Chicago is an amazing city full of great things to do and see..and living in Chicago can give you some great adventures! Going along with the "glass half full" ideal, here are a few of the things about living in Chicago that I have loved..
*Navy Pier, my FAVORITE place!! That first year when Jason worked almost every weekend I think me and Hadley spent almost every other weekend there! They have a ton to do, see, the Children's Museum. It just makes you smile!! In the summer you can walk outside and eat along the pier, in the winter they have Winter Wonderfest..it is just amazing!
*Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, Museums, the Mag Mile..all the attractions..you can't be bored in Chicago..enough said about that! This was important for me as I needed something to do to remind myself..we will be okay up here..and then we do like living here!
*Neighborhood Festivals: it is amazing to see several blocks just closed off for festivals of live music, food, children activities, and stands of people selling things from jewlery to art to books. It is crowded and crazy and expensive..but so much fun to go to!
*Parks: I LOVE that you can walk out your door and walk to many parks. We have 4 amazing parks within several blocks that we can get to. I will really miss this, it will be a goal of ours to find a neighborhood that has a park in it, hope we can!
*Walking: You can walk to get whatever you need. We can walk to the grocery store, restaurants, coffee shops, 7-eleven. It is nice to just go walk somewhere to get what you need. We can take the El into downtown Chicago or Evanston if we don't want to drive..I will miss that option.
*Beach: we live only 2blks from the beach. How amazing is it to be able to walk to the beach. We go there to swim, the park right there, for picnics, bbq's. We have loved it. A part of the living here we can never duplicate.
*There are other things we love here..but things you have everywhere else..favorite restaurants, the farmers markets, shows, events..
These are all things that we will miss, but they are not things that make you happy for life. So we will get as much of these things in over the next 2 months and I know we will make trip back to Chicago over the years and enjoy them again!
4 years ago
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What a great list! Of course you will always love Chicago. When you think about it, thus far you have spent more of your married life in that city than anywhere else. Most of Hadley's life has been lived there, and her earliest memories will be of her homes and experiences in Chicago. You all will find that when you can no longer be in a place you realized that you loved, the place becomes a memory, and the memory becomes a treasure.
Love from us, Grandpa and Grandma Day
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