The Geek Bar Beta is in Wicker park at 1941 West North Avenue. A friend told me about the event and I dressed up, though I think my outfit turned out more like a pirate then steampunk, and met my friends at the bar. The Geek Bar Beta hosts a lot of events. The night prior [...]
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Sip Coffee House
Sip Coffee House is located at 1223 West Grand Avenue. It's nearish the grand blue line stop and right next to a 65 bus stop. They have over 26 flavors of tea and a large variety of coffee drinks. If you order their loose leaf tea for there they'll brew it in a pot and give [...]
Versailles Cafe
Versailles cafe is located at 4102 North Pulaski Road and is a quaint, rather laid back French cafe in Irving Park. They serve a variety of crepes and I was rather sad I was too full to even contemplate ordering one. After seeing some photos of their crepes I definably wouldn't have been able to finish one. [...]
Expo 72
Expo 72 is a free art exhibit located at 72 East Randolph Street downtown in the loop. I've passed by it several times never quite sure exactly what it is or when it's open. I saw people inside recently and decided to check it out. The exhibit currently up until the end of February is [...]
Smoque BBQ
Smoque BBQ is located in Irving Park at 3800 North Pulaski Road. It can be a little confusing to get to using public transit and then walking. It's within easy walking distance of the Irving Park blue line stop, but depending on which exit you take you'd have to find a sidewalk road under the Kennedy [...]
Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar
Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar is located at 150 North Michigan Avenue. Located across from Millennium Park this small cafe offers an interesting variety of breakfast and lunch foods from soup and sandwiches to bibimbap (a traditional Korean mixed rice dish. I'm unsure whether or not it's always there or not since it was premade in little [...]
Toni Patisserie and Café
Toni Patisserie and Café is a European inspired pastry shop and cafe located downtown Chicago at 65 East Washington Street and in Hinsdale Illinois. When a friend and I stopped in I decided to try their eggnog macaroons since I love eggnog. It was rather busy for an afternoon on a weekday, but the warmth of the [...]
The Field Museum
The Field Museum is another one of the museums in Museum Campus, it's located at 1400 South Lake Shore Drive. The Field Museum grew out of the World's Fair and opened in 1893. It is considered one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Visitors entering through the North Entrance are greeted by [...]
Shedd Aquarium
The Shedd Aquarium is located on the Museum Campus at 1200 S Lakeshore Drive. I went on a free day which almost all of the museums in Chicago have for residents of Chicago/Illinois. These days tend to be very packed for the museums. The free days are for the basic exhibits only which means for the [...]
Moody’s Pub
Moody's Pub is located at 5910 North Broadway Street, a short walk from Thorndale red line stop. I went with my aunt and uncle hen it was freezing cold and we were just wanting a fire and some hot chocolate and somehow managed to get exactly those two things. The bar wasn't super busy but [...]