Movies in the Park • Forest Preserve
Taste of Chicago • Ravinia Festival
Chicago dogs, hold the ketchup
Free concerts at Millenium Park
Jewel • Lollapalooza • Second City
Broadway shows • CIFF • Blues Festival
Bulls • Bears • Cubs • Sox • Blackhawks • Fire
Cake Shake • Walking distance from any park
Going down Lake Shore Drive • Pulaski Day
Hot dipped combo • Harold’s Chicken Shack
Garrett Popcorn • Free museum days for locals
The Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day • Pierogies
Expressways with names • Six Flags Great America
Coming in and seeing the Sears Tower in the skyline
Crosstown Classic • 29 miles of beaches in the city
Getting to use internet on the El • 16-inch softball
Giordano’s • Dominick’s • Al’s Beef • Hot Doug’s
Pizza with some depth • Chicago Marathon
Hiking through Shawnee National Forest
Horseshoe sandwich • Confluence Tower
Route 66 • Modest Midwesterners
Lincoln on a totem • Lincoln statues
Broomball • Knights Action Park
Goose Island Beer • Sweet corn
Picnics on Grandview Drive
Trail of Tears State Forest
Garden of the Gods
Lincoln Highway
Joe Rogers’ chili
Illinois Caverns
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