How To ‘Lean In’ To Winter In Chicago

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How To ‘Lean In’ To Winter In Chicago

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Whoever said “no winter lasts forever” obviously never spent the one in Chicago.

By January, many Chicagoans can feel that the winter will never end, or are tempted to hibernate until spring. Another option? Embrace the season. Stop hating on the cold and lean into being a resident of the frozen tundra that is Chicago in January. So turn off Netflix, ditch the slippers, and head out into the great unknown… or at least some sledding at Soldier Field.

For ideas of what to do in Chicago that only the wintertime can offer, Morning Shift talks to Teisha Daniel, Chicago Park District’s Center Director at Northerly Island.