It’s the greatest music festival of all time, and you still don’t have tickets? What are you waiting for? The show is only a month and a week away, and there are still 3-day and single-day passes available, but you want to act soon on this. We’ve got the hotels, but it’s up to you [...]
I wrote a short article about the upcoming Olympic Day in Chicago for a newsletter, and I didn’t see any reason not to share it with you, faithful readers. Because it’s kind of what we do here, I added some hotel suggestions to the bottom. Enjoy!
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In 2009, the modern Olympic Games celebrate their 115th year [...]
The #9 finisher in our blockbuster feature The 10 Best Amusement Parks in America, Six Flags Great America is no small contender on the world stage of top-notch theme park entertainment. With schools letting out all over the country, it’s time to start thinking about those summer family vacations. Head over to our Summer Family [...]
The summer season is fast upon us, and you can bet that festival season is right behind it.
As I mentioned previously, food festivals are one of my favorite things in the world. In fact, I just attended the Taste of Addison festival here in Dallas a couple weeks ago (even met Ted Allen). While I’ve [...]
I’m not going to feign expertise here, my knowledge of blues music consists entirely of playing Clapton’s version of “Crossroads” in Guitar Hero and watching the last five minutes of Blues Brothers 2000 (sorry, I’m a metalhead). I do know music festivals, though, and even in a city like Chicago, where it seems there’s a [...]
One thing you have to accept when choosing a dude blogger is that you’re not going to get a lot of wedding coverage. I’m already married, I already went through it. One thing I do like, though, is a good deal, and in times of the economic herky-jerks, you can find great ones in surprising [...]
One day we’ll have to feature the Art Institute of Chicago in our Pulitzer Prize-winning series “Museums that Matter“*, but today we’re going to focus on a great temporary exhibit they’re running until the last week in April: Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth.
One look at Edvard Munch’s most famous work, The Scream (1893), [...]
With over 460 stores, 200 restaurants, countless attractions and historic landmarks from wall to wall, Chicago’s renowned Magnificent Mile is a worthy destination for any traveler’s bucket list. With February fast approaching and with it the Mile’s seasonal “TOAST on the Magnificent Mile” celebration, there may not be a better time to visit.
The Magnificent Mile [...]
We’re back with more fantastic Valentine’s Day ideas!
If you’re the kind to find romance in history, this is most definitely the set for you. We’ve scanned over our favorite historic hotels and chosen three that are featuring Valentine’s Day specials for you to consider. Once again we’re all over the map, so hopefully there’s something [...]
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Chicago Air & Water Show 2009 – August 15-16
The Chicago Air & Water Show is the oldest and largest show of its kind in the nation, and at well over 2 million live attendees, it is one of the largest spectator events in the world. Aerial acrobatics, death defying parachute maneuvers, water ski tricks that even the Fonze wouldn’t risk – the show is a tribute to spectacle.