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The Alfresco Guide to Summer: Best Things to Do Outdoors in Chicago

The breezes are balmy. The skies are blue (the lake, too). Summer is hands down the best season in Chicago. Why on earth would you stay inside? With this painstakingly researched guide to 167 best dining, drinking, shopping, concertgoing, and flower-smelling options to be found out of doors in ten neighborhoods, you’ll need to retreat from Mother Nature only to sleep. And we’re pretty sure even that is optional.

By Rachel Bertsche, Cassie Walker Burke, Amalie Drury, Michell Eloy, Nina Kokotas Hahn, Geoffrey Johnson, Graham Meyer, Dennis Rodkin, Jennifer Tanaka, Lauren Viera, and Jennifer Wehunt
June 27, 2012, 12:35 pm
 

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