bucket list

The best way to enjoy your favorite bands is live in concert and here's the bucket list for music fans in Illinois.

It's nice to see that not every bucket list has to be chockful of bungee jumping, skydiving, bull running, or Everest summitting.

It's nice to see that not every bucket list has to be chockful of bungee jumping, skydiving, bull running, or Everest summitting.

Nearly everyone has that "bucket list" spot (or, lots of spots) that they want to visit before it's time to go. I've managed to draw a line through some of the places on my bucket list, but there are a few more to go, including this place.

The stairway to nowhere in Illinois is next on your bucket list.

An Illinois woman's bucket-list item turned out to be a lot more than she apparently bargained for on Wednesday morning.

If you think that you'll have to come up with some big bucks to enjoy a vacation in some far-flung exotic spot, you're probably right. However, you can save those dollars with an Illinois-based "stay-cation," because we've got lots of things to see and do right here without breaking your budget (although, to be honest, Illinois has some really pricey things, too).

Since we had such a great time going out to Mesa, Arizona for Chicago Cubs spring training last March, we've got another trip planned for this coming March!

Yesterday in this space, we were talking about bucket lists. In particular, bucket lists that are specific to Illinoisans ("Is This The Ultimate Bucket List for Illinoisans?"). Well, thanks to the good folks at Rock Valley College Community and Continuing Education, you've got a chance to cross off one of those bucket list items.

Thanks to a pretty lame movie of the same name, the "Bucket List" is something we often hear about, and maybe even have one of our own. For those who've been too busy living their lives to pay attention to trendy phrases, a bucket list is simply a number of things that one wishes to do or experience before they die--or, "kick the bucket."