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Quick: You need an icebreaker. Or you need to look busy to avoid that guy who’s been trying to buy you a drink. Enter: your childhood nostalgia.
Love is in the air and the beer and even the quaint cobblestone streets of this historically-German hideaway.
Watch as Insider Chicago's Hilary Gowins tries to contain her animal instincts at the nation's oldest public zoo.
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Young Chicago artists are turning window
ledges,
closets and hallways into art
galleries, redefining
what it means
to create in the city.
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As we move into the fast paced world
of wireless technologies,
three Chicago entrepreneurs
are working in what may soon
become
vanishing professions.
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Cubs.com and Stubhub can get
you into Wrigley, but with the right
advice and a little luck, ticket
scalpers can get you in for just $20.
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Strap on comfortable shoes and hit the streets. From chocolate to architecture, find the best of the city with these tours.
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Theater, bars, and rainbows fill this gay-borhood. Spend the night and have some fun.
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Lincoln Square’s old-world charm is perfect for date night canoodling.
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As we move into the fast paced world of iPhones, Kindles and wireless technologies, three Chicago entrepreneurs are working in what may soon become vanishing professions.
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Lakeview’s Brown Elephant Resale Shop has an eye for vintage fashion and a heart for local charity.
Facial hair isn’t a prerequisite for literary prowess, but volunteers at 826CHI in Wicker Park think it's a fashion statement for financial success.
Take a journey through artist and writer Henry Darger's reclusive life from his childhood home in the South Side to his Lincoln Park apartment all recreated at The Center for Intuitive and Outsider’s Art.