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Welcome to the North Shore's newest restaurant, bakery and specialty food store. The retail section proffers gourmet salads, bakery goods and European imports. In the separate dining room, you'll find fresh seafood, pastas, steaks, salads and more.
CITY: Glenview
Zhivago is a restaurant and ballroom with a beautiful atmosphere and excellent food. Featuring European-American cuisine with a Russian twist.
CITY: Skokie
One of Chicagoland's best Mexican restaurants. Favorite dishes include made-to-order guacamole and unique fajitas which are served sizzling hot in lava stone molcajetes. Featuring a wide variety of meat and seafood dishes in both traditional and modern Mexican preparations, alongside a seemingly endless list of tequilas to be enjoyed by themselves or in a fresh squeezed margarita.
CITY: Northbrook
Yolo's Mexican Eatery
Family owned and operated Mexican eatery located in Downtown Skokie. Yolo offers a remarkable eating experience and an eclectic menu that changes often and caters to a wide variety of tastes. Traditional Mexican food at its finest. "An absolute gem" rave reviewers on Yelp.
CITY: Skokie
Yolo Mexican Eatery
Family owned and operated Yolo offers a menu that changes often and caters to a wide variety of tastes. Traditional Mexican food at its finest and a recent Bib Gourmand 2014 winner.
CITY: Skokie
Winnetka Wine Shop
Providing fine wines and craft beers for the North Shore. Every wine and beer is hand selected and taste tested before they are placed on our shelf. Stop in to select a bottle to take home or enjoy a glass in the café.
CITY: Winnetka
Wine & Roses Restaurant
Accommodates 260 between a sports bar and formal dining room. Specializes in meat.
CITY: Algonquin
Most dishes are prepared over a wood fire, specializing in steak, chops and seafood. The open kitchen provides a front-row view of the chefs as they work the wood-burning oven and rotisserie and flip steaks on a blazing grill. Customer favorites include baby-back ribs, horseradish-crusted filet, spit-roasted herb chicken and roasted prime rib.
CITY: Glenview
Wildberry specializes in gourmet breakfasts, fresh-baked breads, panini sandwiches and much more. Our well-trained staff is devoted to you and always ready to help you out with anything you might need.
CITY: Libertyville
Weber Grill of Wheeling
There's an American History here, one you can feel, enjoy and most importantly, taste. Sparked by the invention of the Weber kettle in 1952 and fueled by a desire for great grilled food, this expertise is recreated everyday.
CITY: Wheeling
Walker Brothers Original Pancake House
Dig into an oven-baked apple pancake at this popular breakfast spot in north suburban Wilmette, where scenes from Ordinary People were shot.
CITY: Wilmette
Wa Paghetti's Pizza
Homemade pizza and pasta.
CITY: Wheeling
Viper Alley
Viper Alley is the hottest private event venue. With only booking one event at a time, guests receive 100% of the staff's time and attention. If unique is your preference Viper Alley's industrial-chic atmosphere and vibe will exceed all expectations. The Chef's beautifully-prepared and delicious cuisine includes everything from appetizers and gourmet pizzas to beef tenderloin. Viper Alley can meet any A/V need with our state-of-the-art, concert quality equipment, including 20 LCD screens. Add value by choosing Viper Alley that offers complimentary boutique bowling, a stage, entertainment coordination (if desired), parking, security, furniture and linen.
CITY: Lincolnshire
Village Inn Pizzeria Glenview
The best pizza on the North Shore is now available in Glenview. Carry-out, delivery and dine-in available. B.Y.O.B
CITY: Northbrook
Vigneto del Bino Winery
Vigneto del Bino Winery is a boutique winery specializing in "Wines grown from local Vines". The winery sits on one acre of a 10 acre property surrounded by 2,300 grapevines. Vigneto del Bino specializes in producing unique wines from grapevines that grow here in Illinois. The winery building encompasses the manufacturing of the wines, a tasting room and gift shop. Relax and shop for gift items; while sampling our crisp and refreshing wine selection.
CITY: Antioch
Valentino Vineyards & Winery
You don't have to take a trip to California to see a beautiful vineyard. Taste award winning wines, tour the vineyard, group and private events with food and wine, weddings, corporate events and more.
CITY: Long Grove
Uno Chicago Bar and Grill
Welcome to the restaurant that developed deep dish pizza! Uno's continues to be about amazing flavor and wonderful menus that have the right balance between indulgent treats and delicious and nutritious choices.
CITY: Gurnee
Tub Tim Thai Restaurant
A family-owned establishment with charm and coziness and very helpful waitstaff. Located in charming downtown Skokie, a trip to Tim Tub Thai offers an adventure of authentic Thai dining at its finest. The menu offers the usual Thai fare--Pad Thai, Tom Yum soup, beef salad -- all the standard Thai fare done superbly with other unique specialties.
CITY: Skokie
Timothy O'Toole's Pub
Full service restaurant/bar open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Weekend brunch from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.. Famous for our award-winning wings, burgers, fish and chips, 19 beers on tap, Guinness black list and much more! 24 high definition flat screens LCDs to watch the game, live entertainment, Karaoke Wednesdays, and kids eat free Tuesdays with a balloon artist!
CITY: Gurnee
Three Oaks Lodge
Located inside the Holiday Inn hotel with fabulous views of the water, serves Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. This is a casual dining experience featuring American cuisine, Friday night fish frys, Sunday champagne brunch and other specials.
CITY: Crystal Lake
The Vine Martini & Wine Bar
The Vine first started out as a small tapas bar and within two years had expanded their bar and restaurant into a full operation that continues to focus on using fresh and local ingredients and features over 75 cocktails. Everything, from food to drinks, is made in-house and prepared to order. We hope you enjoy your time at The Vine as much as we enjoy having you here.
CITY: Grayslake
The Village Tavern of Long Grove
The Village Tavern has been in continuous operation since 1849. This family-owned restaurant, in classic road house style, has been a favorite "watering hole" for generations. A spacious dining room and antique bar area preserve the establishment's rustic authenticity. Especially popular is the massive 35-foot mahogany bar, which survived Chicago's "Great McCormick Place Fire" in the 1960's. The warm and friendly "pub" atmosphere of this classic restaurant attracts locals and tourists alike. There is live entertainment six nights a week. Known for our great steaks, 1/2 lb. Angus beef hamburgers, hearty sandwiches, and fish fry.
CITY: Long Grove
The Village Inn Sports Bar and Grill
The best pizza on the North Shore. Casual atmosphere offering pizza, ribs, pasta, chicken and more. 36 satellie TV's with 3 big screens. Full menu available for pick up or delivery. Pool table, darts, trivia and more.
CITY: Skokie
The Texan Barbeque
Open for breakfast Saturday and Sunday. Tender barbeque sandwiches cooked a variety of ways.
CITY: Algonquin
The Shanty
The Shanty located in Wadsworth is a place that once discovered, you always go back. With its comfortable rustic atmosphere and friendly service, this truly is the place where quality food meets a fair price. With a great staff that makes patrons feel right at home, it may be the only restaurant in the area where the customers run the show.
CITY: Wadsworth
The People's Family Fun Center of Waukegan
The Fun Center consists of a 43,000 sq. ft. Entertainment Facility containing over 150 redemption and arcade games, a Redemption Area with over 1,000 items from which to choose, Rocky's Pizzeria, a food court, Hershey's® Ice Cream Shoppe, a main party area with a 12 ft. movie screen that can host multiple parties or field trips, three private party rooms for birthdays, showers, meetings or any occasion and Rocky's Fun House Miniature Golf. This is an indoor 18-hole, glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course with a combination fun house, circus, and midway theme. The arcade area also has Animaland, where children and adults alike can stuff and make a unique furry friend. Packages available for birthday parties, field trips and other special events. Visit the website for monthly specials and weekly specials.
CITY: Waukegan
The Nut and Candy House
Many kinds of fresh roasted and raw nuts. Chocolates, chocolate covered nuts, yogurt covered items, snack mixes and assorted candies. Bulk, bagged or gift packed items. Open daily.
CITY: Wauconda
The Noodle Cafe of Wilmette
Restaurant specializes in fresh pasta and seafood.
CITY: Wilmette
The Harbour Club
Restaurant and Lounge located right on Bluff Lake in the Chain O'Lakes. Outside dining, tiki bar and boat docking.
CITY: Antioch
The Grand Station Restaurant & Cocktails
This grand gathering place dishes up classic American comfort food complemented by a selection of grand desserts. The Grand Station, where comfort abounds in grand proportions.
CITY: Arlington Heights
The Glen Town Center
This perfectly-planned town offers beautiful shop and restaurant-lined streets—just like a European town. A 10-screen movie theater, shops including Von Maur, Hot Mama and Dick's Sporting Goods as well as restaurants unique to the North Shore including RA Sushi, Jameson's Charhouse and Ted's Montana Grill. The Glen Town Center is also home to the Kohl Children's Museum, a leading institution for hands-on, interactive learning.
CITY: Glenview
The Curragh Irish Pub
A traditional Irish Pub in Downtown Skokie serving time-honored traditional Irish fare including Guinness Fish & Chips, Corned Beef & Cabbage and Shepherd's Pie just to name a few as well as pub favorites such as hamburgers and sandwiches. Smaller Pub Bites include the Hummus & Crispy Pita Plate, Spinach & Artichoke Dip and Chicken Quesadillas. Watch a game on their large TVs or enjoy a meal and a drink on the outdoor patio.
CITY: Skokie
The Crazy Toucan Margarita Grille
Like most any restaurant you'll find in the tropics, The Crazy Toucan specializes in refreshing tropical drinks for all ages! Located in the KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort, the ambiance is sheer island fun and includes crazy and colorful décor, classic beach music, huge plasma TVs, and everything from Jerk Chicken Salad and Pulled Pork Sandwiches to Toukie's Fresh Catch the Day. A fun gathering place where great food and good fun are the special of the day, every day. Enjoy a refreshing tropical drink with or without the kick.
CITY: Gurnee
The Cheesecake Factory - Old Orchard Shopping Center
The Cheesecake Factory serves much more than cheesecake. It is a unique restaurant offering over 200 menu items.
CITY: Skokie
The Cary Coffee Station
Stop by and enjoy our casual atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner, delivery available. We have burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches, salads, soups, desserts and more.
CITY: Cary
The Bagel Restaurant and Deli
Come in and enjoy matzo ball soup or lox and bagels at this delicious restaurant and deli located in Old Orchard.
CITY: Skokie
The Algonquin Sub Shop
Located in Algonquin, Illinois, Algonquin Sub Shop serves the very best gourmet subs in the Chicago area. Fans come from all over the state to get a legendary sub prepared by the friendliest crew around. Relax at our establishment and enjoy everything from subs to homemade soups to our big deserts!
CITY: Algonquin
Terrace Restaurant
Full service restaurant located on Wilmette Golf Course.
CITY: Wilmette
Ted's Montana Grill
Featuring made-from-scratch dishes including certified Angus Beef bison, chicken and seafood. At Ted's Montana Grill, authentic is something you'll experience. It's also something you'll taste. No frozen pouches. No shortcuts. American favorites made 100% fresh, hand-prepared and served with pride.
CITY: Glenview
Tavern '45
A tavern with a modern twist. Crafted menu around distinctive American pub fare with a focus on unique, quality ingredients. A drink menu with an extra emphasis on local craft beer and an atmosphere to enjoy the company of those around you. Outdoor patio also available.
CITY: Buffalo Grove
Tatami Sushi
Whether you seek familiar sushi preparations, traditional Japanese cooking or unique and innovative contemporary cuisine that blends Asian and Western cooking styles, their seasonal cuisine, comfortable décor and knowledgeable service will provide you and your guests a dining experience that is both entirely satisfying and highly memorable. Come experience the creativity of urban Japanese cuisine in a soothing ambience by the day and upbeat atmosphere by night. Although sushi is their forte, there are plenty of cooked entrees and appetizers from the kitchen.
CITY: Glenview
Swirlcup is home to self-serve, premium frozen yogurt and homemade cupcakes as well as an assortment of freshly-baked goods. Combining both healthy fares and indulgent treats, Swirlcup features a wide variety of options to enjoy. We offer a daily rotating frozen yogurt flavor selection along with an assortment of over 40 delicious toppings like fresh fruit and berries, classic and unique candies, granola, cereal and nuts. Great for parties, group sweet stops and shopping trips! We are located right next to Viper Alley and Regal Cinemas!
CITY: Lincolnshire
Sweety Pies Bakery
A family-owned operation since 2007, Sweety Pies is a bakery, cakery and cafe serving up delicious handmade goodies in he heart of downtown Skokie. Featured are family favorites such as buttery cinnamon rolls, scones, croissant, quiche and famous pies. Specializing in custom cakes, cupcakes and old-fashioned handmade desserts. Also serving omelets, sandwiches and homemade soups.
CITY: Skokie
Sweet Tomatoes - Waukegan
Sweet Tomatoes features an everyday selection of made-from-scratch soups and salads and hand-crafted muffins, focaccias, breads and desserts. And for a nutritious start to the day, a special Sunday Breakfast features handcrafted breakfast specialties.
CITY: Waukegan
Sundance Saloon
This multi-use country/western establishment provides a unique experience for those who like to dance and have fun, while also providing services and catering for businesses, conventions, meetings and special events.
CITY: Waukegan
Sullivan's Steakhouse of Lincolnshire
A vibrant neighborhood American Steakhouse featuring the finest steaks, seafood, hand-shaken martinis and live music. With 20 locations across the U.S., we offer comfortable fine dining in a lively atmosphere. Whether it's for business, pleasure or both, we look forward to quickly becoming your favorite local steakhouse.
CITY: Lincolnshire
Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill
Savor freshly prepared Asian dishes featuring the bold and delicious flavors of Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese food. The highly-acclaimed menu offers more than 50 dishes ranging from traditional Chinese favorites to innovative specialties from across Asia. Features over 35 great wines by the glass or bottle.
CITY: Northbrook
Siunik Armenian Grill
With passion for healthy, fresh and authentic Armenian cuisine, Siunik serves hummas, kabobs and Armenian tabuli like no other.
CITY: Skokie
Silo Restaurant
The Silo has been a landmark on the North Shore for over 32 years, serving famous Pan Pizza. Award winning chili, appetizers, salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, dinner entrees, and a full service bar compliment our menu. The Silo seats customers on two different levels! We also provide a complete carryout menu. The Silo is an independently owned and operated family restaurant. Plan your next party or catering event at The Silo.
CITY: Lake Bluff
Shallots Bistro
Innovative, upscale Bistro cuisine featuring aged steaks, chops and wild fishes. Intimate elegant dining room - perfect for romance or business. Highly acclaimed cuisine with desserts, full bar with whimsical martinis, international beers and wines.
CITY: Skokie
Shakou Sushi
Modern Japanese Cuisine Restaurant offering gorgeous decor in the venue and fresh and delicious items on the menu. Shakou features city caliber cuisine in a city caliber venue with city caliber service.
CITY: Libertyville
Seasons of Long Grove
Located in historic Long Grove. Transforms from a restaurant by day to an exclusive banquet facility in the evening. Capturing the beauty of each season by changing both our interior and exterior décor is our specialty. Afternoon tea on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm by reservation only. Tours available weekdays by appointment only. Bus groups, tours and private parties available weekdays by appointment only. Seasons of Long Grove has a lunch menu, champagne brunch menu, carry out/bakery menu and a private party menu.
CITY: Long Grove
Savanna House Restaurant
Savanna House takes its name from the lush green forest preserve it is located in front of, in the beautiful town of Wadsworth, Illinois. Our restaurant promotes an eco-friendly environment, and has recently undergone a massive remodeling to better serve our customers. Take a look at our decadent menu and wide selection of drinks and daily specials including fish fry on Fridays and prime rib on Saturdays.
CITY: Wadsworth
Sander's Family Restaurant & Pancake House
Come in to Sander's and enjoy a variety of menu items. A great place for American food.
CITY: Skokie
Salutos Pizza & Pasta
Salutos, a favorite Italian restaurant in Gurnee draws residents from various local communities. Owners Bob and Melody Bode recently renovated and enlarged Salutos to better accommodate patrons. The restaurant features a two-story bar, a large dining room.
CITY: Gurnee
Saluto's Pizza & Pasta
Saluto's, a favorite Italian restaurant in Gurnee features a two-story bar, a large dining room with booths and a private banquet meeting room. Famous for their homemade pasta and the "secret recipe" salad dressing, Saluto's has been a hit in northern Lake County since 1990. This full service restaurant's claim to fame is the pizza, pasta and the courteous service. From their delectable appetizers like Artichoke Heart Fondue, Toasted Ravioli and so much more; to their homemade sauces and pastas; to their pizza, either thin, pan or stuffed, everyone will find something to enjoy on their menu. Very family oriented, Saluto's also offers a children's menu for the smaller guests.
CITY: Gurnee
Salsa 17
A taste adventure in authentic Mexican cuisine featuring fresh seafood, specialty Mole sauces and guacamole prepared tableside. Full-service Tequila and Margarita bar, live Mariachi music Wednesdays and special Tequila dinners.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Saddle Ridge Restaurant & Banquets
A full service restaurant offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, including steaks, chops, Italian dishes, prime rib, daily specials and the best Sunday Brunch in Lake County. Also offering a Friday Night Fish Fry and Thursday Night Southern Style Catfish Fiddlers. An ideal place for business meetings, conferences, or family get-togethers that is sure to please everyone! The outstanding ballroom has been accommodating brides, private parties, corporate and business people for over 25 years.
CITY: Waukegan
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse - Northbrook
The home of serious steaks can be found in Northbrook. From the U.S. Prime steaks, broiled to perfection at 1800 degrees, to the expertly executed seafood, New Orleans-inspired appetizers, unforgettable desserts and award winning wine list, this is a steakhouse to which others aspire.
CITY: Northbrook
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Featuring USDA Prime Steaks, Lobster, Fresh Fish & Seafood, and Select Creole Specialities. Award Winning Wine List. Private Dining Available.
CITY: South Barrington
Ruby of Siam
At Ruby of Siam we serve authentic Thai dishes prepared from fresh ingredients and cooked to order.
CITY: Skokie
Rooks Corner
A Modern American Bistro where classic cuisine meets the flavors of the American market with a menu reflecting the changing seasons and a focus on the simplicity of fine ingredients. Rooks Corner is our interpretation of the new generation of bistros which offers creative cuisine in a casual, comfortable and contemporary setting. The eclectic, modern feel of the restaurant makes it the "place to be." Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Next to a hotel.
CITY: Northbrook
Rocky Vanders Cafe and Bar
American food including pizza, 25 wide screen TVs, live entertainment, 9500 square feet of party rooms. Many food and drink specials.
CITY: Prospect Heights
Offering in-house dining as well as delivery services.
CITY: Algonquin
Ridgeview Restaurant
The Ridgeview Grill is a family friendly neighborhood restaurant serving home made American comfort favorites. We are open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our Breakfast – Lunch Menu is available until 4 p.m. and includes Eggs, Omelets, Benedicts, Pancakes, Waffles, and Crepes. Our Dinner Menu Starts at 4p.m. and includes salads, sandwiches, burgers, pastas, steaks, chops, and fresh fish. The entire menu is available for carry out and ready to pick up in under 20 minutes! Dinning in or Carry Out, our friendly staff are always here to serve you. Good beer and wine selection. Kids' menu too.
CITY: Wilmette
Restaurant Michael
Experience a culinary adventure of classic haute cuisine presented in a unique and contemporary design with a French country flair. Chef Michael Lachowicz, named a Chef of the Year for by the International Wine and Food Society of Chicago. The recipient of stellar reviews by Chicago Magazine, North Shore Magazine, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times just to name a few, Restaurant Michael brings the best of Chicago dining to the Chicago's North Shore community of Winnetka.
CITY: Winnetka
Red's Steak and BBQ
With awesome appetizers, pizza, super stuffed burgers, steaks, ribs, seafood and more, you'll never leave here hungry. Full bar service with a wide range of mixed drinks and locally brewed craft beers. Red's is home to the Annual Stateline Blues festival held each fall in September.
CITY: Richmond
Red Robin Restaurant
Home of the smiling burger.
CITY: Algonquin
Real Urban BBQ
Fast service barbecue in a casual atmosphere is the goal at Real Urban Barbecue. Counter service leads you through the ordering process where you choose your meats, sides, drinks and desserts. Meals can be enjoyed at one of the many available tables or carried out. Real Urban Barbecue offers family-style meals for carryout as well as special holidays orders for things like a Smoked Thanksgiving turkey. All meats are cooked on two smokers that are environmentally friendly and can smoke up to 600 pounds of meat a day. There is something for everyone to enjoy at Real Urban BBQ.
CITY: Highland Park
Rainforest Cafe - Gurnee
Rainforest Cafe is a wild place to eat and shop. The most realistic indoor rainforest created with amazingly lush surroundings, cascading waterfalls, giant fish aquariums and more.
CITY: Gurnee
RA Sushi
The stylishly-edgy sushi bar and restaurant is located at The Glen Town Center in the heart of Glenview. RA Sushi, an unconventional dining concept, blending fresh sushi, hip music and contemporary décor all rolled up into one flavorful experience.
CITY: Glenview
Port of Blarney
Port Of Blarney has been a Chain 'O Lakes tradition for over 30 years. Known for its festive ambiance. Our Key West Room is the perfect location for your event and accommodates up to 175 guests. The décor takes you on a journey to the islands, complete with piers, boats, palm trees and magnificent murals. The event coordinator will work with you to create the meal of your desires or, choose from our enormous selection of perennial favorites. Live entertainment, daily drink specials, party packages, bags tournaments, Blarney merchandise, and shuttle rides to Blarney Island May-September. Our menu is complete with appetizers, sandwiches and refreshing salads. During the season, you can enjoy the use of our spectacular waterfront patio, overlooking a tributary leading to the Fox River and Grass Lake & home of the world's most famous boating bar.
CITY: Antioch
Port Edward Restaurant
One of Mid-America's most unusual restaurants. World-class chef. Real windmill you can eat in. Sail boat you can eat in also. Fresh seafood.
CITY: Algonquin
Port Edward Restaurant
You will enjoy this Fox River setting and the unusual building that Port Edward occupies. This is what a landmark AAA Motor Club calls one of Mid America's "Most Unusual Restaurants." Besides it's reputation for fine dining, Port Edward is also one of the finest nautical museums in the Midwest.
CITY: Algonquin
Pizano's Pizza and Pasta
Featuring full-service bar, Pizano's also has 18 high definition televisions for your sports viewing pleasure. Voted top 10 pizza in the U.S. by USA Today and #1 thin-crust pizza by the Oprah Winfrey Show.
CITY: Glenview
Pinstripes Bowling, Bocce & Bistro
Pinstripes features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate sophisticated fun in our warm and inviting 45,000 square foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with eighteen bowling lanes, six bocce courts, exceptional Italian-American bistro and wine cellar, outdoor patio and fireplace and beautifully appointed event and party rooms that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
CITY: Northbrook
Offering a distinctive entertainment and dining venue, Pinstripes celebrates 'sophisticated fun' in its warm and inviting 45,000 square foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with eighteen bowling lanes, six bocce courts, exceptional Italian-American bistro and wine cellar, outdoor patio and fireplace and beautifully appointed event and party rooms.
CITY: Northbrook
Features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate "sophisticated fun" in our warm and inviting 45,000 square foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with 20 bowling lanes and 10 bocce courts, exceptional Italian-American bistro with wine cellar, outdoor patio, fireplace, and beautifully appointed event and party room that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
CITY: South Barrington
Peggy Kinnane's Irish Restaurant and Pub
Authentic Irish Pub in the northwest suburbs. The attention to detail has paid off both in its decor and its delicious fare. Enjoy many Irish favorites and live entertainment on the weekends.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Pat's Place
Pat's Place is a traditional diner in every sense with traditional home cooking, great prices and of course friendly service. Newly remodeled.
CITY: Skokie
Parkway by the Lake Banquets
For many years we have provided the best in wedding receptions at an affordable price. We take great pride in offering the best in service, the most picturesque setting for ceremony and reception, a huge dance floor and food to rave about for months after the event.
CITY: Ingleside
Paradise Pup
At Paradise Pup. in Des Plaines, the "big mess of a burger" is traditional Chicago fast food the way it should be. Folks line up outside the 800-square-foot joint for the one-and-only Char Cheddar burger. As for the Italian beef sandwich, it's "oh, so good."
CITY: Des Plaines
Pancetta Regional Kitchen + Bar
Italian-inspired flavors and style-forward design are the core elements that went into creating Pancetta. The menu tempts a wide range of palates with top quality ingredients and thoughtfully prepared dishes served in a sleek yet casual space. Favorites include the spinach salad dressed with signature "naughty" pancetta dressing and the Gigli Pasta with grilled flaked salmon and melted leeks in a light gorgonzola cream sauce. Call and ask about live music performances in our intimate lounge...complete with handcrafted cocktails, creative bar bites and full dinner.
CITY: Northbrook
Outback Steakhouse - Skokie
Come in and enjoy great food from teh Australian outback! It's delicious!
CITY: Skokie
Oregano's Corner Café
Oregano's serves Italian comfort food, using the same old country recipes passed down for over 100 years - one generation to the next. Only the freshest ingredients available are used, and of course, each dish is prepared the old fashioned way - from scratch order by order, so it does take just a little longer to serve you. Come hungry, enjoy, take home what you don't finish and leave happy!
CITY: Hawthorn Woods
Old Country Buffet Arlington Heights
Help yourself to a wide variety of choices for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And don't forget dessert! Try something new and stick with your favorites, all in the same visit. At Old Country Buffet, there's always something delicious waiting for you.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Old Country Buffet - Vernon Hills
Homestyle buffet serving a variety of different foods daily.
CITY: Vernon Hills
Oberweis Dairy and Ice Cream Store
Oberweis is an old fashioned family ice cream parlor and dairy store. You can taste the difference in Oberweis milk, ice cream, cheeses, yogurts, cakes and pies. Dine in or take home and enjoy ice cream treats from the fountain menu for the entire family made from our super premium ice cream. Also enjoy the world famous shakes, malts, sundaes, smoothies, coffee drinks and more.
CITY: Gurnee
North Shore Distillery
Visit the first craft distillery in Illinois, where award-winning vodkas, gins, liqueurs and more are handcrafted. See the still and learn how spirits are made in a truly unique setting. Tasting room is open on Fridays from 4 to 8 and Saturdays from 1 to 6. Distillery tours are offered on Fridays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 and 4 p.m.
CITY: Lake Bluff
Noodles & Company - Crystal Lake
Inspired by dishes from around the world, our Chef has prepared a menu of fresh cuisine, sautéed and grilled. Through fresh preparation of the finest ingredients we give you dishes you'll love eating as much as we love making.
CITY: Crystal Lake
Nick's Pizza and Pub
Our dedicated family provides this community an unforgettable place to connect with your family and friends, to have fun, and to feel at home. Menu includes pizza, soup, salad, sandwiches, and beer.
CITY: Crystal Lake
Nick's Fishmarket - Deerfield
Nick's Fishmarket is a Chicago culinary landmark famous for serving the freshest seafood, premium dry-aged steaks and finest award winning wines for over 30 years. Our location in Deerfield stands for being one of the best destinations for a fine dining
CITY: Deerfield
Morton's The Steakhouse
Morton's, the Steakhouse has been synonymous with The Best Steak anywhere for over 30 years. While USDA prime-aged beef is Morton's claim to fame, there's more to savor: succulent seafood...fine wine...classic cocktails...decadent desserts...the best of everything.
CITY: Northbrook
Mitchell's Fish Market
The menu is printed twice daily to ensure the absolute freshest seafood. Open for lunch and dinner daily and feature patio and private dinning. Mitchell's Fish Market - fish any fresher would still be in the ocean!
CITY: Glenview
Miller's Dog N Suds Drive-in
Original 50's style drive-in restaurant with car hops serving frosted mugs of Homemade root beer, root beer floats, Coney Dogs & Texasburgers on a tray at your car or enjoy our picnic area. The menu also contains delicious shakes and malts made to order. We feature summer Classic Car Cruise-Ins every Saturday. Check our web site for information and calendar of events.
CITY: Ingleside
Miller's 50's Style Drive-In
Original 50's style drive-in restaurant with car hops serving frosted mugs of Homemade Root Beer, Root Beer Floats, Coney Dogs & Texasburgers on a tray at your car or enjoy our picnic area. We feature summer Classic Car Cruise-Ins every Saturday. Check ou
CITY: Ingleside


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Babies are apparently the new threat to the Constitution.
The 14th Amendment isn't one most of us think a lot about. The First Amendment gets a lot of play for free speech and religion reasons. The right loves the Second Amendment because it deals with their beloved guns. And we're all familiar from our favorite cop shows with the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.
But I'm betting that until recently, most Americans weren't focused on the 14th Amendment. Some know it relates to the crazy notions of due process and equal protection (yes, I did enjoy my Con Law class in law school). But now the conservative right thinks it's found a way to strip those pesky "anchor babies" -- children born in the U.S. to non-U.S. citizens -- of their Constitutional right to American citizenship.
On its face, some think that's a good idea to get a better handle on immigration issues. I say it's just racism in disguise.
Section One of the 14th Amendment was passed to ensure that all slaves (read: black people) were granted citizenship after the Civil War, and states:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
It was necessary to amend the Constitution to create and protect people of a particular skin color. Now, while no one is talking specifically about race, it's clear that the movement to change the 14th Amendment is about people who come in all shades of brown.
The good news for millions of children is that the Constitution can't be changed just by passing a law or the whim of a few powerful lawmakers. (The Founding Fathers knew what they were doing on that front.) The whole constitutional amendment process is difficult at best even when there's popular support. Exhibit A on that front is what happened to the extremely popular Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.
But many on the right claim that the word "all" in the 14th Amendment's language doesn't really mean "all" and that it should be "interpreted" to mean only those who are born to people who are here legally. I know sometimes we like to debate the meaning of simple words like "is" and "all," but is this argument really coming from the same bunch of people who lecture us at every turn that the Constitution must, MUST they say, be read and enforced only by the plain language of the document and not someone's interpretation?
Attention conservatives -- you can't have it both ways.
While at least one Canadian mother I know hasn't been treated well when trying to cross our border, I'd be pretty shocked if people like GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader John Boehner started popular protests to keep those from Toronto or Montreal from popping into the U.S. in their eighth month of pregnancy. Nor do I foresee them dispatching border patrols to stop the reported increase in Chinese mothers coming here on pregnancy vacays to obtain citizenship for their children.
Yes, we have immigration issues in America, but let's be honest about all this. The sudden outcry of Republicans to kick out children born here to immigrants without papers is about race and class and fear. These children are already American citizens and there are those who want to strip citizenship from small children so they can feel good about kicking out whole families and say, "Hey, they were never really Americans, so no harm, no foul!"
This is about creating the illusion that the GOP has a handle on fixing our immigration system and about instilling fear among voters that if we allow brown children to stay -- Who. Were. Already. Citizens. -- their families will stay too, and then who knows what happens to our country and our economy.
As the mother of a Chinese-American daughter, don't think it doesn't send chills down my spine about who the uber-right might want to kick out next. I knew I might one day be thankful that we got our daughter's Certificate of Citizenship right after her adoption and didn't choose to just rely on her passport as evidence of being American. Because if some decide out of fear to take citizenship away from one class of children, it's not that much of a stretch to imagine a world where it could happen to the rest of us.
Those advocating it know that an amendment to the Constitution that would change the meaning of the word "all" isn't going to happen -- it's just their way of ginning up a lot of race-based and economic angst in time for the mid-term elections.
Turning brown babies into criminals? That's an interesting family value that has not-so-subtle racial overtones from the people who talk so fondly about family values.
You can read Joanne's political commentary every week here at Speaker of the House. She also likes to write about how motherhood influences her views of the world at several other sites, including her place, PunditMom.
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But the point is that there isn't any circumventing -- the language of the Constitution is clear, it says "all." It's not a law thaty can be changed or circumvented -- if a baby is born here, that baby is an American citizen and onyl a constitutional amendment can change that. That conservatives want to try for a constitutional amendment when it doesn't suit them, but insist on strict construction at other times, is clearly hypocritical.
And, yes, the GOP is clearly afraid of these babies and their families, because they are afraid they'd more likely than not vote Democratic.
@SKL, How can you argue intent? I thought conservatives wanted strict construction? If so, "all" means "all." There's so much that's happened since the Constitution was written that the Founding Fathers certainli coulnd't have imagined -- like the freeing of the slaves.
And, really, you're going to accuse babies of crimes? And, no, according to the statistics, it is not true that 's why people come -- that's an urban myth the right wing likes to perpetuate.
And I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from telling me what I think is wonderful. How about sticking to the point.
I know I can always count on Politifact --http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/aug/06/lindsey-graham/illegal-immigrants-anchor-babies-birthright/
"There's something else you don't see, Suro said. If having a baby was a significant driving factor in illegal immigration, you would expect to see a higher percentage of women of child-bearing age in the U.S. illegally compared to men of the same age. In fact, just the opposite is the case. Numbers from the Pew Hispanic Center show that in four separate age ranges between 20 and 40, undocumented men significantly outnumber undocumented women."
Lori -- you're right that their parents are illegal and committing a crime. However what you forget is the children are not at fault for their parents' poor decisions. They didn't choose to be born here, but born here they were . . . and now fall under the constitution.
As a law-abiding citizen, I understand why people are angry with illegal immigrants. I follow the laws, why can't they! However I hesitate to blame the children who are not actually breaking the law.
The thing is, as Joanne points out, the constitution doesn't say "you're a citizen if your mommy and daddy are here legally." It says you're a citizen if you were born here.
So we need to read it as it is written and accept it. Just as I have to accept that certain conservatives I wouldn't trust with a gun are legally allowed to have one because the constitution allows for it.
The constitution isn't always "fun" to follow. But we can't pick and choose.

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No cowardly cartoon dogs? What about Scooby-Doo? Or Courage the Cowardly Dog?
I'm with you on the no female cartoon dogs -- we need more who aren't Polly Purebreds.
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As a kid it used to bug me that there were no funny cartoon dogs... Snoopy is cute, but I never got the gags. So I was lured over to Garfield.
To rectify that (and to add a female cartoon dog into the mix), I've recently started drawing the cartoon adventures of www.minniethewestie.com.
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Remember this eternal question was the subject of a campfire debate in the 25 year old movie "Stand By Me"!
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Goofy is a demon from mars. But suffering from Amnesia.
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A long time ago," she said, "when I was just starting my training, they were taking us around to various facilities to show us the way various kinds of medical treatment were being implemented for people with different kinds of problems. I was"—she laughed at herself—"a pretty tough cookie, or thought I was. They showed us all frightening things—things that really upset some of the other students—and they didn't bother me. I was kind of proud of that. Then, one day, they took us to a school for people with mental disabilities. Very young children, mostly. Some of them were well enough to ride around on little trikes or say a few words. Some of them weren't that well at all. Most of them weren't. There was a big playroom, and there were children there who simply stood against the wall—one or two who couldn't be stopped from hitting the walls, so the walls, naturally, were soft. And there were a few who just stood, or sat, and looked. Looked out into space, didn't see anything, didn't hear you when you spoke to them. And it just hit me, suddenly, the waste of it all, the sheer waste. Here were children at the beginnings of their lives; they should have had everything to live for. Everything. But a misplaced gene, or a misdiagnosis in utero, or something else—in each of their cases something had gone wrong, something that not even our medicine could do anything about, not all our drugs and treatments and know-how would ever matter. Otherwise they wouldn't have been there. Calling the place a school was a dreadful misnomer, or whistling in the dark, at best. Certainly these children had committed professionals around them, doing everything possible to make them comfortable, giving them affection and good care…but it would never matter. None of it would matter." Crusher kept walking quietly. "And I broke down," she said. "I cried for almost an hour—I just couldn't stop. They had to take me away and calm me down, and for the next couple of days I would just start crying again, without warning, at the memory of that place. All my instructors were worried about me. I couldn't explain to them that it was simply because, in that pretty, sunny building I had seen the most horrible thing in the world. Human beings without the thing that makes them human, without minds. Creatures meant to be thinking beings. What's the line? 'A little less than the angels.' And there would never be anyone inside, no matter what we did.
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This was really hard to write. The pain from this one felt far too intense and personal, largely because I trusted this author not to do this to me. But also because I've heard so many people tell me, or people around me, this story. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry and never stop (for very different reasons), so I just avoided writing this for a long time.
This was written by an author who wrote a series where rocks and air and trains and everything in the world is sentient. I've read pretty much everything she's ever written. And nothing prepared me for this. It was like being punched in the stomach out of nowhere by my best friend. It took me a long time to look up the quote again because it hurt more than any of my other quotes have ever hurt me. I let my guard down and this is what I got.
I want to be able to tell you all the wrong assumptions in there, like assuming that lack of response is lack of sensory input is lack of conventional thinking is lack of thinking is lack of humanity. But every time I have to concentrate on what was said I start to cry. And I'm sure I'm crying much worse than this character ever did.
I want it to be just the character but it's not. Having read all her books I know it's a pattern. This book is the worst. But all the parts, from the huge ones like this to the throwaway lines, hint at her knowledge of cognitive and developmental disabilities being heavily tainted by prejudice.
And I've heard stories like this before many times from medical professionals. And she was a psych nurse so I know at minimum she's heard them at the most — I hope not — she's gotten this out of her own experiences. Something about this feels deeply personal — if not to her then to someone. Nobody can make up this experience in this degree of detail from nowhere. And I've never seen her get any kind of developmental disability right, ever.
Dr. Crusher's speech here is only part of the problem. She made the speech because of a monster of some kind that deletes people's minds, leaving the brain intact but the mind gone. And she connects the two things as if they are the same. There's two things that really bother me about the monster.
One of them is that the monster was created as what it is. As in, there's nothing in the world that can truly do this to a person. The author had to write it that way because it couldn't exist any other way. And yet you're not supposed to notice that while you're reading. You're supposed to accept this as a possible thing at least within the story. And it's not possible, it's an empty fear.
And that fear is the second thing that bothers me. Because this story wouldn't be scary without it(*). And using the fear of cognitive disability to write a scary story offends me. For good reason.
But people have this fear. And to them it is the scariest thing in the world. People base their identities on thought, and on certain kinds of thought. They fear losing it. They project this fear onto anyone they see as having lost it, or never having had it. They want laws passed to make it possibly to kill people seen as lacking minds. They write living wills saying they want to die if they acquire a cognitive disability and then are shocked when, after they wake up in the hospital after brain damage, medical professionals tie them down so they can't get up seeking food or water. (Yes, this happens. And worse.) They write stories about people losing their souls, or minds, either has the same effect.
And now I can stop the impersonal explanations.
People have told me these stories expecting sympathy. Because they know I'm cognitively disabled or because they know I've been in mental institutions. Why they think that gives me more sympathy I haven't a clue.
But worse.
People have reacted to me in this way.
To me in person.
To photographs of me.
To videos of me.
It's not worse for me to hear that because (they think, you think) I really do have the right kind of mind after all. You likely don't know what it's like to have your emotional vulnerability ratcheted up by the absence of concepts and words. When someone reacts to your very existence with terror or rage, it's like it stabs straight through you, and yet you can't necessarily even move in response. It's so much the opposite of "It'd be okay to react this way if you really couldn't understand," or "It's wrong to react this way because you really do understand." Thoughts and ideas can actually create somewhat of a barrier between you and someone else's feelings about you.
But it's worse than just how it feels when people react that way to you. It's that when who you are (including what people imagine someone like you is) is people's worst nightmare, then terrible things happen to you. Again, it doesn't matter whether you "really don't think"(**). All that matters is that they think this of people who look like you. They're not usually going to do the kind of brain scans required to, say, pick up language comprehension in someone considered to be in a PVS, before they start thinking of euthanasia. And if they do pick it up, their thoughts may go to euthanasia faster, because their second-worst nightmare is to be "trapped in a useless body", especially in the horrific living conditions most people in that situation are given in most societies. But they don't think of changing the living conditions, that would make too much sense.
One huge problem with diagnoses like coma and PVS is that they're just like the people in Intellivore: pre-written as having no mental activity, regardless of what's actually going on. When people are later able to report being conscious or semiconscious during such states, it's more often thought of as "You were misdiagnosed" rather than rethinking what it means to define a person's ability to think based on their responsiveness. (And yes I personally know people who were conscious during both.) And of course once you're defined as unable to think, people don't see your responsiveness as meaningful anymore — it doesn't matter if your diagnosis is coma, autism, PVS, profound intellectual disability, severe catatonia, or dementia. Once that point is reached it's a vicious cycle.
And even if you have something considered milder than a total lack of thought, people can still treat it as virtually identical. I have known people who literally believe it's impossible to communicate with someone with an average IQ let alone a low one(***). Or that even if they could, there'd be nothing to talk about. What the fuck, people? But views like that are not uncommon, especially among people who have never (knowingly) bothered to try. And there are plenty of people, even people classified as such trying to escape such classification, who associate "retarded" (that's inevitably their wording) with "having no mind". The same goes for just about anything else that affects cognition: Some people will see even people mildly affected as nonpersons, and some will see them as… semi-persons? So the danger isn't gone once you can talk and do various other things.
Anyway, I've rambled enough. I cannot emphasize how awful hearing these stories feels. Whether they come from a Star Trek character or a real live person. They're always pretty close to identical, and they always project people's terror of nothingness, onto real live people who pay the consequences. I have to pay the consequences all the time, so I just can't get into people's pain over my existence.
(*) In fact, it wasn't scary to me. Or… it was scary but not because of that. I was afraid the Enterprise crew would "mercy kill" the "people without minds". I was afraid of the prejudices conveyed. But aside from that the story was almost laughable, because I lack the fear it is based on. A lot of people think its not her best writing. But unfortunately not for that reason.
(**) Don't get me started on the many definitions of thought, and the prejudices many human beings have against the kind of thought and learning that takes place in the deeper areas of the brain. Which is somehow inferior. Even though it's actually a lot of where thought and learning can take place. People are so quick to think that a certain kind of abstract thought is all that matters.
(***) People who say this to me generally don't know my IQ. As of ten years ago, it was in a range that's now considered borderline and long in the past would be considered intellectually disabled. The tester was stunned how high it was, and said so. Which told me a lot when I finally ordered my results years later. On another day, in other circumstances, it could have gone much lower.
The slipperiness of my cognition is one of many reasons I don't believe in IQ as a fixed measurement, let alone anything meaningful in the first place. It horrifies me that a test score on one particular day of your life can determine things like… Whether you go to a bunch of classes that give you enriched learning opportunities all students should have while teaching you you're better and more deserving than other students, or whether you go to classes where you learn nothing while others learn to treat you as barely human. I'm one of a handful of people I know who's at varying times in my life been put into both of those educational extremes. From gifted programs, to being sat on a chair and tilted backwards so I wouldn't fall over and drool, while others in the same room got more instruction but not that much more. And I think that gives me a fairly unique perspective on these things.
I want them all abolished, both ends of things (neither could exist without the other), and something new and useful created instead. Like people learning from each other instead of being ranked against each other. Like the enriched learning experiences I was given in my nine years classified as gifted, being available to everyone: I don't see what IQ should have to do with getting to attend small seminars where someone teaches you about their job or an interesting skill. And, of course, I want the end of all IQ testing ever, and all the disablist racist classist bullshit associated with it. But I doubt enough people will listen.
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We took my son on a pilgrimage to the Bronx for an evaluation three months after he had a frightening regression in March. He had been receiving early-intervention services for three months and was improving, and then the light in his eyes began to go out. He stopped looking in my eyes, and when I caught his chin in my hand to look in his face, there was nothing there. He was irritable and spun in circles most of the time, and when he did sit down, he kept pushing the same button on a musical toy over and over and couldn't be engaged. He didn't even like his beloved books anymore. My son was gone—there was no spark in his face, no sign of life, just dead eyes.
Little Boy Lost by Amy Leal
I'm a so-called "regressive autistic". I lost language skills when I was a small child. I also experienced something rarer, in that I also lost a bunch of different skills including speech, gradually starting in early adolescence.
Thing is, I'm still here. I'm not dead even though people have described my eyes in that and even more offensive ways. I would still be here even if I lost the typed language that I still have. The essence of who I am does not depend on facial expression, on my ability to command my body and have it do my bidding, on whether I have access to using or understanding any language at all. In fact, during the time period when I began losing skills, something else was going on. I was getting more in touch with who I really am. The skills that I find the most important — skills most people can't even fathom existing — have been honing themselves more and more over time. Some of this is not coincidence. Some of what is required to use those skills is the absence or lessening of others.
But even if the things most important to me were not becoming stronger. Even if who I am was not being distilled down to a more and more intense essence with every passing year. Even if I was not becoming happier, more ethical, more in touch with the world around me in ways most people can't imagine. I would still be a person. I would still be myself. I would still have life, heart, love, and soul thoroughly intact. And it would still be really fucking offensive to refer to people like me as if we were dead, not really there, and losing ourselves, just because we move or communicate or think in ways different than we used to.
To quote a good friend of mine, also autistic: I'm the one who has to live with the stereotypes you are trying to build. I live or die depending on whether people think I'm actually still here or not. No really — live or die. Already survived one attempt of murder-through-neglect by people who were tasked with taking care of me. They thought the real me was gone too. They wanted me to not be in their mental institution because they would rather treat people who were going to get better. They said these things openly in my presence because I was not enough of a person for them to care. Across the world, autistic people die all the time. Often at the hands of caregivers and parents. When you make us sound less human, less alive, less ourselves, that has the same effect it has on any other group of people: Our lives matter less. People openly kill us because we are not the people they think we used to be, not their real children anymore. So when you say things like this it's just one more piece that tips things in the direction of our unpersonhood.
And even when not life and death… some of the worst things anyone has said to me were things like "I want the old you back." The me who was able to do more things. Because people want me to at least seem less disabled. And there's this thing where who I am now is never good enough. They want the old me. Even if that's the me who was truly lost and confused. Even if that was a horribly unhappy time in my life. Better to be unhappy and "higher functioning" than happy and "lower functioning". It tears my heart to pieces when people want the "old me", no matter how innocent they think it is. (It also suggests they value form over function: Someone who can speak but barely communicate is apparently better than someone who can communicate but barely speak.)
This is all so close to home that it terrifies me. In a world where people like me are already dehumanized. Which leads directly to abuse and murder even when the dehumanization is unintended as such. We can't afford for people to be spreading this idea that when we "regress", we lose who we are and all signs of life. And seriously… have you ever had anyone tell you your eyes are empty and dead, your face shows nothing there, you are clearly missing out on what life has to offer, you have the cognitive functioning of an infant, there's no person inside you, you're just an empty shell? Because I have, to my face, and it's more horrifying than any loss of skills could ever be.
You have a person in a physical sense — they have hair, a nose and a mouth — but they are not people in the psychological sense.
Ivar Lovaas, talking about autistic people
This is the type of really terrible quote I'm trying to document in this tumblr and the related blog.
Documenting some of the worst of disability prejudice -- the idea that some of us are "empty shells" -- and the reality behind that illusion.
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A femoral hernia is a bluge in the upper part of the thigh near the groin.
A hernia occurs when the contents of the abdomen (usually part of the small intestine) push through a weak point or tear the thin muscular wall of the abdomen, which holds the abdominal organs in place.
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Femoral hernias tend to occur more often in women than in men.
You may see a bulge in the upper thigh next to the groin.
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Surgery will relieve discomfort. Also, if the hernia is not treated, there is a risk of tissue getting stuck or trapped in the weak area (called incarceration). This tissue may die off if it remains incarerated for too long.
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The chances of a femoral hernia coming back after surgery are about 5 - 10%.
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I've always wanted to join the police, but because of issues went to uni instead, then while there someone was talking about the specials.
So i thought to myself that is good for me, let me have a go! Well went through all the info found out about this site, then tried phoned up for an application form to join. got put off by all the paperwork, didn't have the time to go through all that stuff gave up.
Anyways few years since now got a job have more or less life going ok and feel something is missing and i thought about the specials again.
At the begining of the year saw a recruitment event but was unable to attend as i was outside country, saw another one missed that one too, as i travel a bit. But last month saw an event and i decided this time I'll make sure I'll go this time.
Well it was the best thing i did, it made me even more to apply to the specials.
Applied online about a few weeks ago, got confirmation of application and then last week got letter to say i passed to the role play and paper shift.
Got a seminar with the met recruitment team at the end of this month to help with the day, and then it's all me to make it through.
Although recently I've had some people question me about why i want to join! With all the situation right now and how there is no financial gain. I don't look at it like that, i see it as giving something worthwhile and gaining an amzing experience.
Anyways will post some later working through a nigh shift now getting too tired to write.
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I am Kristina Campbell. I am a Spartan.
Before my first Spartan race I was naïve and now my life has changed for the better. Spartan Race changed my life and inspired me to be a better more healthy version of myself! I can do anything that I work for.
Over a year ago I saw an advertisement for a Spartan race in my state. I immediately became intrigued with the idea and looked at every photo and video I could find to get a glimpse of what the Spartan Race was all about. My first thought was that this was absolutely for me and I instantly began recruiting my friends to join me in this journey. Once I found some folks as crazy and determined as me, we began to prepare.
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It didn't matter, whenever a small doubt crossed my mind that I couldn't make it, there was a Spartan right next to me giving me the motivation I needed, sharing helpful hints on how to make the giant cinderblock feel a little lighter as I drag it around. The camaraderie displayed throughout this course was something I was truly proud to be a part of. Witnessing so many incredible events during this race made crossing that finish line and reaching for that, my very first, Spartan medal all the more meaningful.
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I can't even put into words how grateful I am that I took that first step into the Spartan World. I never want to leave!
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