| Page Views: 4,909 Last Visit to Illinois: March, 2007 I Used To Live Here | Faiza-Ifrah's Illinois off the beaten path. by Faiza-Ifrah - last update: Nov 18, 2007 |
Chicago - feels like home away from home | Rayyan goes for paddleboating |
Northeastern Illinois or rather Chicagoland with Cook county as the base is what I am going to cover here. This region gives us a feeling of a home away from home. I have lived here up until 1987 going to college. My husband attended university here. Afterwards, at one time, we were here almost every 6 months. My brother's family lives here. My nephew and niece were born, grown up here and married here. It is but natural that I have certain level of affection for this region.
The task of building a page on Illinois is daunting. First, it is a vast state and is impossible to cover in its entirety. Second, although I disagree with it, many people believe it is a boring state. Third, there is a problem for me as I want to build my pages on things that others have not covered in detail in their pages. So I said to myself where can I concentrate on Illinois. I had a look at top 5 Illinois pages. Deecat (Dee) is anchored on Southern Illinois, traveldave (dave) has focused on Chicago, and dlandt (Dave) has focused on history and state parks in the south and west. So I went for my forte i.e. Chicago, Cook County and Chicagoland i.e. 6 - county metro area of northeastern Illinois.
I hope to be different. I am sure I will be different in one aspect - shopping :-) |
| Performing dolphins at Brookfield Zoo |
|  | Tourist attraction of Chicagoland These pages are dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, or Honest Abe as he is affectionately known. Produced below are two of my favorites quotes :
"Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it."
Address, New York City, Feb. 21, 1859.
"With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right."
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865. |
Shopping in Chicagoland The entire Magnificient Mile of the Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and Lincolnwood Mall, Woodfield Mall, and Brookfield Mall in Cook County outside of Chicago, all offer best shopping for designer items, as well as local antiques and handicrafts.
Shopping everywhere is fun and during our stay in Chicagoland, very few shops escape our attention - guaranteed :-) | | |
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| Pros: | "Urban and pastoral touch, many attractions within Chicagoland, Milwaukee round the corner." | | Cons: | "Only 8 miles of waterways are public, rest are private, no 4 wheeling tracks" | | In A Nutshell: | "Many touristy spots, many high standard universities, many mega-shopping malls." |
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freddie18 Sun Dec 14, 2008 03:22 UTC
Excellent information about Illinois! Chicago is definitely included on my plan of exploring states of America. Thanks for sharing Faiza. | PinkFloydActuary Thu Jan 24, 2008 13:08 UTC
Good stuff (as always!) Enjoy Shenandoah - I hope the weather cooperates :) | SLLiew Thu Jan 17, 2008 18:14 UTC
Excellent tips of Illinois. I was there twice in winter, great museums and restaurants but missed the zoos that you have described so well. Cheers, SL :) | Nemorino Thu Dec 20, 2007 15:12 UTC
Nice tips! We used to go camping at Apple River Canyon State Park when I was in high school (I lived in Evanston). |
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