Indianapolis, Indiana

The Massachusetts Avenue neighborhood on the northeast side of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana is a vibrant blend of revitalization, transformation and preservation.

The Bottleworks district, Circle City Industrial Complex, and the whole
neighborhood right up to Monument Circle are hotspots of dining, creating and playing. And we didn’t even leave Mass Ave!

Long Grove, Illinois

This town checks all the boxes. You can shop, eat, play pool, dance, have high tea and shop some more. Gifts? All over town. Baby boutique? One of very few left anywhere. Oldest tavern in Illinois? Right on Old McHenry Road. The warmest people in an idyllic village who make you want to come back again and again? Check, check, check!

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