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Ann Sathers, 929 W. Belmont Avenue (take the red line El to Belmont); phone 773/348-2378; www.annsathers.com. Open Mon-Tues 7 a.m. - 3 p.m., Weds-Sun 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave at Adams St.; phone 312/443-3600; www.artic.edu. Open Mon-Wed and Fri 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Thurs 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Sat-Sun 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Suggested donations are $12 adults, $7 seniors but you may pay what you wish.

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Ave in Oak Park; phone 708/848-1976; www.wrightplus.org. Admission to just the house is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, but if you wish to take a guided tour of it and the neighborhood, you'll pay $16 adults, $12 seniors. Guided tours of the house are available at 11, 1 and 3 p.m. weekends, and every 20 minutes on the weekends between 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Gino's East, 633 N. Wells at Ontario St.; phone 312/943-1124. Open Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m. - midnight, Sun noon-9 p.m.

For detailed information about tours with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, call 312/942-3322 or go to www.architecture.org/. Most tours leave from the Chicago ArchiCenter at 224 South Michigan Avenue and cost between $10 and $25, depending on whether you’re taking a walking tour, bus tour, or boat tour. Take a look at the full line-up of options before making your pick as the tours do cover very different areas of the city, and architectural interests.

For a cruise aboard the Windy, you’ll need to call 312/595-5555 to find out its sailing times for the day. Reservations are not accepted, but tickets ($27/adult, $20 seniors) can be bought up to an hour before departure. The ship departs from Navy Pier.

Moto, 945 West Fulton Market Avenue, at Sangamon Street; phone 312/491-0058; www.motorestaurant.com/. Be sure to call far in advance for reservations.

Second City, 1616 N. Wells Street in the Piper Alley Complex at North Avenue; phone 877/778-4707; www.secondcity.com/. Tickets range from $8-$17

Kingston Mines, 2548 N. Halsted Street; phone 773/477-44646; www.kingstonmines.com/. Cover charges range from $10-$15.

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer Guidebooks which will be debuting in bookstores this summer.

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