shedd aquarium: Ok so the girlfriend and i went to Chicago in June for a few days. It was the first time either of us had spent any time in Chicago itself. Booked a room at the Wyndham Chicago because we wanted to be close to the Magnificent Mile. Problem was i booked a king room through Expedia which they were out of when we got there. We had a choice of two doubles or upgrading to a corner suite for about $130 more (which we did). It was my first time using online booking and i was told it only guarantees you the best available at the time. The hotel was nice but pricey even with a discount. We went to the Shedd Aquarium, The Adler Planetarium, The Field Museum, Navy Pier, Lincoln Park Zoo and walked along Lake Shore Drive. We ate at Portillo's (great Chicago dogs), Mr Beefs.Giardanos and Smoquees BBQ (which was awesome). We also ate at Ed Debvnick's which was highly over priced and not worth the time money or effort to get there. We are already planning another visit. So with knowing all that my question or questions are this. What else should we see in Chicago? Gf won't go to Hancock building because she is afraid of heights. We do plan on going to the Brookfield Zoo also. Is there anything to see in Chian town? Any romantic spots to go to? We do not plan on staying at teh Wyndham again to save money we thought maybe the Howard Johnsons on LaSalle. Any thought of wher to stay in that area? Also any other ideas on where to eat. I saw a place on the travel channel called Fat Willy's BBQ that looks good. Would love all your input on where else to go, eat and stay that we haven't already done.|||Use yelp!!! It helps so much. Here's come general nontouristy places since you've already been to a lot. Stop by Lincoln Square to get some shopping done, there's a great cheap bookstore (Ravenswood Used Books) if you're looking for a random book or the Book Cellar for newer books, icecream shop, toy shop,GREAT Mexican restaurant called Garcia's,an Italian place, a cooking shop, a movie theater, and so much more! If you go check out the Urban Thrift Store by the Brain Store (go there too!) Ok actually. Check out Lincoln Square, I forgot how much I love the stores there. Old town is also really nice and there's a nice Italian place there. A nice place, pricey stores but I like to walk around there. Bucktown has GREAT shops, somewhat expensive but if you're going to shop you should stop here. For Shopping...I'd say check out Crossroads Trading Company, I like the one on Clark best but that's just me. There's also Threadless, it started in Chicago so you can get the t-shirts here without paying for shipping and handling. A hint; Go to the warehouse, you can buy them there and you can chose from the whole selection they have online not just what they have at their store location. Google maps these locations to see how far apart they are and far you are willing to travel. Also! Check out yelp.com, you can check reviews for places and probably find a lot more places then I listed. I feel like I'm missing so many! PS- If you wanna go see a movie, the theaters downtown have really nice seats but are so far unless you're already downtown. I'd recommend Webster's Theatre, it's by a Barnes&Nobles. Or Muvico in Rosemont (not really Chicago but it's a great place) PPS- Use yelp!! Especially for finding restaurants.|||Hyde Park go to the science museum afterwards walk straight up 57th or over and up 55th street to have many delicious restaurants to choose from Brookfield zoo is awesome even though it is kinda far out. Definitely worth it though. Chinatown has good restaurants but not much to see per se.|||this is a setup for an ad above me. no one can eat that much junk food in one day. neither screen name has many points, as they have just been created recently to place setups and ads here.