My husband and I are taking my teenage daughters to Chicago next month. Any fun places we have to take them?

Answer 1

The Armitage Avenue shopping district in Lincoln Park is filled with fun, eclectic, unique boutiques and restaurants, and, perhaps most importantly, Ethel's Chocolate Lounge and Vosges Haut Chocolat, two of the city's finest gourmet chocolatiers. Have lunch at Minnie's while you're in that neck of the woods.
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http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/
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That area is also close to Lincoln Park Zoo, which is small, free and recently underwent a major renovation. http://lpzoo.com/ Near the Farm in the Zoo there's also a fabulous place for a family photo: Lester Fisher Bridge overlooks a lagoon and has the skyline/John Hancock center in the background, so you can snap pics of everyone with the city behind them. Very cool memento.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation's Loop Train Tour is free and a lot of fun. The boat and walking tours are good, too:
http://www.architecture.org/tours.aspx

Blue Man Group is great, if you're theatre fans: http://www.blueman.com/

Shopping downtown is already in your plans, I'm sure. State Street has Macy's and great discounters like Filene's Basement, H&M and Nordstrom Rack. Michigan Avenue is mostly high end shopping. The North Bridge Mall on Michigan Avenue also has Vosges and Ethel's boutiques and also boasts a Sephora, the holy grail of all things makeup, hair and skin care: http://www.sephora.com/

I tend to think of Navy Pier as being for kids that are a bit younger. The shops are really heavy on cheap kitschy tourist souvenir junk and a lot of the restaurants are chains with overpriced, mediocre food. I would call it a must only if you're Ferris Wheel buffs. There's better museums, restaurants, public art and shops nearly everywherr else in the city.

Answer 2

Addler planetorium, The Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Museum of Science and Industry
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Notebaert Nature Museum
John Hancock Observatory
Sears Tower Sky Deck
Frederick C. Robie House
Chicago Children’s Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
2-Day Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley pass
Gray Line Grand Chicago Tour
Gray Line North Side Tour
Gray Line South Shore Tour
Chicago Architectural Foundation
walking tours
Chicago Historical Society tours and
Museum admission
Shoreline Sightseeing Skyline Cruise
Shoreline Sightseeing Architectural
River Cruise
Lincoln Park Zoo
Navy Pier IMAX
Navy Pier Attractions
and much more!

Answer 3

If you're coming in October, it's going to be cold, wet and kinda dreary outside. Pick inside stuff: Water Tower Place, Marshall Field's..., sorry, Macy's on State Street. Take them to see "Wicked" at the Oriental Theater in the Loop. It's supposed to be popular with young girls. You can get tickets in advance on line (http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/).

You can take them to the area at Belmont and Clark streets on the north side. There are a few funky shops there. I don't know how, um, liberal you are as a parent, but there's a store called The Alley that a lot of teenagers love. It's got punk stuff, hair dye, t-shirts, studded belts, etc. It's not as frightening as it sounds; it's mostsly suburban kids that go there now, but some of the stuff is a little risque (http://thealley.com/cgi-bin/index.cfm?category_index=94). There are a few cool resale shops nearby like Ragstock (http://www.ragstock.com/index.html) that have cheap clothes that are "cool" and they won't break the bank like a $50 t-shirt or something. I suppose you could take them to Wicker park but not sure if there's a lot for teens to do there; it's mostly bars and high end clothing shops for adults now.

Anyway, as a guy who doesn't have kids and certainly doesn't know what teenage girls like, this is all I can come up with.

Answer 4

Navy Pier, top of John Hancock building, shopping on Michigan Ave., Cubs game at Wrigley, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium..
Chicago is a fantastic city.

Answer 5

White Castle!
Museum of Science & Industry
Natural History Museum
Planetarium

Answer 6

six flags in gurnee. it is about an hour from chicago near the wisconsin border. Woodfield Mall, it is a really big mall in Schaumburg. it is about 25 min. from o'Hare. Maybe a Bears GAme if they are playing at home during that time.

Broofield Zoo
Navy Pier.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

White Sox playoff game, then eat at Harry Carey's laugh at the Cub fans, fun stuff

Answer 9

Second city is always fun. It's where many Saturday night live stars got there start.

Answer 10

To the Ghetto. Wear bulletproof vests though.