shedd aquarium: For starters I actually have lived in Chicago all my life. I'm currently in my freshman year of college and I am trying to find ACTUAL PLACES IN CHICAGO TO HAVE FUN. NOT PLACES LIKE THE MAGNIFICENT MILE OR THE SHEDD AQUARIUM OR BROOK FIELD ZOO OR NAVY PIER OR DAVE N BUSTERS NO PLACES LIKE THIS. I'M AM NOT LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT TOURIST NORMALLY GO TO PEOPLE. . .PLEASE. . I'm looking for party lounges or clubs, gaming lounges, just different place that are not of the norm. Like "The Ally" on Belmont and Clark or "Ignite gaming network". New places that aren't tourist traps.|||Blues clubs on North Halstead. BB KIngs and Buddy Guys and Hard Rock are for Tourists. Kingston Mines is the place to go.|||i live in chicago too. and i am a freshmen college student as well. hahaha i love to go to music venues such as Beat kitchen which is in lakeview near damen ave. i also want to check out this place called kenetic playgraoud which is also a music venue thats on lawreance near the lawrence redline. for lounges....i like getting desserts at this cafe called outdoor cafe which is this korean cafe on bryn mawr. for big joints with food and stuff i would suggest the rockit bar and grill downtown, they always have live music and stuff. hmmmm....oh there is also a really cool bookstore that sells used books and it is absolutely atonishing to go in there. like a maze. its on lincoln near a restaurant called fiddlehead cafe. i think wilson and lincoln. i hope this helped....get your u-pass ready. HAHAHA|||Edison Park on the far northwest side of Chicago has bars, restaurants, great food that locals go to. Moretti's Pizza, Curaugh(Irish bar w/food), You could take the train from downtown to Edison Park. Ball Games are a lot of locals - even the bars around Wrigley Field are many locals. How about DePaul area or the area around Loyola Lakeshore campus or UIC area. Good Luck..