploring Little Village, or La Villita as the locals know it. Considered to be one of the city’s largest and most cherished Mexican-American communities, we’ll be getting a small taste of som…

This guide takes us to Chicago's Northwest side. We're going to spend the morning hiking through a beautifully preserved nature center with trails covering 46 acres of woodland, wetland, prairie, and savanna. But before any successful hike, we start…

For this guide, we're keeping it low-key and spending the afternoon in Ukrainian Village for a Sunday Funday. You'll start the afternoon at a tiny, back alley pizza joint, but with seating at a premium, you'll head down the street to a backyard bar t…

Travel south along the Lakefront Trail and you'll eventually reach the entrance to a South Side palace. Sitting on over 70 acres, this public space, dubbed "a palace for the people," is the focus of this guide. We'll visit a historical landmark and t…

It's the third Friday of the month and that means hundreds of artists in Bridgeport open up their studios to the public. Tonight we're headed to a few different venues that feature a wide range of multi-disciplinary artists with many hosting interact…