DuPage Children’s Museum Groupon Deal

Get over to groupon.com by this Friday, November 2nd, and pick up a groupon to the DuPage County Children’s Museum in downtown Naperville.  For just $17 you get admission for four to the museum (a 55% savings off the regular admission price).  Pick up a couple of extras as gifts (makes a great stocking-stuffer).  You…

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Family Bike Riding

Best Suburban Family Bike Rides

Check out this great article from the Daily Herald.  Writer Neil Holdway has compiled a list of the best family-friendly bike riding locations in the Chicago suburbs.  The list includes locations in DuPage and other surrounding counties. The best places for families to ride bikes in the suburbs Ned Brown Forest Preserve, Elk Grove Village and…

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The waterfall at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve

Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve

Bordering the southeastern edge of DuPage County, is one of the county’s largest forest preserves, Waterfall Glen.  Surrounded by the cities of Woodridge, Darien, Burr Ridge, and Lemont, the preserve completely encapsulates the Argonne National Laboratory property. On a recent Saturday morning, I made my first visit to Waterfall Glen, hiking the entirety of the…

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Glen Ellyn Antique Show

Antiques on the Green Show in Glen Ellyn

On Saturday, May 26th from 10AM – 4PM, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society will host “Antiques on the Green” at Stacy’s Tavern Museum.  The museum is located at 800 N. Main Street (about one mile north of downtown Glen Ellyn).  Antique dealers from throughout the Midwest will be on-site selling antique furniture, art, and decorative…

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