Sometimes, planning date night is as easy as dinner and a show. The city is chock-full of establishments that would pair perfectly in this category, b...
In addition to our guides, here are a few events we find interesting this week....
Imagine Chicago with mountains in the distance. Nobody would ever leave. While we don't have mountains, there are still places to hike to get some ele...
Centered around one corner in Avondale, this guide takes your traditional coffee date and mixes it up with an after-hours comedy show followed by beer...
This guide has you hitting the road for a weekend trip out of the city. You'll visit Galena, IL, about a three-hour drive from Chicago and on the bord...
We're taking a short trip outside the city to hike through a 2,500 acre forest preserve. We start by grabbing coffee at a quirky and retro coffee hous...
Access to nature can sometimes feel inaccessible if you don't have a car. But for this guide, the Metra is all you need. You'll take the UP-N line to...
If you haven't guessed by the title, this guide is all about plants. It starts at a plant shop in Wicker Park, where you'll not just buy a plant but l...
There's a misconception out there that you're either a dog person or a cat person, and you've got to date someone with a matching preference. For this...
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...
In a new addition to our “Known/Unknown” series, we’re heading to Michigan Avenue to pair a Chicago landmark with an overlooked place nearby. The fi...
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 tha...
Start your day at a sustainable farm, picking up fresh produce and sipping local coffee. Then, step into a neighboring nature preserve for an easy str...
This guide has you visiting West Ridge, a quiet residential North Side neighborhood that's home to a vibrant South Asian, Jewish, and Eastern European...
In this guide, you’ll be taking in the history of Edgewater which encompasses several smaller neighborhoods like Edgewater Beach, Edgewater Glen, Magn...
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 wh...
Up in Rogers Park, it’s easy to find things to do. Perhaps not the first place many think to visit on a weekend day off work, Chicago’s northernmost n...
This guide is part of our Good Bites series, and we're venturing out to pick up fresh ingredients to make a classic BLT -- our summer sandwich of choi...
We've got a house party teed up in Humboldt Park. You're going to catch live music and comedy acts in the basement of a Humboldt Park home. Afterward,...
For this guide you'll be grubbing at the back of a Korean grocery store, and afterwards, you'll take some to-go dumplings and head down the street to...
