The third Pied Piper Architectural Walking Tour of 2009 took us around the Illinois State Capitol campus. [More]

The second Pied Piper downtown Springfield tour, focusing on the Old State Capitol square. [More]

On May 9, we went on a dinner and dancing trip to the Hill Prairie Winery, Oakford, IL. [More]

5/21/09 UPDATE: I've updated the article with some information provided by our tour guide, Anthony Rubano. Additions are in blue. Other additions have been added in the picture captions. Thanks Anthony! If you've lived in Springfield for any amount of time, you've surely come to find yourself wanting something to do, but don't have any idea as to what it could be. You end up blaming Springfield for being sleepy and boring?I won't argue against that too much, but, there actually is stuff going on around town. You just need to look for it. Full disclosure: I wouldn't have known about it had it not been for the gf. Case in point: On Wednesday, I found myself looking at downtown Springfield in a whole new way. I attended 2009's first Springfield Pied Piper Architectural Walking Tour. The Pied Piper tour is a free event sponsored by Downtown Springfield and hosted by Anthony Rubano of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It's a walking tour that meets in front of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices at the... [More]