Bring your favorite holiday cookie and/or candy receipes, ingredients, and utensils.  (This year, there will a strict limit on the number of people allowed to make chocolate chip cookies.  Call John for your lottery number.)  Watch for the return of Todd, the Gingerbread Circuit Boy!

Take America Trans Air from Midway.  Log on to ata.com for cheap fares.For more info call Gregg Orlick at (415) 469-0497, or contact John Carlsen at [email protected].

It's getting cold and the flakes are starting to fly and the ice is getting hard, so it's time for the return of Skate on State. But seeing as Skate on State opens Dec. 15, we'll do Skate at Daley Bicentennial Plaza (doesn't have the same ring, but oh well). Afterwards we will dine at the Berghoff or someplace else if someone wants to make a suggestion

To get to Bicentennial Plaza, take Lakeshore Drive to Randolph and head west a couple blocks.  There is street parking in the area.  For more info, please email or call Evar Strid at (773) 274-6763, or  Steve Cain at (773) 772-8521.

If you’ve never experienced the elegance of High Tea, you’ve been missing one of Chicago’s most treasured traditions.  Finger sandwiches, petit-fours, the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping will add to the festive atmosphere.  Remember to put on your Sunday best. . . and hold those pinkies high!
Cost is $18.95 per person.  Come prepared to wait awhile for a table.  It's worth the wait. 
NOTE Host Change: For more info please email or call Tom Hedeen at (773) 944-9449. .

Get out of the house and join our friends for a 15-mile run, a 3-mile walk, or something in between. The group gathers back at the Totem Pole before heading to a neighborhood place for breakfast on Saturdays and dinner on Tuesdays. This is a great way to keep those calves and thighs toned during the winter months.

What better way to spend Sunday afternoons than with good company, good drink (vodka lemonades recommended) and delicious (FREE!) food... remember to thank owner Michelle Fire for supporting the WCCC.