Traveling through the South Shore, you’ll find homegrown foods and handcrafted drinks at local wineries, restaurants and attractions. Harvest season brings vibrant yellows, oranges and reds to the leaves and also juicy crisp apples. From early September to October the trees are ripe with dozens of varieties of apples including: Gala, Honeycrisp, Golden Delicious and Pink Ladies…
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Summer is not over and there’s still time to take advantage of the sunny days, warm evenings and late nights with friends and family. Maybe you’ve already checked off the beach, waterpark and a baseball game on your summer bucket list? Here are some more things to do this summer in Northwest Indiana…
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If you’re looking to experience a new apple orchard and pumpkin patch that’s not that far from home, then consider County Line Apple Orchard in Hobart, Indiana. Last year, my cousins who live in the Chicago area asked us if we’d like to visit and of course I said yes. We had such a great time, that we made plans to go back again this year. But, we stepped it up a notch…
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One of the benefits of living in Northwest Indiana in the fall is the local orchards! There are a number of them here along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, but the closest orchard to our family is County Line Orchard in Hobart…
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As you travel south of Chicago along I-65 or US Highway 41, the landscape changes, the suburban…
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The South Shore offers numerous farm-to-fork restaurants and businesses that provide delicious…
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Cozy, intimate and classy are three words that aptly describe the ambiance at 54 Main Bistro. It's…
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Hash browns. I LOVE hash browns. They're crispy mounds of potato yumminess. In my personal opinion…
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Walking up to the impressive Farmhouse Restaurant at Fair Oaks Farms on a cold, dreary day made me…
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Just 3 miles off of Route 30 in Hobart is a little known tourist stop - Broken Wagon Bison. I had…
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