Talk about environmental stewardship in all the right places. Visited your property for a TedX talk…read moreand able to tour your property. Enjoyed learning of your local levels of conservation bridging the way for others to learn. Thank you for your educational layers, your land use and your kindness to those who visit. Hands down a great place to come whether adult or to guide the young. What a beautiful way to leave a positive imprint in this world. Thank you for being inclusive to community coming your way!

McDonald Farm is a simple self discovery landscape with exhibits that demonstrate land useage and…read moreconservation. The volunteers are friendly, but not immediately helpful as they go about their daily duties. Nice place to bring a lunch & eat. I didn't check out the restrooms, so no review there. Quite a pleasant place to visit for a short time. Great for kids!

I really liked the event because I love the idea of drinks, food and fun. The place combines…read morewhirlyball, bowling and laser tag with food and drinks. It makes for a fun adult time out with friends, coworkers, date night, etc. I went to this event with my dad and we had a good time. I was worried that he wouldn't be able to do whirlyball with his bad knees but luckily was just able to fit in the bumper car. The food was great and there were a lot of vegetarian options with some healthier options as well. I really liked the broccoli and the I guess it was a healthier margarita like pizza with balsalmic glaze on top. It made a full dinner and the two drink tickets a person was very generous. We just kind of shared everything. It was only a touch difficult to go right from eating a dinner and drinking with then being full to go right to whirlyball but I guess there wasn't a better option. Then we started a game of bowling but weren't able to finish as the lanes shut off precisely at 8pm. I understand the event ended officially then but with only being open 1 more hour and without other people waiting I don't know why they couldn't just let us finish the game. I really loved the event and thought everything went smoothly it was just too rushed. That being said we did arrive a touch late from traffic but we still wouldn't have been able to do all the activities provided. I don't even know if anyone got a chance at laser tag or not. One employee even threatened they would take our drinks that we weren't yet finished with but then changed their mind. It just was a let down to be unwelcome suddenly instead of just making the event a 3 hour time which I think would have been a lot more appropriate. In any case that's what they chose to offer and it was still a great event. If I were choosing to go here on my own I definitely would have wanted a longer than 2 hour visit.

I love ghost stories! I really, really do. So, it came as a delightful surprise to learn that…read moreNaperville is a very haunted place. Fright Night Tours runs several different tours focusing on the paranormal in the area and I think they do a phenomenal job. We arrived and our guide (the formidable Dan) was waiting in full, scary regalia. He then took us up into the headquarters to begin the tour with the haunting of their own space. After that, we set out into the streets of downtown Naperville to hear all about the creepy stuff that packs the history of this upscale suburb. First off, I highly recommend Dan as a tour guide. He has obviously done a lot of his own research and he is very knowledgeable about his topics. He's also such a great performer that he could make a nursery rhyme send a chill up your spine. It's so weird looking at these buildings that I drive past everyday and knowing that, not only have they been around for over a century, there may be dead people peekin' out. To sum up: Awesome. I give it 2 tombstones up.

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The restaurant has a split schedule and is closed for a brief time between lunch and dinner…read more The inside of the restaurant is very cramped. On the day of my visit, every table was occupied. Add in others waiting to order, place to go orders, or strollers, and I felt very cramped. Now, onto the food. The hotdog half dog /half cheese was amazing. I had mine with ketchup, and it was tasty. This is the item that I would return to eat. The jumbo wings were huge! I had the sweet and spicy sauce, and it was good. However, I found them to be very, very greasy. Staff was friendly. It took about 20 minutes for my order to be prepared.

This really isn't a place...it's an event that's held at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park to…read moreremember Lauren Kiefer. She graduated from Willowbrook in 2000 and her mother still works there. This event is held in her honor because she was brutally taken from friends and family on Dec. 25, 2006. So this is a 5K walk/run that is going to take place every year around the third weekend in June. I believe it is $25 to enter and then donations are also accepted which benefit a number of charities including two scholarships that are given out to Willowbrook students. This a fun event for a great cause and in honor of one very special woman! Go to rememberlaur.com to check out the details under events! Hope to see you there!

nightly march to General Assembly leaving from HQ (Jackson & LaSalle) at 7pm and arriving at the…read moreHorse (Congress & Michigan) for the General Assembly. Bringing awareness to the 1% ? I have hope. Free speech & assembly for the greater good. Join the movement.

The nicest thoroughfare in the area. This is a great and often scenic place to sit and relax or…read morejust pass through. There is typically art on display so it is usually a fairly interesting route or destination. Overall, a nice place to enjoy your beverages and snacks from home (or wherever else) and appreciate artwork in the outdoors.

So the fest was this past weekend, and it far exceeded my expectations…read more Unfortunately for everyone in attendance, it was a sweltering 95+ degree summer day, but the delicious food, music and huge amount of beer options made the sweat dripping down my neck and back bearable (Brew Fest Organizers, pleaseeeee consider making it an Oktoberfest!)   The sample punchcard was printed on the back of the paper map of the fest that you get when you arrive.  Another fest I went to had a lanyard punch card, which I thought was a nice touch...but not as green as this was.  So, yay for recyclables!    It really didn't matter if you had a punchcard once you were inside...because no one marked off your samples unless you literally put it in their face and asked them to.  Not that anyone needs more than 20 beer samples, but they almost seemed offended when I asked them to mark my card!   The music was good, the food was fabulous and I especially loved the Bravazzi Italian hard sodas. I saw them at Caputo's the next day.  Now I know where to buy them next time I'm craving one. My MOST favorite-ist beer of the entire night was Roaring Table's 5:00 tap special - a fruity/berry sour with whipped cream on top.  What a way to finish off the night!!!

I had the fortunate pleasure of attending the 8th Annual Barrington Brew Fest this year (2011)…read morelocated strategically directly in the North lot of the Metra train station (perfect for stumbling back to the train for an easy ride home). We decided to make a day of it, starting out with a wonderful lunch in the French Market adjacent to the station. What a delightful way to start off a cool saturday morning before an afternoon of heavy beer drinking. Sandwiches from Pastoral, modelo tallboys from the CVS located within the well air-conditioned building, and hot crispy frites from the belgian shop, SCORE, great start. After the luxuriously delicious meal, we bought our $7 weekend passes (super-cheapo bonus) and hopped aboard with previously mentioned tall-boys and played a game a Yahtzee while the hour quickly passed. Arriving at the station around 3:30, the festivities were well underway with several hundred beer-fanatics vigorously imbibing. The free t-shirts were long gone, but they offered past years T's for just $5 if you pleased. I paid my $40 ($35 before), grabbed my tasting glass and had at it. Some notable attendees included Floosmoor Station with two specialty kegs tapped early and dry soon (everyone love FS), as well as Lucky Monk's Oatmeal Stout and Wheat WIne (WOWZA WAS THIS TASTY). I also thoroughly enjoyed selections from Limestone Brewing, Half Acre, and Wild Onion's Hop Slayer was down-right awesome. I love me some IBU's and this packed in the hops. The brews and patrons were all top-notch and made for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon (3-7PM). Best part (besides the beer of course: proceeds from the Barrington Brew Fest go to the Barrington Area Council on Aging serving seniors and caregivers. After a great day of craft-brews, we headed back one minute to the Metra and rode home, arriving before 8PM, just in time for late dinner and ready for round-2. The cold-hard facts: * Three Dozen Brewers & over 80 samplings * Bean Bag (Baggo) Contest * 50/50 Raffle * Live music by Second Time Around Food available for purchase from McGonigal's Pub, Cooper's of Barrington, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse