In addition to our guides, here are a few events we find interesting this week....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 pun...
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...
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...
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...
This itinerary is part of our "Known/Unknown" series, where we pair a Chicago landmark with overlooked places nearby. For fans of literature and archi...
This is part of our “Known / Unknown” series. For each guide in this series, we pair a classic, essential landmark with an overlooked place nearby. To...
This guide is part of our "Known/Unknown" series where we pair an essential Chicago landmark with some more obscure spots nearby. It starts with a lei...
For this week's guide we're adding another edition to our Known/Unknown series where we pair a classic, essential landmark with an overlooked place ne...
We've got another guide to add to our Known/Unknown series where we pair an essential Chicago landmark with overlooked places nearby. Today we're on a...
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...
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...
We're taking advantage of living next to a giant freshwater lake and have you going on a fishing 101 expedition. You'll get outfitted with fishing gea...
We've got a relaxing picnic planned inside a garden, that in the words of Alfred Caldwell, was "planned as a sanctuary of the native landscape, a plac...
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 t...
We're hitting the road for a weekend trip to Wisconsin. It starts with a 2.5-hour drive to Madison, Wisconsin, our home base for the weekend. After ge...
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...
When the cold weather strikes, this guide has you cooking up some eats to keep warm -- or should I say hot -- hot pot that is. To get started, you'l...
We're taking the Red Line to go on a food expedition that starts in Chinatown and ends on the far North side in Little Saigon. We'll make a few stops...
When the weather finally turns for the better, a long walk through the city might just be what you need to shake off the winter blues. This guide take...
This night is about good eats and good drinks. You'll start things off with a dining extravaganza brought to you by a Michelin starred chef on a quiet...
There are no shortage of outdoor markets when summer rolls around, and for today's guide we'll be visiting two staples on the the South Side. You'll f...
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...
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...
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,...
In this guide, you’ll be taking in the history of Edgewater which encompasses several smaller neighborhoods like Edgewater Beach, Edgewater Glen, Magn...
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...
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...
We’re going music and book shopping in Andersonville today. The great thing about record stores and bookstores is that you don’t have to buy anything...
We've planned a whole night, all within a one-block radius right off the Damen Blue Line Station. It starts with New Haven-style pizza at a brewery wi...
10 pieces of Korean chicken, 30 plays, and 68 draft lines. That's the setup for this evening excursion in Andersonville. It starts with a late din...
While the rest of the city sleeps, this guide has you going on a midnight escapade through Logan Square and Bucktown. You'll start at a late-night...
We're taking you on nighttime adventure in Chinatown where you'll grab drinks in a backroom cocktail bar and then you'll have a family style Cantonese...
There's a large residential section of Bucktown with an eclectic mix of historic greystones, two-flats, and multi-million dollar modern homes. It's th...
