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Here's your plan for friendly games and a rooftop feast celebrating your wins. Watch the video 👇

Step foot into an interactive gaming facility and then enjoy a meal on a rooftop garden

Friendly Competition 🏅 + Winners Feast 🥂

At ACTIVATE - Chicago in Oak Brook, experience over 90 minutes of immersive gaming across 10+ game rooms.

Interactive Gaming

✅ Before you go
• They accept walk-ins but you can make a reservation here: https://playactivate.com/chicago

💪 Pro tips
• Your experience is 90 minutes to make sure you can use all of your time, arrive 15 minutes early

ACTIVATE - Chicago

Celebrate your gaming victories at RH Rooftop Restaurant in Oak Brook, enjoying a luxurious meal with splendid views.

Rooftop Dining

✅ Before you go
• Check out the menu here:
https://rh.com/us/en/oakbrook/restaurant

Head to the RH Rooftop Restaurant 

I literally felt like I was in Squid Games in real life.

And then I had a celebration meal to reset,

activate games is an interactive gaming facility where you

can step foot into over 10 different game rooms.

Each of the rooms had different games in over 10 different levels.

some we failed completely and some took some serious agility

but overall super fun and experience like no other then head

to the rooftop restaurant at the restoration hardware and enjoy

a bougie meal to mark off all of your accomplishments.

This experience is for groups of 2 to 5 people. Are you up for the challenge?

Tour, shop, and eat in Little Puerto Rico!! 🇵🇷🌺

Paseo Boricua 🇵🇷

Take a guided walking tour along Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park to explore murals, local history, and Puerto Rican culture.

Walking history tour

✅ Before you go
Book a tour here: https://paseoboricuatours.com

💪 Pro tips

Walking Tours are offered year-round, seven days a week. Walking tours typically run for 1 hour and 15 minutes, but can be adjusted to a tour group's needs. The walking tour is six and half blocks long with several stops along the way.

1.  Paseo Boricua Tour Company 

Explore Puerto Rican culture and shop unique religious and spiritual items at Botanica Victoria. You can also get a palm reading during your visit!

Shopping Puerto Rican Goods

✅ Before you go
Check out their website: https://botanica-victoria-1.square.site

💪 Pro tips
They also offer palm readings.  

2. Shop at Botanica Victoria 

Enjoy old school-style homemade sodas and a delicious breakfast sausage sandwich at Spinning J Soda Fountain in Humboldt Park. The perfect spot to relax after exploring.

Soda Fountain & Sandwiches

✅ Before you go
They’re closed Mondays and Tuesdays 

💪 Pro tips
Try one of their homemade fruit sodas! 

Spinning J Soda Fountain 

especially ones that explore Chicago's wonderful neighborhoods.

I took a walking tour with Paseo Boricua's tour company.

We walked all along Division Street in Humboldt Park,

We also stopped in a number of locally owned

She gave us some samples when we walked in and everything was so delicious.

I am definitely going back to purchase a full dessert.

Then I decided to venture out a little bit on my own.

which is also located on Division Street.

They have a number of Puerto Rican items and religious items.

and I had this amazing breakfast sausage sandwich to finish my day.

Here's your plan for grabbing delicious chicken sandwiches and wraps at GG's Chicken Shop. Watch the video 👇

If you need a place to grab food at before a picnic or to dine outdoors, GG’s Chicken Shop is for you! 

Best Chicken Sandwich Shop 🍗

Grab Chicago’s best chicken sandwiches or a hearty chicken Caesar wrap at GG’s Chicken Shop—perfect for a tasty quick bite before your picnic!

Chicken Sandwiches

Literally everything is good here! I recommend the Chicken Caesar Wrap with fried chicken or any of the sandwiches. Don’t sleep on the Rotisserie chicken, it’s amazing.

Menu here: https://www.ggchickenshop.com/menu

 Chicken Sandwiches 🐓

This is the best chicken sandwich in Chicago.

If you're looking for a quick and easy lunch,

you have to check out Gigi's Chicken Shop on Southport.

It's a cute little place that specializes in all things chicken,

So we ordered the original fried chicken sandwich,

but you can also get it with rotisserie chicken,

I loved the addition of pickled red onions here,

and having both like kale and Brussels salad in it

please go and check out Gigi's and get yourself one.

Here's your plan for enjoying tasty Mexican dinner and live music in cozy West Town spots. Watch the video 👇

There’s no need to wait for the weekend anymore to go out and be social. Romanticize your weekdays by getting dinner and hearing live music in West Town. 

Dinner & A Show in West Town

Enjoy classic Mexican dishes like chicken taquitos and tacos at Sabroso! Mexican Grill in West Town, Chicago—perfect for a flavorful dinner before a night out.

Mexican Dinner

✅ Before you go
• Follow them on IG: @sabrosochicago to see if they have any specials before you go. 

Dinner at Sabroso! Mexican Grill

Enjoy live music and rotating performances in a cozy, low-lit bar atmosphere. Check out their happy hour from 4-6pm for drink specials!

Live Music

✅ Before you go
• They also have rotating live performances so keep up with their website or follow them on IG: @lemon_chicago to know who is upcoming. 

💪 Pro tips
• They have a happy hour from 4-6pm if you want to catch a good drink deals. 

Live Music at Lemon

where you're greeted with chips and salsa,

then indulge in options like chicken taquitos and their Sabroso style tacos.

You can order one of their specials like this rotating

slushie and sit back and enjoy a few live performances.

If you want to know who will be performing each week,

be sure to keep up with their website or follow them on Instagram @lemon_chicago,

Be sure to visit the next time you're in West Town. 

Here's your plan for relaxing in a private suite with sauna, cold plunge, and vitamin C shower. Watch the video 👇

60-minutes in a private wellness suite - infrared sauna, cold plunge, and vitamin c shower 

Private Wellness Suite 💧

Book a private 60-minute wellness suite for $35 at SweatHouz West Loop and enjoy an infrared sauna, cold plunge, and vitamin C shower in Chicago.

Private Wellness Suite

✅ Before you go
• schedule a day and time on the website 

💪 Pro tips
• wear a swimsuit 
• bring an extra change of clothes
• they supply body wash, shampoo & conditioner, hair brushes, deodorant, hair ties, tampons, Dyson hair tools, & more 

Book your first session for $35

you've probably heard of contrast therapy like I have,

but I doubt you've seen it in a private suite.

I came across an ad on Instagram for a $35 session,

What stood out to me specifically was the private suite.

45 minutes is recommended in the infant sauna,

I will say I've been in cold plunges before,

I kind of only was able to do 30 seconds at a.

time to kind of build my body's resistance up.

and the best part to me was the vitamin C shower.

but it's actually infused with vitamin C,

I got to set the mood of the room with some

music and cater the lights to how I wanted them,

and I loved how they had a get ready suite after filled with fresh hairbrushes