Me in Place

Thanks to my brother, I have a list of 25 Things to do in the Northwoods... but in the meanwhile, I need something to do around town, so Roger and I came up with a list of 30 Things to Do in Chicagoland:

1. Get your picture taken:
a. By the Batcolumn at the Harold Washington Social Security Administration Building Plaza.
b. On the Michigan Avenue Bridge by the Wrigley Building. DONE

(It was super busy that day – so it’s my foot in the photo!)

c. Reflected in the Bean at Millennium Park. DONE

d. By the Picasso Statue in the Daley Center Plaza. DONE

e. By the statues of Abraham Lincoln,

Ulysses S. Grant,

William Shakespeare,

Hans Christian Andersen

and Eugene Field

in Lincoln Park. Done 5/19/10
f. By the Monument to Standing Beast by the James R. Thompson Center. Done 2/16/10

g. By the headless statues in Grant Park

2. Watch the sky show at the Adler Planetarium

Done – 9 yo’s birthday in Nov 18, 2008

3. Buy and eat:
a. Frango Mints at Macy’s (Marshall Fields). DONE

b. A cheezeborger (but not fries!) at the Billy Goat Tavern.
c. Carmel corn at Garrett Popcorn Shop.

d. Pizza at Gino’s East. Done 5/19/10

e. A hot dog at Superdawg in Norwood Park.
f. Pub chips at Goose Island Brewery

4. Take a guided tour of Graceland Cemetery

5. Look at all the embedded pieces of famous buildings in the Tribune Tower. DONE

6. Take the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry.

7. Visit the Lincoln Park Conservatory. Done 5/19/10

8. Buy a book at Bookman’s Alley in Evanston.

9. Climb Mt. Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Done. Read HERE.

10. Play both courses at Park-King in Lincolnshire.

11. Tour the Art Institute of Chicago and see American Gothic, by Grant Wood (and get your photo taken by the lions on the front steps.

12. Ride the El train around the Loop.

13. Ride the Ferris wheel on Navy Pier.

14. Ride the Metra to Des Plaines, eat lunch at the Choo Choo and tour the McDonald’s Museum.

15. Walk the bog trail at Volo Bog State Natural Area.

16. Buy a sandwich at Baloney’s and eat it while watching a movie at the Catlow Theater in Barrington.

17. Take a photo of Bellevue Place where Mary Todd Lincoln stayed and visit her room at the Batavia Depot Museum. 3/24/07
18. Tour the Chicago Botanical Gardens.

19. See the eagles on the Illinois River at Starved Rock State Park.

20. See the window displays at Macy’s and the giant tree at the Daley Center Plaza at Christmastime. 07′s trip here.

21. Take a Wendella boat ride on the Chicago River.

22. Visit the Hancock Building observatory.

23. Visit Brookfield Zoo in December.

24. Walk a corn maze.

25. Photograph a Monk Parakeet nesting colony.

26. Visit the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock.

27. Go to a drive-in theater.

28. Go to Woodstock for the Groundhog Day ceremonies.

29. Walk on the Effigy Tumuli at Buffalo Rock State Park. Done 4/24/09 Read HERE

30. See a race at the Rockford Speedway.

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