The Chicago Botanical Gardens are located in the suburbs of Chicago at 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe Illinois. The garden is free and open daily but parking is $25. My Aunt use to bike there from the city, you can also take the Metra Union Pacific North Line to the Braeside stop. It's about a 15 [...]
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Comfort Station
In the middle of Logan Square is the Comfort Station located at 2579 N Milwaukee Ave. It's a art building, usually whenever I go by it's closed off but recently while walking past I noticed the door was open and inside the walls were covered in art. The building looks like a little cottage [...]
Logan Square Theater
The Logan Theater, located within walking distance and view of the Logan Square Blue Line at 2646 N Milwaukee Ave. The theater opened in 1915 as a single screening room theater named the Paramount Theater. The Logan Theater is an independent theater with great prices in comparison to practically every other theater in the city with [...]
Kung Fu Tea
Kung Fu tea is located on the second level in new chinatown in the plaza at 2126 B South Archer Avenue. The only way I've found to get to the second level is by stairs, and there are several sets of stairs around the plaza to get up to the second level. When a friend [...]
Horror Movie Poster Exhibition
Most old theaters, I'm sure, have a good size collection of old movie posters hidden away. The Logan Square Theater, while going through a renovation found a ton of vintage old Horror Movie Posters, so they did something really cool. They made a free exhibit at I Am Logan Gallery which happens to be right next [...]
Logan Square Halloween Parade
This weekend I stumbled upon the 10th annual Logan Square Halloween parade. It's a family friendly event and tends to be the weekend before Halloween starting around 5pm at the Illinois Centennial Monument which can be seen at the Logan Square park, right next to the blue line CTA stop. At 5:30 the parade begins. This year [...]
Ken-Kee Restaurant
Ken-Kee Restaurant is located in Chinatown at 2129-A S. China Place. It's located right next to the zodiac square in new Chinatown. I went with a friend who ordered noodles and a Tangerine Lemon Iced Tea that tasted like a Starburst candy. They brought us tea when we sat down and left us alone unless [...]
Columbia College Chicago: Manifest
At the end of each school year before students head home Columbia College Chicago takes over the South Loop with Manifest. It's open and free to the public but is at it's very essence the senior students art showcases. All buildings and galleries are open and the campus is packed with events. It's kicked off [...]
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago was voted by Trip Advisor as the #1 museum in the world and it's located near Grant Park at 111 South Michigan Avenue. It was established in 1879 and houses over 300,000 pieces of art over about 1 million square feet. The museum houses art from all around the world [...]
Flaming Pot
Flaming Pot is a hot pot restaurant located at 2342 S. Wentworth Avenue in Chinatown. I had found it while on a late night walk with a friend from Sox Stadium that ended with us finding our way to Chinatown. Usually when I'm with friends we don't walk that far down Wentworth in the older [...]