Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Parks & Nature

Wooded Island, The Garden of the Phoenix, Yoko Ono's "Sky Landing" and a lot of urban wildlife.
Wooded Isle
Wooded Island, The Garden of the Phoenix, Yoko Ono's "Sky Landing" and a lot of urban wildlife.
"Green features of the park include Wooded Island - which includes the Japanese styled Garden of the Phoenix, previously referred to as Osaka Garden - Bobolink Meadows, and a vegetable and flower garden. Outside, the park offers three harbors, 63rd St. Beach, basketball/tennis courts, multi-purpose fields, golf course, golf driving range and an artificial turf field."-CityofChicago.org
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Jackson Park
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"Green features of the park include Wooded Island - which includes the Japanese styled Garden of the Phoenix, previously referred to as Osaka Garden - Bobolink Meadows, and a vegetable and flower garden. Outside, the park offers three harbors, 63rd St. Beach, basketball/tennis courts, multi-purpose fields, golf course, golf driving range and an artificial turf field."-CityofChicago.org

Arts & Culture

Check out some of the University of Chicago's art collection. Best part? It's free! They also have a cafe and there is free parking nearby.
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave
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Check out some of the University of Chicago's art collection. Best part? It's free! They also have a cafe and there is free parking nearby.
During the warmer months, a bike ride to this exclusive beach and park is a great way to spend the afternoon.
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Pietų Kranto Kultūros Centras
7059 S South Shore Dr
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During the warmer months, a bike ride to this exclusive beach and park is a great way to spend the afternoon.
Plenty of programs and activities are happening throughout the year at the Logan Center for the Arts.
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St
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Plenty of programs and activities are happening throughout the year at the Logan Center for the Arts.

Essentials

Right down the street, pickup any essentials you need. If it's something I advertise as providing, I will gladly reimburse you.
Harper Foods
1455 E 57th St
Right down the street, pickup any essentials you need. If it's something I advertise as providing, I will gladly reimburse you.
Find a nice bottle of wine, seasonal fruit and vegetables and a lot of all natural, organic and international groceries.
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Open Produce
1635 E 55th St
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Find a nice bottle of wine, seasonal fruit and vegetables and a lot of all natural, organic and international groceries.

Getting Around

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The Metra train can take you downtown or South to the Indiana Dunes. Check schedules, as the weekend it runs every 2 hours.
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55th - 56th - 57th St. station
East 56th Street
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The Metra train can take you downtown or South to the Indiana Dunes. Check schedules, as the weekend it runs every 2 hours.

Everything Else

Bring your clubs and hit the greens at the local golf course.
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Jackson Park Golf Course
6401 S Richards Dr
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Bring your clubs and hit the greens at the local golf course.
The Point, as it is known to locals, is a great place to run, swim, bike, walk or just sit on the rocks and gaze at the Chicago skyline with loved ones.
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Promontory Point
5491 S Shore Dr
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The Point, as it is known to locals, is a great place to run, swim, bike, walk or just sit on the rocks and gaze at the Chicago skyline with loved ones.

Food Scene

Breakfast burritos until 11am. They have a nice Gyro plate and the Chicken Parmesan sandwich is good too. Of course, you have GOT to try the baklava!
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Salonica Restaurant
1440 E 57th St
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Breakfast burritos until 11am. They have a nice Gyro plate and the Chicken Parmesan sandwich is good too. Of course, you have GOT to try the baklava!
Beer, BBQ and Bacon.
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Porkchop Hyde Park
8307 S Harper Ave
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Beer, BBQ and Bacon.
Raw. Vegan. Herbs and Spices.
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B'Gabs - Vegan Scratch Kitchen
1450 E 57th St
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Raw. Vegan. Herbs and Spices.
If you are here on a Saturday (they move indoors for part of the Winter) this is a great places to eat, grab coffee & crepes and pick up some interesting food items.
61st Street Farmers' Market
6100 S Blackstone Ave
If you are here on a Saturday (they move indoors for part of the Winter) this is a great places to eat, grab coffee & crepes and pick up some interesting food items.
American Bar Food. Bowling and Pool Tables. Perfect for a rainy day or midweek night out. Gets pretty busy on weekends so call ahead for Lane Reservations.
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Seven Ten Lanes Hyde Park
1055 E 55th St
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American Bar Food. Bowling and Pool Tables. Perfect for a rainy day or midweek night out. Gets pretty busy on weekends so call ahead for Lane Reservations.

Drinks & Nightlife

Check out the local "dive" bar where Obama's smiling face is there to greet you when you walk in. Cash Only.
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Cove Lounge
1750 E 55th St
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Check out the local "dive" bar where Obama's smiling face is there to greet you when you walk in. Cash Only.
Ever wonder where Improv Theater got it's start? We all know of Second City but the Compass Players started it all near this recently opened Comedic Oasis.
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The Revival
1160 E 55th St
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Ever wonder where Improv Theater got it's start? We all know of Second City but the Compass Players started it all near this recently opened Comedic Oasis.
"The Woodlawn Tap, better known simply as "Jimmy's" because of the legendary barkeep that owned it for a half century, busily caters to students, professors and even Nobel Peace prize winners from the University of Chicago with equal vigor as to neighborhood residents, tradesmen and barstool philosophers from the School of Hard Knocks, of all races and economic solvencies. Even the inebriate poet, Dylan Thomas, is said to have whet his whistle on three separate occasions at the Woodlawn Tap (on the same day)." -chibarproject.org
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Woodlawn Tap
1172 E 55th St
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"The Woodlawn Tap, better known simply as "Jimmy's" because of the legendary barkeep that owned it for a half century, busily caters to students, professors and even Nobel Peace prize winners from the University of Chicago with equal vigor as to neighborhood residents, tradesmen and barstool philosophers from the School of Hard Knocks, of all races and economic solvencies. Even the inebriate poet, Dylan Thomas, is said to have whet his whistle on three separate occasions at the Woodlawn Tap (on the same day)." -chibarproject.org