The Peninsula Chicago Outdoor Ice Skating Rink

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BY MARIS CALLAHAN Most Chicagoans have learned to make the best of cold winter weather with plenty of comfort food to keep us warm, beauty treatments to help protect us from the elements and even indoor workouts to help us fight off winter bugs. … [Read more...]

Chicago Staycation: Iconic Public Hotel Celebrates First Anniversary

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BY KATIE KAHN The Public Hotel is celebrated its one year anniversary this week with a a Studio 54 themed soiree, which seems fitting given the property's history in the city.  Once a Chicago icon known as the Ambassador East, the hotel has … [Read more...]

Escape the NATO Summit with a Weekend Getaway

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BY WHITNEY HEWITT This weekend, Chicago will welcome a number of distinguished world leaders for the 2012 NATO Summit, one of the most important diplomatic forums of the year.  Several thousand dignities, along with an international press corps … [Read more...]

Weekend Getaway: Fruitful Vine Wine Tours in Michigan’s Harbor Country

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It's closer than the Napa Valley, you can buy dinner for less than $100 (with a side of marina view) and the wine flows like water.  Only an hour and a half outside of Chicago, Michigan's Wine Country has more wineries and vineyards than you can … [Read more...]