Summer in the City

It's the beginning of August, and psychologically at least, it feels like the halfway point of summer. We've been so busy with guests and traveling that it's been the rare weekend where we've been free to do typical Chicago summer activities.

I've been meaning to take Julia to the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Chicago Children's Museum which are both located along the beautiful lakefront, which we don't get to see nearly often enough. We have been to the Shedd Aquarium twice already, and Julia loved seeing the big jumping "fishies." Also on our list to visit are the Indiana Dunes, which are sand dunes along Lake Michigan as tall as multi-story buildings. There's probably a few more lakefront attractions that I forget which are worth a summertime visit.

I think Julia is still too young to enjoy the urban attractions I favor (architecture, historical stuff, tall buildings) so that'll have to wait a year or more before she can accompany me on my urban adventures. Someday I'll take her on the El (elevated train) to Wrigley Field for a Cubs game. I'm actually a bit curious to see if she becomes a big Cubs fan like most of the people here, or ends up indifferent like her parents.




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