Category Archives: Places to Go

I visited the Chicago Architecture Foundation on Michigan Avenue back in 2009 to see the scale model of the city. Since then, they’ve added colored lights and a map of all the buildings in the city color-coded by age. I … Continue reading →

After lunch, in no particular hurry, and with no particular plan, we wandered in the general direction of Navy Pier. Navy Pier was also crowded, but we bought some ice cream and sat in the shade at the far end … Continue reading →

We caught the train to Chicago on the Fourth and spent the day in the city with friends. The Metra web site and the recorded message on the phone said the trains were running on the Saturday schedule, but the … Continue reading →

On Saturday, we were invited to a private showing of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl at the Catlow Theater in Barrington. My friend’s husband rented out the theater and arranged for the movie as a … Continue reading →

Our afternoon Mystery Trip location was Opera in Focus, a puppet theater in the basement of the Rolling Meadows Park District headquarters. The performance lasted maybe 45 minutes and consisted of songs from the operas Turandot and Tales of Hoffman … Continue reading →