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Karla News

Weekend Getaways in Illinois for Families

When family vacation travel plans take you to Illinois for a weekend getaway, you can add several fun sites, attractions and activities to your itinerary. Illinois is home to some of the country’s top theme parks, farms and museums, giving family members of all ages a chance to relax and enjoy some fun and exciting ...

Karla News

The Best Chicago Area Water Parks

This is a listing of the 5 best water parks in the Chicagoland area. Before I begin with the list, these are the things you should expect from the water park experience. For the outdoor water parks, the prices are higher for non residents and there are very few specials. The outdoor facilities listed are ...

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Local Restaurant Review: Country Squire Restaurant in Grayslake, Illinois

The Country Squire Restaurant is a fine dining restaurant and banquet facility situated in a gracious mansion that was originally a mansion. The mansion built as a country retreat for a scion of the Sears family, of the Sears Mail Order Catalog Company, based in Chicago, Illinois. The gracious white 17 room mansion, built in ...

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Giordano’s in Chicago – “Chicago’s World Famous Stuffed Pizza”

Giordano’s in Chicago is famous for their stuffed pizza. The Chicago and and Florida chain originated in 1974 in Chicago. The founders of Giordano’s Pizza are two brothers from and northern Italian town near Torino. When the brother immigrated from Italy, they found no ones pizza matched their mother’s home-made pizza. They decided to open ...