Once again Old Man Winter has come back for a visit to Chicago. Although it shouldn’t be a surprise, I must say his arrival always thoroughly shocks me. As I walked out of my house and into -12 degree weather I was greeted by winter’s chokehold (I literally lost my breath for a second). As a self proclaimed holiday Scrooge, I tend to feel and exude an overwhelming bahumbug attitude for the entire winter season. So I walked back inside the house to grab my warmer coat, hat, gloves and scarf, and I reemerged into the cold with a warmer attitude for my old friend Old Man Winter.
These new warmer thoughts about the cold weather and the holidays lead to my seasonal resolution – I want to enjoy Chicago’s winter months as much as the summer. As a Chicago native I feel it is time to get over being miserable in the winter, it’s either that or move to California (which crosses my mind daily)
In order to capitalize on my new found winter optimism I have created a list of activities (see below) that I am committing myself to trying this Chicago winter. Feel free to join in and accompany me on my winter excursions, offer additional suggestions of must do’s, or offer tips and reviews for optimizing my fun.
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Christos’ Magnificos list of Chicago winter activities:
- Have a glass, or several, of Glogg (mulled wine)Â at a local establishment like Simons
- Ice skating at Millennium Park. I have never ice skated so that should be interesting
- Lugeing at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex
- Take in a “fabulous” show maybe Christmas Follies from the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus  Â
- Lincoln Park Zoo Lights - Carols, animals, and lights…how could that be a bad time
Tags: Chicago, Christos Ellis, msi, Winter
Great Blog Christos! I definitely want to try lugeing with you and we need to do some sledding and maybe try out cross country skiing at that spot in Lemont!
LP Zoo Lights has been on the top of my list for the past 2 years. I can’t wait to go this year, which I promised myself I would, and bring with a thermos of hot chocolate (or whisky or both). Also, on my list is buying on of those nifty lumberjack ear flap hats, they may look silly, but we’ll see who’s laughing once their ears are burnt with frost bite!