peaceOfmind78 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Next week. What to do? Link to comment
avman Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Anything you could possibly want. What do you like? Museums? Theater? Clubs? Restaurants? Sports? Link to comment
digdug Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 OMG ... sooooo much to do ... you need to be more specific. I love Chicago!!! Link to comment
pl3asehelp Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Eat, drink, theater. If you like beer and or ethnic food I could recommend many places. I'd stay away from anything touristy other than museums because in my opinion those things are the same everywhere. Chicago is all about neighborhoods and there are so many awesome ones. Link to comment
dahlia1284 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I was just there last weekend!! I'm actually from there, and there is sooo much to see in Downtown. If you want the touristy stuff, go to Navy Pier, The Big Bean in millennium Park, Shed Aquarium, and also go to the restaurant Oven grinder Pizza company...They have such good pot pie pizza and meditterenean bread! Link to comment
digdug Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 ^^^^ I agree on all counts. I was just there last weekend!! I'm actually from there, and there is sooo much to see in Downtown. If you want the touristy stuff, go to Navy Pier, The Big Bean in millennium Park, Shed Aquarium, and also go to the restaurant Oven grinder Pizza company...They have such good pot pie pizza and meditterenean bread! Link to comment
Glowguy Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Oh man you are lucky! Hopefully I will get there this spring. I suggest: *Shed Aquarium (best I've ever been to) and Field museum *Live blues - tons of good clubs *Food - Pizza, Italian beef, and hot dog are specialties but you name it and they have it there *See a Bull's game - they are killing it this year *Walk around the lake front - Beautiful views *Check out the skydeck on Sears/Willis tower Link to comment
pl3asehelp Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 The food, on a whole, is better than any where I've been in the world, which includes most of Europe and the states. If you'd like to try authentic mexican food that is not tex-mex crap available in most of the country, go to any of Rick Bayless' 3 restaurants Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, or his newest one. Want a super high end world class experience, hit up Grant Achatz's Alinea. Chinatown is great for chinese, Argyle street in the Uptown neighborhood for vietnamese and thai. If you like Belgian or just beer in general, check out the Hopleaf which has about 500 kinds of beer, no exaggeration, some that are available only here outside Belgium. Bucktown / Wicker Park neighborhood for bars and shopping. Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Square has great music. Al's or Buona for italian beef. Gold coast or Lincoln Park for boutique clothes shopping. Uptown, the Riviera, for live music. The worst pizza in Chicago is better than the best in most other places. Lou Malnotti's is great for that. Have a drink at the Signature Room at night on the 95th floor of the Hancock Building - not many people know it's there. Just don't put ketchup on a hotdog or someone will kick you in the *. Link to comment
digdug Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Oh my ..... Al's .... good call. Oyi. I need to go to Chicago Link to comment
digdug Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Rosebuds is also a very good Italian restaurant. Link to comment
JA0371 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I loooooooove Chitown!!! Go to NAvy Pier, the Museum of Science and Industry is amazing! Sears tower is incredible..and I have to say the people in CHicago are by FAR the nicest and most hospitable...and I was ultra impressed at how clean such an enormous city is. Really can't say enough good stuff about CHicago... Link to comment
peaceOfmind78 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Awesome. Thanks ya'll for the feedback. I'm not big on touristy type stuff either. I'll look into seeing a Bull's game. I like the nightlife. I'll be staying at the Conrad (if anyone really wants to stalk! LOL). Link to comment
peaceOfmind78 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 PS: I'll be saving most posts on my iPhone. Link to comment
Liraele Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I don't really have anything to add (since a game at Wrigley is out) but I just wanted to say I'm jealous! I need to make it back there sometime very soon, I think. Link to comment
peaceOfmind78 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Quick update: Friends and I went on a walking tour around downtown Chicago. We went to see the sculptures, attempted to go up on the skydeck/Sears Tower but there was a 3.5-hr wait. We went to millennium Park, visited the Art Institute, snacked at Al's, brunch at Eggsperience, dinner at Texas de Brazil Churrascaria, deep dish from Lou Malnati's, drinks at Sullivan's-Mother Hubbard-etc., hotdogs at Hot Doug's. Trip was short but ubber fun! Oh, and we all played Powerball and scratchers...I won $8 total! Hahah, I will win the million dollars on St. Patty's raffle Link to comment
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