I LOVE LIVING IN CHICAGO! This city is one of the coolest places I've ever been. I'm still getting the hang of things, but I'm getting there. Once I've managed to find a place to live, I have a million and one things I want to do here:
- A cubs game at Wrigley and a tour of Wrigley Field (despite the fact that the Cubs pretty much suck. Maybe wait until next season and get tickets to a game against the Red Sox)
- The Blue Man Group show
- Legoland Discovery Center
- United Center for a Bulls Game
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- The Jane Addams Hull House Museum (RMP What What!)
- Navy Pier (I want to ride the Ferris wheel! Also do the Chicago Sports Museum)
- Art Institute of Chicago (I'm pretty sure it houses American Gothic and I know it houses A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. My reaction to A Sunday Afternoon can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNLJDR-XbVY)
- Adler Planetarium
- Skydeck Chicago
- Chicago Children's Museum
- Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows
- Chicago Opera Theater (I would die to see The Magic Flute!)
- Beat Kitchen
- Joffrey Ballet of Chicago (Maybe the Nutcracker again? I'll never tire of it)
- Willie Dixon's Blue's Heaven Foundation
- The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanuan Culture (It's supposed to have a good exhibit on the Holocaust)
- The Museum of Contemporary Art
- Trump Towers (Maybe visit the Spa as a splurge?)
- Winter Skating either at Bicentennial Park or the McCormick Tribune Plaza
- The National Veterans Art Museum
- Loyola's Art Museum
- Museum of Holography
- Galos Caves (15 dollars for a 45 minute Zero Gravity Chair massage and sea salt smelling? Count me in!)
- The International Museum of Surgical Science
- The American Police Museum
- The God Bless America Statue
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Apparently a really good way to learn about Commodities)
- Museum of Broadcast Communications
- National Hellenic Museum
- The Picasso Statue
- The All Saints Episcopal Church
- A comedy show at The Apollo Theater
- There's a piece of the Berlin Wall inside the Western Brown Line Station. I've already seen another piece but if I'm ever that way, I think it might be worth the stop.
- Not sure what I want to see yet, but something on Broadway (Potted Potter, Peter Pan, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Les Mis, so many to choose from! Maybe I'll do all of them!)
- Buddy Guy's Legends (Blues House restaurant)
- Busy Beaver Button Co. Museum
- Cambodian American Heritage Museum
- Chagall's Four Seasons
- The start of Route 66
- A Chicago Fire (Soccer) Game
- Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
- Chicago Hot Glass (Hand Blown Glass Studio that offers lessons)
- Chicago Center for Green Technology
- Chinatown and the Chinatown Gate
- Crawford Steel Graffiti Wall
- DANK HAUS German Cultural Center
- Eli's Cheesecake World
Here's what I've already accomplished:
- The Eternal Flame on Clark St
- Chicago History Museum (It apparently has a great exhibit on the great fire)
- Tribune Tower (the tower's signature is the exterior collection of
stones from other famous edifices, like the Parthenon, St. Peter's
Basilica, Notre Dame, the White House and most recently, the Berlin Wall)
- Shedd Aquarium
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Millennium Park (Crown Fountain and The Bean!)
- The Field Museum
- Shop at H & M (Silly in some ways,
but I've only ever been able to shop at one once and I love their
clothes! It's also along the Magnificent Mile which is kind of a big
deal)
And I'm open to any suggestions anyone else has. Who wants to start my list with me?
