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The new Ledge at the Sears Tower Skydeck

KimMoldofsky — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:26:31 -0500

Thanks to my blog, I had a chance to for a first look at Chicago's newest Tourist attraction, a four-foot glass enclosed ledge sticking out from the 103rd floor of the Sears tower. It's exciting and unique and worth a visit if you have time (and are not afraid of heights).

You can see photos here to decide if it's right for you.

Kim

http://HormoneColoredDays.blogspot.com
Chicago Moms Blog

@KimMoldofsky

Walking Distances

Cynthia Clampitt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:24 -0500

All these tours are "customizable." As the posts progress, you'll find some tours that focus more on things close to the hotel, serious retail opportunities, places for food or afternoon tea, art and architecture, a boat ride -- lots of different options with different resting opportunities and time commitments. Plus there are taxis everywhere, so if you get tired, just flag one down. Because it's a lot less fun if you're in pain.

As for American Girl, the Michigan Avenue tour that heads north will take you in that direction.

Hope you have fun in Chicago!

Cynthia

http://waltzingaustralia.wordpress.com

Grazie

Wanderlust Women — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:24:23 -0500

Pam, thanks for quoting me and the link back to Traveldreams & Moonbeams. My blog is dedicated to spirited wanderlust women who travel solo. As stated above, it is the most empowering and fun-filled thing you can do - if you are strong enough. If not, practice, baby steps......go out to dinner alone.

American Girl Place Location

jes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:17 -0500

According to Google Maps, American Girl (at Michigan Avenue and Chicago Avenue) is a little over 1/2 mile from the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. The map looks like it's about 10 (short) blocks.

Jes Ferris
BlogHer Conference Programming Manager
Find me at BlogHer.com and Chirky.com

Walking Tour Distances

jes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:26:00 -0500

According to the author, the distance of this tour is approximately one mile. (With lots of places to stop and rest along the way.)

Jes Ferris
BlogHer Conference Programming Manager
Find me at BlogHer.com and Chirky.com

Arriving at 1:30 AM on July 23

Nancy Brown WhataTrip — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:52:40 -0500

Could you please point me to the cab share area? I could only find the GM ride share and I'd like to share a cab with anyone who happens to be arriving at the CRAZY hour of 1:30 AM on Thursday, July 23. Thanks.

Nancy D. Brown

http://www.nancydbrown.com/

http://twitter.com/Nancydbrown

distance

Adriennevh — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:47:23 -0500

This looks very long, do you know the actual walking distance?

The arthritis limits me now.......sigh.

Love this!

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:24:46 -0500

My brother (the fabulous Rand) lived in Chicago for many years so I've been there quite a few times, but you can never see everything in a huge city like that. Looking forward to trying some of the tours.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

This is great

Virginia DeBolt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:55:38 -0500

I"m printing it out right now and look forward to the rest of these. Thank you for doing this!

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer CE
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

Ours...

Denise — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:28:18 -0500

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/citywalks/

It was a pure impulse purchase, from the Borders in Wilmette, when we were house hunting prior to the move.

Of all the travel guides we purchased (yes there were many), this is one of the best.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Oh! We saw some of those!

sassymonkey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:33:09 -0500

And almost bought them, but there were remaindered and a few years old so we didn't know how accurate they'd be.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

American Girl Place

bonggamom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:32 -0500

My daughter would never forgive me if I went to Chicago without stopping by her mecca, American Girl Place! Do you know if it's within walking distance of the Sheraton?

Solo Travelers

Nancy Brown WhataTrip — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:33 -0500

I'm married, but I do enjoy traveling solo. As a travel writer I find it beneficial to travel solo because it forces me to leave my comfort zone and chat with the locals.

However, I do remember the time I dined at Charlie Trotter's Chicago restaurant as a single. Big mistake. It was one of those "all night long" dining experiences that couples or a small group of people enjoy. The staff was really good about bringing me Trotter's cookbook to look at while I waited between courses, but it was the looooongest dinner of my life.

Fellow Travel Writer Beth Whitman has written a book on Solo Travel for Women, http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/books/solo/

Nancy D. Brown

http://www.nancydbrown.com/

http://twitter.com/Nancydbrown

Share with us!

jes — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:01 -0500

That box of walking tour cards sounds pretty cool. Before BlogHer '07 I spent a week in Chicago, playing and exploring - I loved the city!

If you have any great tips or places you've found from those tour cards (or just from living there!), share with us. :)

Jes Ferris
BlogHer Conference Programming Manager
Find me at BlogHer.com and Chirky.com

I have this cool thing I bought when we moved here

Denise — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:10:20 -0500

It's a box of cards and each card has a walking tour of Chicago (or the Chicago area.) There's a cool map and it includes public transportation points on the map.

It's taken us almost a year to start using them but we've now done a half dozen walks and are excited to do more.

This first walking tour you shared is a pretty good one. Long but good. I like it.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings