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  1. 10-Oct-2002, 06:30 PM #11
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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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  • 16-Oct-2002, 03:19 AM #12
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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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  • 16-Oct-2002, 08:02 AM #13
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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!!!


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  • 10-Mar-2003, 06:23 PM #14
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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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  • 11-Mar-2003, 03:51 PM #15
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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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  • 11-Mar-2003, 08:56 PM #16
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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
    Lower Wacker
    The S-Curve[/list]
    I miss everything about Chicago except December, January, February and March.

    Keep'em flying


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  • 11-Mar-2003, 09:22 PM #17
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    I picked up an Uno's pizza on my way home the other night. Portillo's Monday night rib special, buy a slab and get a half slab free! Comisky forever! I'm a southsider too ya know (south 'burbs). I wonder how many people have had their photo taken in front of those lions? Their almost an institution themselves. Lower Wacker just completed half of its multi-kagillion dollar improvement. The other half's just starting. How long you been gone from Chicago? That old S-curve was straightened out years ago. Much to the consternation (and much profanity) of the former highrise lakefront condo owners.



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  • 12-Mar-2003, 09:18 AM #18
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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.

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  • 15-Mar-2003, 03:11 PM #19
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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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  • 15-Mar-2003, 03:18 PM #20
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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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