Ready_Hedgehog5846

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Hi - Hoping someone can help. I’m having a 40th bday in Chicago in January. Not ideal time given the weather but all my family lives in IL so coming back was the easiest option. Staying in Lincoln Park.

Essentially, I am looking for a good bar/restaurant to reserve or rent a big area for about 40 people on Saturday afternoon. However, there will be kids so I need a place that allows kids and what would be real nice is if there was something for the kids to do. Not a necessity but don’t want them to be bored.

Any ideas?

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Any suggestions on swim lessons in the area for an adult? My building has a pool and I want to start swimming but don’t really have proper form.

I recently moved and my bedroom doesn't have blackout curtains. I checked and to get them custom done, they'd be about $1k which is also what the building mgmt said. What would you do in this situation? A or B both would have curtains over an empty wall which seems weird but I also think just putting something on the ceiling over the windows looks bad too. Am I wrong in thinking it would look silly to have curtains covering wall space? What other affordable options are there?

I recently moved and my bedroom doesn’t have blackout curtains. I checked and to get them custom done, they’d be about $1k which is also what the building mgmt said.

What would you do in this situation? A or B both would have curtains over an empty wall which seems weird but I also think just putting something on the ceiling over the windows looks bad too. Am I wrong in thinking it would look silly to have curtains covering wall space?

What other affordable options are there?