A while ago, I won tickets to the Field Museum. I seldom win anything in my life, so it was really a special occasion for me. Also, I am a bit of a procrastinator so …
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: for a town about 6.5 square miles and a population of a little over 7,800, this resort town really packs a punch. As you may be aware, the location of Lake Geneva …
The first time I ever visited New Buffalo, Michigan with my family, I legitimately thought we were driving to New York (hey, I was 15, had a much more limited understanding of travel and could …
Did you know there are 77 distinct neighborhoods in Chicago? I’ll never forget when I moved to the city and realized that there were all these little neatly packaged cultural hotspots within the city – …
Over the past couple of years, I’ve gotten fairly intimate with the state of Michigan. From the wineries of New Buffalo to the dunes along the shores of the lake, Michigan has proven itself to …
As you guys know from my posts, I’m a pretty big Chicago history and architecture nerd. I rock out in the Field Museum's Grainger Hall of Gems on the reg (pun totally intended) and I …
I recently checked an extremely important item off my bucket list: I celebrated my birthday with a big, fat trolley party in Chicago and it was MAGICAL. Firstly, if you have never heard of the concept …
If the words “beer” and “cheese” are the first things that come to mind when you think of Milwaukee... or Wisconsin, for that matter… you’re not wrong. But you’re sort of only partially there – there’s …
