Tag: spring in Chicago

• April 9, 2015

  Easter Weekend at the Chicago Botanic Garden

  This will mostly be a photo post, because I think there is plenty to see and I couldn’t add that much to what already exists. This weekend we went to the Chicago Botanic Garden to see the early spring blooms.The garden is free, though there is a per-car fee to park, except for military, which […]
• March 17, 2015

  St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, 2015

  Well. J and I have now experienced our first St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. Maybe next year we’ll check out the south side parade, but for this year we just headed downtown to see the green river and catch the (surprisingly short) downtown parade. We got there around 10:30 in the morning, so maybe an […]