Our Kind of Town

Category: Chicago

  • 5 Great Playgrounds Near Michigan Avenue

    I consider Michigan Avenue the heart of Chicago, even though that’s probably up for debate. The area surrounding Michigan Avenue’s strip of retail and architecture splendor that runs from about Oak Street on the north to the Chicago River on the south is actually a handful of overlapping areas and neighborhoods. If you’re from out…

  • The Chicago Children’s Museum and the Pritzker Playspace for Babies

    As of yesterday, the Beans are officially members of the Chicago Children’s Museum. Exciting times, my friends! I’d been scouring the internet looking for walkable baby music or gym classes (gotta maximize those between nap windows when we are still in three-nap-a-day jail) when I realized that I was forgetting about perhaps the city’s biggest…

  • Santa Pictures at Chicago’s Driehaus Museum

    I’m so, so excited to finally post about a Chicago-specific activity for babies! I know there’s a ton of stuff in the city for kids, and highlighting that is a big part of the reason I wanted to start this blog. But the reality of being a mom to an infant has been a lot…