- the skyline
- the lake front
- the EL train and the Metra
- Portillo's and their chocolate cake shake
- Shedd Aquarium
- Mitsuwa
- Blue Man Group
- House of Blues
- the art scene
- the Sanrio Store and the giant Hello Kitty that sometimes wanders around in front of the store
- awesome local bands
- the colorful flowers planted at City Hall and the Daley Center
- the Santa EL train during Christmas time
- Binny's Beverage Depot
- Gigio's in Evanston (the best New York style pizza in Chicago)
- Ravinia Festival
- the Chicago Botanic Garden
- Wrigley Field and Cubs baseball
- driving down Lake Shore Drive and Lower Wacker Drive
- that parking on Cannon Dr near the Lincoln Park Zoo is meter free so you can relax without worrying about running back to put quarters in
- the wild tropical birds of Hyde Park
- the Chinatown neighborhood
- the Sears Tower skydeck
- the old-fashioned hot dog carts
- the forest preserves in the burbs
- the really cool architecture and the many Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and houses
- Taste of Chicago
- the new pink stone pavers at Buckingham Fountain
- the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day (how awesome is this?)
- Steve Dahl burning disco records at Comiskey Park
- watching the sun rise over Lake Michigan
- the nice off-duty Chicago policeman that helped us with directions when we were lost in the ghetto
- that you can truly experience all four seasons (sometimes all in one day too)
- the few minutes before landing at O'Hare when the city skyline can be taken in
- when Chicago winters are short and sweet
- that it's very clean for such a big city
- that it's a beautiful city to rediscover and explore every single day
- that it hasn't become another NYC
mar 17 2010 ∞
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