A coworker and I were discussing cafes and Chicago and she mention cafe mustache. I got excited and made plans to go, which were put off until recently. I met up with a friend and we went, Mustache Cafe is located at 2313 North Milwaukee Avenue, in Logan Square and a short walk from the California [...]
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Women and Children First
Women and Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street . It opened in 1979 and is the largest feminist bookstore in the United States. The shop is a diverse bookstore promoting books written by women, children's books, and LGBTQ literature. Women and Children First bookstore is one of the bookstores [...]
The T-shirt Deli
The t-shirt Deli has two shops in Chicago one in Andersonville and one in Bucktown. This customized t-shirt store is set up like a new york style deli shop. With t-shirts rolled up and in cases like meat and font options and colors set up like cheeses. They make t-shirts and other apparel however you [...]
LUMA: Loyola University Museum of Art and Edward Gorey
Loyola University museum of Art is located at 820 North Michigan Avenue. My department began to murmur about Edward Gorey a couple months before the exhibit opened up at Loyola. Edward Gorey was an artist and writer born in Chicago. He's most well known for his pen and ink books and illustrations such as "Vinegar [...]
Bahá’i Temple
A friend of mine had a project for class that required her to go to the Bahá'i House of Worship in Wilmette and asked me to go with her since it was so far away. Her parents ended up driving us there, otherwise we would have had to take the red line and the purple line out [...]
Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a popular destination in the city. It is located at 600 East Grand Avenue and can easily be reached by CTA buses#2, #29, #65, #66, or #124. The pier hosts a multitude of events and I've been multiple times over the four years I've lived in the city. Over the summer it's [...]
CAKE: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, or CAKE is a free independent comic event. It is a weekend long event with workshops, panels, discussions, and a comics and art for sale. This year it happened at Center on Halsted located at 3656 N Halsted. The Center on Halsted is a LGBTQ community center, and the largest in the [...]
Montrose Harbor and Lincoln Park
For a friends graduation party we pet up at Montrose Beach, however it was still cold so we didn't stay long. It was windy and the the sand was pretty soggy. So we ended up spending most of our time sitting around in Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park, the park itself can be found off of [...]
Adler Planetarium
When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut, every summer I built rockets to shoot off into the sky. I loved going to space and flight museums so Adler has been on my to do list for awhile. I finally found both free time and a free day to go, found a friend [...]
Cafe Prague
Cafe Prague is a Czech restaurant located at 6710 West Belmont Avenue. A friend told me about Cafe Prague, since I had been to Prague and might enjoy some Czech food. The first time I tried to go I tried to go with all of my classmates from Prague, however I had just gotten back [...]