Since we ran out of time on our way down to Chicago, we decided to stop by Michael Jackson’s boyhood home in Gary, Indiana on our way home. When we got off of the highway and started down the road, we were struck back by how poor this city seems. It looks like about ninety…
We wanted to learn more about Chicago so we found on TripAdvisor something called the Chicago Food Planet tours. It combines two of my favourite things – eating and sightseeing. We decided to take the Near North Food tour which visits the Gold Coast, Old Town and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. The tour takes you to “mom and…
Since we only have two full days here in Chicago, we wanted to get an overview of the city and decided to do that by taking a river cruise. Luckily for us, all of the cruises depart from The Navy Pier. The pier sits on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan and it’s Chicago’s number…
The first long weekend of the summer and we decided that we need to head out of town. Many people have suggested that we should visit Chicago so we thought why not. Luckily for us it’s only seven and a half hours which is easily doable for a long weekend. Our adventure this time includes…