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Having spent at least the last 5 years going to Chicago in December, I can tell you it is a true winter wonderland.
Last year we spent a day at the Museum of Natural History to find Christmas trees decorated in styles from a dozen or more countries. Christmas music by area Chiors and decorations galore.
My Sisters and Nieces went to the American Girl Store by the Hancock Center for a Christmas tea (lunch). The Men with to the ESPN sports zone and scaled the rock wall and shot hoops.
Just make sure you take plenty of warm cloths. Last year was rather warm but it usually is breath taking cold with the wind chill off the lake.
Several of the stores and downtown malls have good places to eat. If you take a child along I know they had a meeting with Santa for either Breakfast or Lunch.
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Randy, Randy, Randy....there is only one place to recommend to people to go to lunch in Chicago..."The Walnut Room"! I had asked a pilot deadheading to Chicago on a MDW flight I was checking in the day before I left for Chicago...his first and only choice was The Walnut Room...an excellent recommmendation, a real Chicago treat. If I am going to go to a city I certainly want something unique to the city...I can go to a UNO or the Cheesecake Factory in any city!...okay, now where is the spa? My body is sooooo sore from walking 8 hours on the Magnifient Mile!!!!!!! I can't wait to go back!
(P.S. The Walnut Room is in Marshall Fields)
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Okay, point taken. But I still stand by my other choices but now that you mention it we did take my mother to the Walnut Room one afternoon for high tea when she visited several years ago. It was a big hit with my small-town mother!!! http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
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Discover Chicago's unique charm and many offerings while learning something new about the city with a Chicago Greeter.
Catch the enthusiasm of city-wise locals who volunteer to share their knowledge and love of the city through visits on foot and public transportation.
Enjoy the local points of interest on these two to four hour visits as well as some of the Greeters' favorite spots.
Navigate the City with your Greeter on complimentary public transportation for the ultimate Chicago experience. Best of all it's FREE!
Check out the list of neighborhoods and special interest areas available for visits at:
www.ChicagoGreeter.com
Chicago Greeter is sponsored, in part, by grants from United Airlines and American Airlines.
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I know I've posted some of this before but not on our new board. Hope you enjoy!
World's largest commercial office building: Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
World's largest indoor marine mammal exhibit: Chicago Oceanarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
World's largest aquarium: Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
World's largest illuminated fountain: Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park
World's largest public library: Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.
World's largest bakery: Nabisco, 7300 S. Kedzie Ave.
World's largest ice cream cone factory: Keebler, 10839 S. Langley Ave.
World's largest candy factory: Brach & Brock, 401 N. Cicero Ave.
World's largest free public zoo: Lincoln Park Zoo, 2200 N. Cannon Drive
World's tallest masonry building: Monadnock Block, 53 W. Jackson Blvd.
World's largest food festival: Taste of Chicago, Grant Park
World's largest collection of impressionist paintings outside Paris: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
World's largest modern art museum: Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.
World's longest street: Western Avenue
World's largest convention facility: McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
World's busiest roadway: Dan Ryan expressway
World's highest steeple above ground: United Methodist Church, 77 W. Washington St.
World's highest residence above ground: John Hancock Center, 875 N. Michigan Ave.
World's busiest futures exchange: Board of Trade, 141 W. Jackson Blvd.
World's busiest airport: O'Hare International Airport, 10000 W. O'Hare Road
World's largest municipal harbor system: Chicago Park District
World's largest stand-alone theater: Uptown Theatre, 4810 N. Broadway
World's largest Tiffany dome: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
World's largest parochial school system: Archdiocese of Chicago
World's busiest sit-down restaurant: Berghoff Restaurant, 17 W. Adams St.
World's largest water filtration plant: Jardine Water Purification Plant, 600 E. Grand Ave.
Source: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Chicago produced the first...
Roller skates, 1884
Steel-framed skyscraper, 1885
Elevated railway, 1892
Cracker Jacks, 1893
Zipper, 1896
Window envelope, 1902
Hostess Twinkie, 1930
Pinball game, 1930
Blood bank, 1937
Rotary Club, 1905
All-Star baseball game, 1933
Malted milkshake, 1922
Automated bread factory, 1910
Spray paint, late 1940s
Comprehensive municipal Plan, 1909
Mail order business, 1872
American Nobel Prize-winner, 1907
Controlled atomic reaction, 1942
Planetarium in W. Hemisphere, 1930
Municpal Cultural Center, 1897
Zoot suit, 1920s
Car Race, 1895
Oscar Mayer "Wienermobile," 1936
Cafeteria, 1895
U.S. meat slicer, 1909
Daytime TV soap opera, 1949
Source: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
'It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.'
- Mark Twain
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Uno's
Portillo's
Ravinia
The Shell
The Point
Right field in Comiskey ( I refuse to call it anything else)
The coal mine
U-505
The lions in front of the Art Institue and the Tsavo Lions in the Field Museum http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
Lower Wacker
The S-Curve[/list]
I miss everything about Chicago except December, January, February and March. http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying
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Lets just say, I've been out in the California sunshine so long that when we visited in January I completely forgot about 'warming up' the car.
We were late pretty much every place we went.http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/cold.gif http://www.nonrev.net/infopop/emotic...on_biggrin.gif
Keep'em flying
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Brookfield Zoo
Ranked among the best in the world
Western suburbs
www.brookfieldzoo.org
Lincoln Park Zoo
The world’s largest FREE public zoo
Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood near the lakefront
www.lpzoo.com
Wild West Town
40 mins. from ORD in Union, McHenry County
www.wildwesttown.com
Six Flags Great America
North suburban Gurnee
45 mins. north of Chicago; 45 mins. south of Milwaukee
www.sixflags.com/greatamerica
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While visiting Chicago you have the opportunity to take advantage of the following professional sporting events:
Football (American):
The Chicago Bears
www.chicagobears.com
The Chicago Rush
AFL (Arena Football League)
www.rushfootball.com
Basketball:
The Chicago Bulls
www.nba.com/bulls
Baseball:
The Chicago Cubs
www.cubs.mlb.com
The Chicago White Sox:
<a href="http://whitesox.mlb.com" target="_blank">http://whitesox.mlb.com</A>
Soccer (football to most of the world):
The Chicago Fire
www.chicago-fire.com
Hockey:
The Chicago Blackhawks
www.chicagoblackhawks.com
You can follow your favorite Chicago team at www.chicagosports.com
Tickets are generally available through the team websites or from www.ticketmaster.com
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