Midwest Living    NWIndianaLife     NorthcoastLiving Magazine

The Region's Portal at RegionNetNWIndiana or see many of the Region's fine communities  NWICommunities or checkout chambers and cities.

Inspired to provide information  for your family everyday of the year for cooking, fine dining,  information and  travel ideas to the region from our counties of  Lake County, Indiana Dunes , Visit Laporte County , to nearby chicagoland found at  Visit Chicagoland , to nearby the region but northeast into Michigan is  Harbor Country , or  Harbor County. 
 Looking further around the Region can be found at  Beyond the Beach Discovery Trail , Travel/NWIndiana or across northern Indiana at Northern Indiana Getaways , or The Art and Earth Trail. If  you are looking west next to the region is  Chicago Southland , further northwest from the Region is Chicago at  Choose Chicago, , Explore Chicago , ChicagoEvents or  beyond regionally to state travel information can be found at  Destinations into Illinois , Indiana and Michigan . 

 Traveling beyond the three state area brings you into the  midwest states,   into traveling across the usa with usa state tourism, or into  See America. Traveling around the  world into popular areas can be found at  world travels, or into  Australia, CarribeanTravel, VisitBritain, or into Visit Europe, Canada Travel, to Visit Mexico.  For more  world travel ideas try ChicagoTribune/Travel  or NYtimes/Travel.  

For more ideas about our region can be found online at  The Beach Coast, Shore Magazine, NWIndianaLife. Our midwest living life styles can be found at  Midwest Living, or locally at Chicago Magazine and Chicago Home.  To learn more about Region homes information use the NWI Times/Homes,  searching for  gardening  ideas around chicagoland  can be found   at  Chicagoland Gardening, or a touch of the region  is  Taltree. Searching for Chicago food/entertaiment can be found at Metromix,  Chicago Now, Timeout Chicago,  Chicago NightLife Guide or 190North  or a look at fine food at Chicago's BestTV, The-Scene, CheckPlease, or locally CraveCrazy.  For entertainment  around the region can be found at NWI Entertainer , or search the region entertaiment guide at  Panorama Now.
For Regional shopping around chicagoland go to  Shop the Mall, try Chicago Magazine's Fashion  for the latest in the Chicago Fashion World or looking for your  regional marriage magazine for the latest ideas for Region Bride can be found at NWITimes Bride on your special day.

You’ll feel at home while savoring a great meal in a  casual or fine dining atmosphere a look to many popular restaurants in the  region can be found at Dinner For Two.  Staying at home then express yourself from my wife's  website at  Cathy's Korner  World of Cooking  for great cooking ideas from her to great cooking from across the internet. For a touch for great Beer and Wine tasting ideas across the Region try Beer and Wine Tastings  for some top state locations across Indiana and beyond. 

Some of the popular ideas to see around the Region are Carmelite Shrine, Shrine of Christ's Passion,  Dillinger Museum, Albanese Confectionery,  Gayetys,  BassPro, Cabela's,   Star Plaza,  Theatre at The Center, Memorial Opera House,  The Venue,  Towle Theatre, NWI Symphony,  Chicago Street Theatre, IBT,  Front Porch Music, Munster Concerts,  Foot Light Players, Munster History, Griffith Historical Society, 
A Christmas Story Comes Home, Hammond Community Theatre, CommunityVeteransMemorial.   

Region Baseeball has two teams named the  Oilmen  and the Railcats  for a nice look into local baseball for a great price for your family fun.  

Regional casinos can be found at casinos  located in illinois, indiana and nearby michigan. 

A touch of Art in the Region. NW!Creative,
Lubeznik Center,  The Steeple Gallery, Shimmery Gallery,  South Shore Arts, Union Street Gallery,  Chesterton Art Center , Lake Street Gallery, MitchMarkovitz  also a search at  local-regional museums can be found at Museums. 

Some favorite chicagoland favorite entertainment areas to search are at  Broadway in Chicago,   Navypier,  Ravinia,  and  one of my favories located in northern chicagoland is at  SixFlags.  

Chicago Sports favorites can be found at  Bears,  Blackhawks,  Bulls, Cubs,  Fire,  Whitesox,  Wolves,  ChicagoSports.

Care to go to a Region favorite for a swim its Deep River Water Park in Merriville/Hobart Indiana area.

Lake shore TV and Radio 

For a look into my hometown of  Griffith, Griffith Indiana Now, Griffith Historical,  Imagine Griffith, Imagine Griffith, Griffith Voice. 

For Local  Indiana/Illinois News
Herald Argus,  NWI Times,  Post Tribune, The News Dispatch,  Chicago Suntimes, Chicago Tribune.

For Indiana State News
StarNews

For National News
USAToday, NYTimes,, CBSNews, NBCNews, WSJ, Truthout. 

From Washington
Whitehouse.gov, USDebtClock

Favorite Restaurant  CraveCrazy
Jedi's Family  Garden Restaurants or more ideas at Dinner for Two,

Touring Sources
Getaway Tours and Cruises, PayLessTours

7 Free Road Trip Apps
Gasbuddy,  AroundMe,  GoogleMaps,  Hotels,  MapsGalaxy, 
Tripit, Yelp, more ideas Parade, USAWeekend.

USA's 5 Best Road Trip
The Pacific Coast Highway, Florida State Highway A1A and Overseas Highway, Newfound Gap Road, Blur Ridge Parkway, Sky-line Drive, US Highway 395, US Highway 2, other roads to consider US Route 50, Natchez Trace Parkway, US Route 1, US Route 66. 
Fine Living in Indiana's Beach Counties along Indiana's Northcoast.
 LakeMichigan Southernshore                   The BeachCoast