I like both Downtown and Streeterville - I've love to live in your neck of the woods at some point - it looks all too convenient. What I did like most about Hyde Park though, was it still felt like you still had some elbow room down there. We'd visit friends on the North Side and it's hard to not feel squeezed up there.
If you're slumming it down in Hyde, Gruss, go to dinner at Cedar's of Lebanon. It used to be right on the corner of 53rd and Hyde Park Blvd, but it moved a block or so west now to bigger digs on the corner of 53rd and Cornell. Best Middle-Eastern place I've been to in Chicago, hands down. I take friends there from out of town and they still talk about it. And, if you're out in Naperville, head downtown and right across Chicago Ave. from the parking garage is a tiny little Thai Place - The Bangkok Village. The owner is a terrific, friendly guy, service is great, atmosphere is terrific, and the food is fantastic. Worth the trip, and putting up with the neverending SUV flotilla in the middle of downtown Naperville :) - Jim Gruss Gott wrote: >>Jim Campbell wrote: >>I lived on the South Side of Chicago for a while, >> >> > >Great write up! I'd like to hear more - don't feel bad about dogging >downtown or Streeterville, I don't have any emotional connection to >the area; it just beats living in a hotel. Tell it like it is! > >Hyde Park area is cool and I've got friends in Naperville which is also nice. > >The weather is pretty good I think, but then I'm used to Wisconsin, >Michigan, Minnesota weather. I've heard my Chicago friends describe >Minneapolis like it's Greenland, so there IS a difference. Personally >I like snow from November to March, but I'm in a minority. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134798 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
