Author: Leslie

By Bobbi Pinkert, Class of 1999 Sometimes there are advantages in being the “Second City,” which is how A.J. Leibling dismissed Chicago. He hailed from New York, which had become…

The arrival of snow and the departure of Daylight Saving Time tell us that another “high season” of CAF tours has come to a close. Neighborhood tours are retired, the…

By Brent Hoffmann, Class of 2005 You may have seen her at the CAF ticket kiosk. Bought a raffle ticket from her on a river cruise for the CAF auxiliary…

By Mary Jo Hoag, Class of 2007 Maybe you’ve seen the new movie titled Columbus? If you haven’t, I suggest you do because it’s a really fine film. And the…

Greetings fellow volunteers, Just about now each year we begin to look back to reflect on the past year while looking forward to the holidays and 2018. I want to…

By Ed McDevitt, Class of 2010 Back in 2011 several docents were doing research for a documentary on Chicago's  architecture. One of my assignments was John Storrs’ sculpture Ceres, which…

First of a series of posts about the new core tours By Susan Pappas, Class of 2005 The Evolution of the Skyscraper tour began its life in 2010 as Skyscraper…

Jim Bartholomew, 2008 My husband and I and another couple took the CAF River Cruise. The morning was unforgettable. Our docent’s name was Jim Bartholomew, a retired high school English…