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A Walk Down Devon Avenue

While many of you may be considering a trip to America, how many of you have considered the city of Chicago? Buying campervans for sale and cruising around the desert is fine, but if you want a bit of city culture then it has to be Chicago.
Chicago is known for its ethnic neighbourhoods and some are more accessible to visitors than others. Chicago’s Devon Avenue stretches from Sheridan Road, close to the lakefront on the east and goes through several cultural revolutions until it ends at the city’s border with Lincolnwood in the west.
Getting to the heart of Devon Avenue can be a bit tricky on public transportation, there is a bus that runs the length of Devon Avenue which you can catch outside the Loyola University red line station, or you can enjoy the slow route along Western Avenue, one of the longest continuous street within the city of Chicago, and take the bus to the corner of Western and Devon, turn east for Northern India and west for Southern. East of Western Avenue, the shops and eateries are predominantly Muslim and influenced by the northern section of the Indian sub continent and Pakistan. Here on Oakland Street you find Hema’s Kitchen 2439 West Devon Avenue which has become a special favourite of diners visiting Devon Avenue not only because of the delicious food, but the warm and welcoming atmosphere.
West of Western is Gandhi Marg where you will find larger South Asian retail grocers like Patel Brothers 2610 West Devon Avenue mix with sweet and snack shops, sari palaces and some classic South Indian Vegetarian restaurants. At Mysore Woodlands 2548 W. Devon for 14.99 you can get the Royal Family Dosa which is the size of a small child! As Devon approaches the edge of the city on the west you find Chicago’s Orthodox Jewish Community with several Synagogues, Rosenblum’s World of Judaica 2906 W. Devon Avenue and the Tel Aviv Kosher Bakery.Walking the length of Devon Avenue you will the world’s major religions living, eating, and shopping side by side.

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Chicago Summer Dance

Summer time in Chicago is chock full of amazing fun and free activities. Tourists and locals alike take place of the most amazing outdoor dance school in the world. From June 17th to August 29th, four nights a week, the people of the City of Chicago gather at 601 S. Michigan Avenue in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park.

Thursdays through Saturdays the program starts at 6 pm (Sundays at 4 pm) and continues to 9:30 pm (Sundays 7 pm) you don’t want to miss the first hour because this will make your Chicago experience. The evening starts with a free dance lesson. The instructors are kind, funny and open, and will help those who have come alone or with an unwilling partner to pair up with somebody for the experience. My first time, I learned how to do a Puerto Rican Merengue with a 65 year old Mexican Granny who was barely over 4 and a half feet tall!. Some of the all time favourites include Bhangra, Salsa, Klezmer, Polka, Tango, and Balkan Circle Dances.

There are refreshment stands on site selling alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks and a variety of food. You can’t bring in outside drinks, but, there is the most amazing display of picnic gourmet that you have ever seen taking place across the park and a stall selling <a href="http://www.ortak.co.uk/contemporary.asp”>contemporary designer jewellery. Let yourself be inspired and visit some of Chicago’s amazing ethnic supermarkets to create an picnic feast for yourself! For a Salsa night why not visit the Pilsen neighbourhood http://www.pilsenportal.org/index.html and buy supplies of tamales, fresh fruit, warm tortillas, salsa, avocado and cheese from one of the traditional Mexican Grocery Stores. Or go further north to Devon Avenue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Avenue_(Chicago) the heart of Chicago’s South Asian Community to pick a samosas, pakoras, and other Indian snacks and sweets to go with a Bhangra lesson. Summer Dance is a great way to have fun and get to know the real Chicago.

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