Author Archives: Roger

We walked from North Avenue Beach to Navy Pier along the shore.

After we ate dinner at Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company, we strolled back through Lincoln Park taking photos of statues and anything else that caught our eye. We crossed Lake Shore Drive to North Avenue Beach on the pedestrian … Continue reading →

We went here in on a date, about 10 months before we were married. We hadn’t been back since — until our July 1 trip to Chicago. It’s just as we remembered it, a small dark room on the lower … Continue reading →

After touring the zoo, we took a stroll through the Lincoln Park Conservatory. The greenhouse was built in 1895 to display exotic plants and to grow plants for the Chicago Park District.

My niece and nephew came up for a visit. On July 1, we headed to Chicago and spent a day in and around Lincoln Park. Of course, we did the zoo, and of course, it rained. The animals put on … Continue reading →