Registration is now open for a weekend in Chicago like none other! We’ll explore the city’s rich history through the sites found in Veiled in Smoke, Shadows of the White City, and Drawn by the Current (releasing Feb. 1, 2022). All the details for this trip can be found in the dropdown menu from The Windy City Saga Tour tab at the top of this Web page. Full itinerary, pricing, and registration can be found here.)
Our time together will include a visit to the Chicago History Museum, which has a new major exhibit called “City on Fire: Chicago 1871”, as well as other exhibits which include the 1893 World’s Fair and the 1915 Eastland Disaster. Our visit here will provide the context for all three novels in The Windy City Saga and show how they fit in within the overarching story of Chicago.
We’ll also walk in the characters footsteps as we visit Lincoln Park, have lunch in The Walnut Room at Macy’s (formerly Marshall Field’s), experience the Chicago Cultural Center (the city’s first dedicated public library), tour the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and hear from the granddaughters of an Eastland Disaster survivor at the site where the event happened along the Chicago River.
Those who arrive by late Thursday afternoon may opt to come on a walking tour of Prairie Avenue Historic District, which is the neighborhood where Sylvie and Meg Townsend (in Veiled in Smoke) live after the Great Fire displaces them from Courthouse Square. The tour will conclude with a tour and dinner at Second Presbyterian Church, the only church in Chicago to be on the National Historic Landmark Registry.
But that’s not all. Other optional excursions include:
- Attending a performance at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Enjoying an architectural cruise on the Chicago River
- Watching a live radio production of “Unshackled” at the historic Pacific Garden Mission
- Touring The Art Institute, one of the best art museums in the nation and one of only two buildings still standing that were built for the World’s Fair of 1893
- Visiting the Museum of Science & Industry, originally built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World’s Fair. Explore the Wooded Island next to MSI, also constructed for the World’s Fair.
And more!
Plenty of free time will allow you to customize your weekend and visit the attractions, shops, and/or restaurants that are important to you.
Our home in Chicago will be the iconic and unparalleled Palmer House hotel, as seen in both Veiled in Smoke and Shadows of the White City. It’s the longest continuously-running hotel in the country and truly a work of art.
See a YouTube video tour of the hotel here, and a brief taste of its history in a YouTube video here.
Its downtown location puts us within an easy walk of several attractions and many restaurants. I’ve highlighted a few on the snapshot below, but you can get a better sense of our location by looking up our location on Google Maps and exploring the area that way.
For more information, see the pages in the dropdown menu under The Windy City Saga Tour tab on the navigational bar at the top of this Web page. Or click these links for:
Jocelyn Green
Jocelyn Green inspires faith and courage as the award-winning and bestselling author of numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including The Mark of the King; Wedded to War; and The 5 Love Languages Military Edition, which she coauthored with bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman. Her books have garnered starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly, and have been honored with the Christy Award, the gold medal from the Military Writers Society of America, and the Golden Scroll Award from the Advanced Writers & Speakers Association. She graduated from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, with a B.A. in English, concentration in writing. As a speaker, Jocelyn inspires faith and courage in her audiences. She loves Mexican food, Broadway musicals, strawberry-rhubarb pie, the color red, and reading with a cup of tea. Jocelyn lives with her husband Rob and two children in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Visit her at www.jocelyngreen.com.
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