Tag - Chicago

Chicago And The U2 Experience (Again) Part One

Confession time…. Things have been a little crazy these last couple of weeks. The result- little time for writing, working on Beatrice, and staying in touch with you, my readers. I went right into a seven day stretch of working the day job when I returned from 3 glorious days in Chicago. Memorial Day weekend we took a break and took a day drive up to the...

4 Reasons Why You Should Try Solo Travel In Midlife

Are you dying to try solo travel? Midlife is a great time to realize your dream of solo travel. I think that when women hear the term “solo travel” they think of travel to far away places. While that can be the ultimate goal, it’s not necessarily the best way to start out for most women. If that is what you want to do (after all my first...

40 Years Of Saturday Night Live- SNL: The Experience Chicago

On a recent trip to Chicago, I paid a little visit to SNL: The Experience. I came upon the SNL: The Experience purely by accident.  I was walking along North State Street when I spotted the huge banner on a building advertising SNL: The Experience inside. Then I remembered hearing about the opening at the Museum Of Broadcast Communications (360 N. State Street) at...

A Visit To The Nutella Cafe In Chicago

Confession:  I LOVE Nutella! Ever since I had Nutella for the first time in my first crepe in Paris, I was hooked.  So when I heard there was going to be a whole Nutella Cafe opening in Chicago, I new I had to visit it. This past weekend was my chance!  Having a Saturday off of work, I decided to jump on a Travelzoo email offering stays at Chicago’s Allegro...

My Top 5 Cool Things To Do In Chicago For 1st Time Travelers

This post contains affiliate links You can’t beat Chicago for cool things to do and places to see! I love Chicago!  There’s tons of stuff to do from Chicago tours of all kinds to great food, to world class shopping. This biggest city in the Midwest is easily accessible to me,  and mostly I feel like a different person when I’m there.  Something...