What to do in chicago?

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Dan

U MUST SHOP!!!
downtown mag mile (& state street) will have all u need!
U MUST MUSEUM!!
The Museum Campus is a scenic 57-acre lakefront park that connects three of Chicago's world-class institutions - the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, The Field Museum and the John G. Shedd Aquarium. The Campus unifies the three museums into a collective destination with more than four million visitors each year. The Museum Campus grounds feature terraced gardens, lush green spaces and broad walkways, which provide an easy and scenic route to the three museums. This setting allows the museums to extend their teaching outdoors, working with the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago to provide educational and recreational programming that combines learning and fun.

Free trolley service between the three museums and surrounding parking lots is provided every day year-round. Museum Campus Chicago manages transportation and visitor service issues on behalf of the three museums as well as the programming and promotion of the park space.

Each museum has enjoyed increasing attendance thanks to the popularity of attractions such as the StarRiderâ„¢ Theater at the Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum's Sue, the world's largest and most famous T.rex and Amazon Rising at the Shedd Aquarium. The Campus is a powerful vehicle, reaching millions of local, national and international visitors each year.

The Museum Campus is accessible by foot, bike, roller blades, taxi, water taxi, car and public transportation.

For up-to-date information on museum programming, hours, parking information and much more, go to www.museumcampus.org.

U MUST EAT GOOD!!!
there are too many great places to eat for me to list
www.metromix.com will help guide u. I personally recommend Giarno's Pizza. It's right next to the Sears Tower!!

U MUST PARTY!!!
www.metormix.com or www.cityalert.com will help u find the right club for u

U MUST RELAX!!!
our lakefront will help u do that. take the boat ride 30 min tour or the double decker bus tour. both will help u see all the downtown has to offer and will provide great pictures!

PS. If u plan to go to the top of Sears Tower or John Hancock, I recommend John Hancock. Its view is 10 times better!!

snoogans

go to metromix.com, its cheesy but millennium park is cool, my pie ok., lou malnadies (spelling ?) better, north ave beach hot people, Lincoln park zoo free, shedd aquarium, howl at the moon kick azz piano bar, tons & tons of bars around wrigley field, partying starts a couple hrs. before game. really good brazilian style restaurant (if you like meat) tango sur & it byob, stay away from bars on division very cheesy & touristy. oh yeah go to navy pier lots of tourist, lots to do thier , if you two like improv try to catch the last show @ 2nd city, you might need tickets for that. have fun....

Miss Guided

We are going there is two weeks. On the list so far....Sears Tower, Planetarium , Musuem of Natural History (has the King Tut exhibit) and the Aquarium (has komodo dragons, not sure if in Sept or not) We plan to do a lot of eating out in China Town.

Kim

Lincoln Park Zoo (small, free and right on the lakefront) and Chicago Architectural Foundation tours (cheap walking tours daily, plus a very good boat tour on the Chicago River) are two of my favorites
www.architecture.org
www.lpzoo.com

Wrigleyville and Lakeview, the neighborhoods surrounding Wrigley Field, are great for people watching, dining, and shopping. Clark, Broadway, Halsted & Southport are all great streets to simply browse through.

Chicago's largest microbrewery, Goose Island, is always a popular destination before or after the Cubs game (3535 N Clark St).

I'd also recommend heading to Julius Meinl on Southport & Addison, a Viennese cafe -- they have terrific pastries, coffee and tea, and it's a quick walk from the ballpark.
www.meinl.com/southport/home.html

Another great place to check out is the area around Armitage & Halstead, where there's tons of great restaurants like Sai Cafe and Minnies, plus great shopping and some of the city's best chocolatiers: Ethel's Chocolate Lounge (819 W Armitage) and Vosges (951 W. Armitage), which are must-dos. Argo Tea Cafe (958 W Armitage) is a small but pleasant place to cool off with a mojitea -- iced mint tea with fresh lime juice.

Andersonville is another very fun neighborhood, which boasts The Hopleaf (5148 N Clark), recently voted one of the Best 50 Places To Have A Beer In America. They have very good French bistro fare, too. Also in Andersonville, a BYOB restaurant with some of the city's best sushi:Tanoshii (5547 N. Clark); be sure to try at least one of Sushi Mike's special rolls. Rioja (5101 N. Clark) has great tapas and cocktails.

My Pie isn't usually recognized among the top Chicago-style pizza places. Gino's East, Lou Malnati's and Pizzerias Uno and Due tend to be the most popular. Personally, I prefer Piece (1927 W North Ave) in Bucktown (also a microbrewery), Spacca Napoli (1769 W. Sunnyside Ave) in Ravenswood, or Pizza D.O.C. (2251 W. Lawrence) in Lincoln Square; but none of them serve "Chicago-style" pizza, just great pizza. Bucktown & Lincoln Square are two other terrific neighborhoods for hanging out, people-watching, dining and shopping, though.

Whatever you do, be sure to pick up a copy of the Reader, Chicago's free weekly paper, which has listings of all the music, theatre, dance, gallery and film goings-on, or check it out at www.chicagoreader.com.

ilovedance31

the Shedd Aquarium, go see a broadway musical like wicked or spamalot, go shopping on michigan avenue

Sam

GO TO GINO'S EAST FOR PIZZA, GO TO THE HOUSE OF BLUES FOR A SHOW AND TOP IT OFF WITH A DRINK ON THE 96TH FLOOR OF THE HANCOCK TOWER. ALSO DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE VIRGIN RECORDS STORE AND THE APPLE STORE.TONS OF STUFF IN CHICAGO!

Empty Skies

If you have bikes and can bring them along, i reccomend biking around the city. Its fun, gets you around the city cheaper than cabs, helps you burn off all that greasy pizza, and at the end of the day you can bike to the shore and see the sunset at the lake.

Coo coo achoo

Go to a "Home Run Inn" restaurant (I think there are 4). They have the greatest pizza!!!! They sell them frozen in grocery stores too and it's been a dream of mine to go to one of their places and get the real, fresh thing!!!!
Then go see Blue Man Group at the Briar Street theater. You'll never forget that experience. Way cool!!!!!

BOO

The Original Gino's Pizza Established in 1954

(312) 337-7726

930 N Rush St
Chicago, IL 60611

Eko

Navy Pier

carol c

http://www.gochicagocard.com/?GCID=S18000x004&KEYWORD=chicago%20entertainment&MATCHTYPE=search

Sad Eyes

You can visit Lincoln Park and walk along beautiful Lake Michigan, the ONLY lake in the world that opens directly into the ocean, visit the museums and the aquarium is a MUST for a first visits to that great city. I was born and grew up there but have not seen it in nearly 10 ten years, tell it hello for me and enjoy your visit to the greatest city in America. There are Pizza places and Irish Taverns on most ever corner. Pizza was INVENTED in Chicago, so it's IS the best you'll ever taste.

Birdman

Go to top of Sears tower. Architectural Boat Tour is excellent. Hit the Oak Street Beach. Probably a music fest going on at Millenium Park.

christygirl2714

wow, go to navy pier you will have so much fun just walking on the ohhhh go to the cheesecake factory near watertower.. you'll ove the food. forget the chicago pizza what do you mean what should we do... there is plenty and you won't get bored , and what the hell are you doing going to a cubs game...... SOXXXXXX ROCK

T2THAJ

Go downtown to a local downtown hotspot. Which is one of my favorite it may sound childish but I love it. "Dave & Busters" Downtown it's a great date place for anyone to just have fun. By the way it's a Arcade/Restaurant, but not like Chuck E. Cheese it's better, well it's classier you don't neccesarily have to go to play games, there's a bar, sports section, dining area, and of course the arcade. You may have heard of this place but I highly recommend it.

stick man

When I went years ago, there was,Pizza Uno, which was pretty good pizza and one night we went to an upscale restarant, which was fun. We also went to the observation deck of the John Hancock tower, I think it was the 67th floor and looked at the city from that vantage point, it was really pretty. Oh,yeah, shed's aquarium is fun, also, the museum of natural history. It will just show you some interesting things and give you a feel for the city.

Also, just the traffic itself will present some interesting situations. You'll see stuff you would not see at home, be careful in Chicago cross walks, because some cars will just keep coming. Assert yourself tell them to stop.

Tracey

I personally love Navy Pier. There is a movie theater there, amusement rides....boat rides, shops, sometimes live music. :)

pagal

surf net and u will know

its ME !!!

museeums, some kid places

Ryan H

The pizza is great. You can check out the sears tower/john hancock. There are pleny of cool stores to check out also..and museums. You can take a tour trolley. I'm sure there is a bunch of other stuff 2.

The Cupcake Bunny

Go downtown and just walk around. There's plenty to do and see.

Nosy Parker

The Museum of Science and Industry is awesome!

YoTsni

Watch a Chicago White Sox/Cubs game or go to China Town.

ariola2

Well, since you are not into the club scene. I think Navy Pier would be a great place to see. It is the absolute perfect date spot and for pizza in Chicago be sure to check out Giordano's or Chicago Oven Grinders located @ 2121 N. Clark. Enjoy your visit.

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