The Field Museum. The Art Institute. The Museum of Science and Industry. These are just a few of the museums that most visitors have on their to-do lists when they visit Chicago. But the Windy City has dozens – yes, dozens – of other museums that may be worth checking out depending on your interests. […]
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I ran my first marathon in 2008. It was more than 80 degrees and I felt like I might die. I struggled just to make it to the finish line. Nonetheless, I was hooked and have finished four more marathons since then, my last back in 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia at the start of my
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As I stepped off the plane at LaGuardia, I had a sense of the familiar. Passing the Auntie Anne’s pretzel shop, I recalled the days of snacking on their buttery pretzels as I waited for a flight back home after a fun-filled weekend in the Big Apple. I hadn’t been to New York in five
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I step off the 7 train just half an hour before noon and scurry past the crowds on the boardwalk leading to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, home of the US Open tennis tournament. The gates had opened over an hour earlier, so the lines to get into the center are almost non-existent.
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Imagine standing on thin air, more than 1,300 feet above the ground. Now imagine you’re not standing on thin air, but on three layers of half-inch thick pieces of glass jutting out from the 103rd floor of what once was the tallest building in the world. Now imagine not just standing on that glass, but
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I felt a little out of place when I first arrived at Graceland, the famous home of Elvis Presley. I had been warned of the Elvis impersonators who would be roaming the grounds and the women who would be shedding tears over Elvis’ grave. I felt like an imposter, visiting this sacred rock’n’roll landmark when
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Do you believe in ghosts? I don’t. At least I don’t think I do. Nonetheless, when I learned of a ghost tour while I was in Memphis, I jumped at the opportunity. I wasn’t really interested in ghost hunting; rather, I thought it would just be an interesting walk around the city in
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Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain W.C. Handy, won’t you look down over me Yeah I got a first class ticket But I’m as blue as I boy can be I was sporting silver
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I hopped off the 151 bus across from the John Hancock Building and waited for the signal to change so I could cross the street. As I did, I pulled out my camera and tilted my neck back as far as it would go so I could snap a picture of one of the tallest
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Back in February, I wrote about an opportunity that sort of fell in my lap – the chance to work with Eventbrite as one of three bloggers embarking on a “blogger tour” of Chicago. The premise was simple: we each agreed to attend at least ten events over a two-month period and share out experiences
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