Events We're Checking Out (Feb 6 - 12)
In addition to our guides, here are a few events we find interesting this week....
No matter the weather, it's worth venturing Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood and making several stops on Southport Avenue, a thoroughfare bustling with...
No matter how long you've lived in Chicago, there will always be those frigid winter days where you just can't shake the cold. I'm talking about the t...
If you're part of the work-from-home crowd, I'm guessing that at some point, you may have gone days without stepping foot outside. It's a disconcertin...
This guide has all the necessary ingredients for a terrific Sunday Funday outing. It starts in Wicker Park at a comic-book themed burger joint that pa...
We've got a wholesome Sunday morning planned in Rogers Park. It starts at a small Korean-American breakfast diner run by Susie, the Korean grandma you...
For this guide, we're combing good food, music, and board games all into one wonderful evening. You start at a 40+ year old French bistro for crepes,...
This guide has you exploring Chicago by train. You'll be visiting five different places off five different Brown Line stations. You'll start with pie,...
We're headed to Lakeview for a low key date night of comfort food, libations, and live music. You'll start at a neighborhood cocktail bar for pre-dinn...
If you're looking to avoid the crowds at Christkindlmarket at all costs but still want some German festive cheer, then this is the guide for you. We'r...
This guide starts with drinks at an exclusive basement speakeasy in Lakeview. Afterwards we have two live shows to choose from depending on your mood....
Walking through Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood is the like the real life version of scrolling through Zillow and daydreaming about the type of plac...
Puck rock culture in the 1970s ushered in Chicago's DIY (do-it-yourself) scene. It was a movement led by artists and musicians who wanted to circumven...
This guide has you spending your afternoon in Logan Square and Avondale. It starts with you feasting on elevated bar food in a quiet residential corne...
There's been a big flurry of development along the Chicago River over the past few years. A lot of the attention has been on downtown's river walk and...
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...
For this guide, we're combining good food, board games, and cupcakes all into one wonderful evening in Lakeview. We start at a family-owned Mexican re...
We've got a classic daytime date on the docket. We're hanging out in Uptown and ease into things at a rustic coffee shop for some good conversation ov...
If there was a word to describe this guide, it would be "appreciation." We're spending the afternoon at a museum that, for the past three decades, has...
This week's guide get's us out of the house for a quick mental health recharge. We're headed to Lincoln Park where we start the day munching on crepes...
This week’s socially distanced guide will let you enjoy that classic dinner and a movie date all from the comfort of your car. We will be driving down...
We're headed to Ravenswood to indulge on beer, food, and more food. We start at seafood diner that serves all day breakfast right next to the Montrose...
For this guide, we're keeping it low-key and spending the afternoon in Ukrainian Village for a Sunday Funday. We start the afternoon by making our way...
On a wet and dreary day, you might find the urge to cancel plans and just hole up inside your house. Well, we've got something better in mind to cure...
We're doing a bit of exploring on the far Northwest side and doing some neighborhood hopping in Chicago's Old Irving Park, Avondale, and Portage Park...
The truth is that there are a million and one ways to have a classic Chicago outing. It’s the blessing and curse of living in a city with as many beau...
Cemeteries aren’t all headstones and hauntings… okay, so there are a lot of headstones. But many of them are incredible works of art. So today, you'll...
On the first Saturday of every month, there's a former church, turned circus training and performance center, that opens up its doors for a show. For...
For all you dog owners, you know that sinking feeling you get as you hear your dog whimpering while you walk out of the house. Well, for this guide,...
This guide is all about to getting cultured. We start in the Loop at a Russian tea house to talk current events while sipping tea and snacking on a li...
If you're on Fulton Market Street in the West Loop neighborhood and you start walking west, the crowds get smaller and smaller, the trendy bars and re...
When life gets busy and stressful, sometimes we just need to take a moment to swing and hit stuff really hard. Well, that's what we'll be doing with t...
Sometimes the gray and wet Chicago winters can put us in a funk. We don't want to go anywhere, and weekend plans consist of bundling up at home with s...
Hidden amongst factories and warehouses in Chicago’s Elston Industrial Corridor, we will eat, drink, and jam to live music. Here are the highlights....
