Croatian sausages, lattes, and an abandoned school
We're hanging out in the Near North neighborhood to shop, eat pancakes and Croatian sausages, and visit places that blur the line between dining and retail. Here are the details....
We're hopping on the Brown line for this guide to see what we'll find if we take it all the way to the last stop (Kimball). Once you get off the trai...
Pilsen is a mecca for vintage shoppers and the plan for this guide is to bounce around to four different shops, each with a different era of fashion a...
We've got a lazy Sunday in West Loop on the books. The day starts a local non-profit bookstore to dig through their collection of new and used books....
Chicago's history has been shaped by different waves of immigrants from all over the world, and we're celebrating part of that history with a visit to...
This guide has you going on a classic neighborhood walkabout around Humboldt Park. It starts with a Coney Island hot dog at a corner hot dog shack. Yo...
This guide takes you on a mini Swedish adventure in Andersonville that works great as a chill Sunday afternoon outing. This is a historically Swedish...
This guide has you strolling through fields of wild flowers and exploring an island nature preserve on the South Side. But before that, you'll grab br...
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...
This guide has us visiting Chinatown but we won't be getting there by car, train, bus, or bike. In fact, for our mode of transportation, we won't need...
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...
If you take a look at a Chicago neighborhood map, you'll find a tiny triangle shaped neighborhood sandwiched between Andersonville and Ravenswood. Thi...
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'...
We're headed to West Town and to a part of the neighborhood that lots of us have probably passed by without giving it a second thought. But if you loo...
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 c...
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...
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...
As we spend more time in our homes, the humble houseplant is something that doesn't go unnoticed. A little greenery can brighten up a room, it can pur...
We're headed to Chatham on Chicago's South Side. For this guide, we met up with Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City, a Chicago non-prof...
This guide takes us to the heart of Hyde Park where we'll start the day with breakfast at President Obama's favorite diner. We'll then take a short st...
No matter how long you've been in Chicago, the city's skyline and its architecture will always find a way to stop you in your tracks in a daze of wond...
For this guide we're headed all the way to 112th street on Chicago's South side where we'll tour a historic neighborhood and learn a little bit about...
We're going to head to Oak Park to visit the home of the greatest American architect to have ever lived. From downtown, we're hopping on the CTA Green...
For this week's guide, we're headed to Little Italy on Chicago's Southwest side, and exploring it two different ways. It's kind of like a 'pick-your-a...
We're headed to Chicago's Southwest side, and spending the evening feasting on a mashup menu of Korean-inspired Polish food. We'll then walk down the...
Andersonville is, without a doubt, one of Chicago’s most personality-filled neighborhoods. From its Swedish heritage to its catering towards the LGBTQ...
At one point in Chicago’s history, a total of one-sixth of all residents were German immigrants. The legacy of this immigrant community is still alive...
A good neighborhood is one that can offer entertainment and good hangs at any time of day. We love West Town for that. Its nightlife scene continues t...
We're headed to Pilsen for this guide and doing a neighborhood walkabout to catch some of the sights and sounds of the area. The neighborhood is const...
We're spending the day getting cultured on a museum crawl on the South Side. We'll be visiting a fine arts museum on the University of Chicago's campu...
