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Port Clinton Art Festival

TheRoadScholar — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:09:35 +0000

Highland Park, IL–The Port Clinton Art Festival wound down its 28th year in Highland Park today. The 260 artists represented in the festival brought sculpture, painting, photography, glass, jewelry, and textiles, spread across two streets downtown. In addition, a live music stage and numerous local food purveyors added to the flavor of the event.

A number of [...]

Beautiful Day at Lake Michigan Beach

TheRoadScholar — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:04:23 +0000

Highwood/Highland Park, IL–Beautiful days bring out families, dogs, and outdoors lovers to Lake Michigan beaches. Poke in the sand, check out the crawfish that have been washed up, let your dog get a sip of the cold water. Find your own stretch of beach, your own way to relax.

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Burnapalooza in the Forest Preserves

TheRoadScholar — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:11:45 +0000

Highland Park/Highwood, IL–This week’s birdapalooza continues, with red-headed woodpeckers hammering at trees, and hawks swooping and cartwheeling through the air. Makes me want to sing “Free Bird“. The only glitch is that it’s also time for controlled burns in Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and in the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. Is it really my allergies kicking [...]

Birdapalooza at Ft. Sheridan Forest Preserve!

TheRoadScholar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:45:44 +0000

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 [...]

Why Does A Six-Point Buck Cross The Road?

TheRoadScholar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:39:15 +0000

Highland Park, IL–Why does the buck cross the neighborhood street? I don’t know, I forgot to ask I was so stunned. He, on the other hand, wasn’t fazed.