"Chicago Living" with Kristine Farra

Monday, November 2, 2009

As we say good-bye to Farmer's Markets and warm weather, we welcome a jamm-packed season of reconnecting with friends, family, Holiday parties, and endless options for entertainment ! One of the many reasons I love Chicago ! Here are a few of my picks for November :

Nostalgic for Halloween already ? We'll be screaming our way straight to the Cadillac Theatre to see Young Frankenstein starting November 3rd.

SOFA Chicago ? Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Fair ( not as in couch potatoe which I may well be after all the Holiday celebrations :-) return to Navy Pier November 5th-8th.

My all-time favorite event to kick-off the Holiday Season, of course, is the Magnificent Mile 18th Annual Festival of Lights ! Saturday, November 21st, Mickey Mouse leads the illumination of more than one million lights on The Magnificent Mile to officially start the nation's Holiday Season ! We're going early to check out performances by Mitchell Musso ( ask your kids ) and Plain White Ts ( those I've heard of ) as well as special events through out the day ! Note the new procession time of : 5:30p-7p.

And here's something new I don't plan to miss ! In the true spirit of the Holiday Season, November 22nd marks the start of the 1st annual The Extra Mile : Acts of Kindness. The Shops at 900 N Michigan Avenue ( http://www.shop900.com/ ) will be offering donations for Chicago Lights Tutoring. Little Brown Bear Supports the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. With each purchase of a Little Brown Bear, Bloomindales will donate $5 to http://www.jdrf.org/. We have the entire cute, cuddly collection ! "Sweet Acts of Kindess" Cookie Drive will help area families enjoy their own sweet dreams. Doubletree ( http://www.doubletreemagmile.com/ ) Signature Chocolate Chip Cookies are $2 and proceeds benefit The Windy City Habitat for Humanity. For complete event detail, please visit : http://www.themagnificentmile.com/

Enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday in the city ? Many of the the major hotels on the Avenue : The Drake, The Four Seasons Hotel, Trump International Hotel and Tower and many more ... offer multiple seating times for Thanksgiving Dinner.
I'm personally going the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner at home with a twist ! No fuss. No mess. A custom holiday dinner package from Chef Frank Brunacci ( http://www.trumpchicago.com/ ) is quite tempting or perhaps Food For Thought (http://www.fftchicago.com/ ). Best yet ? From state-of-the-art Chef's kitchen direct to my table, with zero-stress and elegant style ! This holiday season, it's all about having plenty of options !

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