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Birds at Ft. Sheridan. Photo by Laurie Borman Highwood/Highland Park, IL–Bring your binoculars! The birds are back at Ft. Sheridan Forest Preseve in Lake County, IL. Now is the time to see many species. The warm weather brings out red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, robins, crows, of course. But bare trees mean you can also easily see the [...] Exhibit inside Welcome Center. Photo by Laurie Borman Deerfield, IL–Just had to slip in a few more photos of yesterday’s maple sugar hike at Ryerson Woods. Tap 35 trees for 5 gallons of syrup. That’s the pioneer spirit. [...] Big Mama sugar maple holds two buckets of sap. Photo by Laurie Borman Deerfield, IL– It’s a sure sign of spring when maple sugar hikes begin at Ryerson Woods. Jen Berlinghof, an environmental educator at the 552-acre conservation area owned by the Lake County Forest Preserve District, leads the hikes. She’s also the manpower behind tapping 35 trees [...] Flavio@Flickr Chicago, IL–One of the great things about living in a city with serious winter weather is that entertainment kicks into high gear when the weather gets bad. That’s why February is Chicago Flamenco Festival. Last night at the Instituto Cervantes at 31 W. Ohio, Concha Jareño entertained a sold-out crowd with a [...] Mettawa, IL–Miles of hiking and cross-country ski trails converge at Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve and Half Day Forest Preserve. When the snow falls heavily, as it has here the last few weeks, it’s a veritable bounty of skiable trails. Perfect for snow hiking or snowshoeing, too. With blue skies and temps in the [...] Naperville Riverwalk. Photo by Laurie Borman Naper Settlement Museum. Photo by Laurie Borman Naperville, IL–West of Chicago, Naperville once was the boom town of Illinois. That’s back when you needed to cross a wooden plank toll bridge to get to Chicago. Unfortunately, Napervillians didn’t think the railroad would amount to much, and passed [...] Dog sledding at Morton Arboretum. Photo by Laurie Borman
Lisle, IL–Little kids, big kids, and adults who wished they were kids turned out to see the dog sledding demonstrations at the Morton Arboretum today. (The dogs will also be there tomorrow, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Adopt A Husky brought out [...] Spertus Institute at 610 S. Michigan Ave., Photo by William Zbaren Crown Great Hall. Photo by William Zbaren. Chicago’s Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies built an amazing structure on historic Michigan Avenue in 2007, all angles of glass and ribs of steel. You might be thinking, ugh, I hate those cold all-glass buildings, [...] Chicago, IL–Ice skating at Millenium Park has to be the coolest, most amazing free thing to do in a big city. No offense, Rockefeller Center, but you’ve got nothing on us. Let me innumerate: 1. FREE. (Versus nearly $20 at Rockefeller Center, and that’s if the ice isn’t already booked by a private party.) 2. [...]
Tempel Farm stallion. Photo by Laurie Borman Old Mill Creek, IL–They live like royalty, resting in dark mahogany wood stalls and keeping warm under a bay of heat lamps after a bath. Actually, these horses are royalty: part of the Hapsburgh lipizzan stallions, bred in Austria as intimidating warriors. Their “airs above ground” [...] |
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