Category Archives: Places to Go

Thing #3 (in part): Buy and eat a hot dog at Superdawg in Norwood Park. It’s April, and time for another adventure on my list of 30 Things Everyone Should Do In Greater Chicagoland. We spent the morning accomplishing things … Continue reading →

Thing# 17. Take a photo of Bellevue Place where Mary Todd Lincoln stayed and visit her room at the Batavia Depot Museum. The public (and that includes us) are not allowed inside Bellevue, but we had an exciting five minutes … Continue reading →

Lester Gillis, alias George “Baby Face” Nelson, was a bank-robbing partner of John Dillinger in the early 1930s. Nelson had a bad temper and shot people without hesitation. (He ended up killing three FBI agents, more than anyone else in … Continue reading →

After the ceremony, we walked around the square taking photos of scenes from the movie. We’d watched the movie the night before, and I took photos of my TV so we’d know what to look for. We also had a … Continue reading →

The ceremony took place in the gazebo, not on a separate stage like in the movie. A polka band filed up, including a guy in lederhosen with bare knees. A guy in a groundhog costume followed with a police escort. … Continue reading →