A great Irish pub can be enjoyed at any time of the year, not just on or around St. Patrick's Day. Illinois has plenty to choose from, but this place gets the nod from several food & drink websites as being the best in the state.
In addition to baseball, Chicago's Wrigley Field has hosted all sorts of things like football, boxing, rodeos, concerts (the first being held in 1922), and now we learn there was also ski-jumping.
I know that it seems like we just "fell back" a few weeks ago, but that was actually back on November 6th. The time to switch directions and "spring forward" is going to get here a lot more quickly than the temperatures outside might indicate.
If you're wondering when they dye the Chicago River, why they dye it, what they use to make it change color, and whether or not it's dangerous--you've come to the right place.
When my wife Amy and I tied the knot in June of 1991, we thought the price tag for a wedding was really high--but what we spent on ours pales in comparison to what today's couples in Illinois will be shelling out before saying "I do."