by Cheryl | Mar 4, 2019 | places we EAT
If you’ve been checking out my Instagram feed, you may have noticed how crazy I’ve gone for paczkis, the traditional Polish donuts usually filled with jelly or some other sweet variation. Ever since I had my first bite of a paczki, I’ve been a fan...
by Cheryl | Feb 21, 2019 | date night, places we EAT
As I mentioned in our last post reviewing ShadowView Brewing, we’re tasting our way through McHenry County in order to preview a couple restaurants included in McHenry County Restaurant Week. Next up – Duke’s Kitchen and Alehouse in downtown Crystal...
by Cheryl | Feb 18, 2019 | places we EAT
We love our area, but sadly we haven’t dined at many of the restaurants. With McHenry County’s inaugural restaurant week coming up, I thought it would be the perfect time to try out new places. We were kindly invited by Visit McHenry County to preview a...
by Cheryl | Feb 11, 2019 | Museums, places we PLAY
A few months ago when we visited the Field Museum, we finally met the museum’s newest dinosaur Maximo, a titanosaur. We noticed that the museum had moved Sue, the world’s largest and most complete T. rex, and they were working on a new suite for them....
by Cheryl | Feb 4, 2019 | Libraries, places we PLAY
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML), one of our favorite museums in the Northwest Chicago suburbs, is no stranger to museum-like exhibits. A few years ago they had an exhibit featuring buildings created with LEGOs by Adam Reed, a resident of Arlington...
