When the weather is good for outdoor browsing, what better place to spend the day than on Chicago's trendy West Division Street? With a hip strip of boutiques and trendy eateries, this area known as Bucktown is becoming quite a popular hangout. Even moms with strollers are in tow are among the crowd.

Chocolate. One of life's greatest indulgences, it has long been a solution to feeling better, a way to "seal" a meal and used as an expression of love. Perhaps that is why it seems to go hand in hand with Valentine's Day. What better way to say ‘I love you' to your family than treating them to the chocolate buffet at Chicago's luxurious Peninsula Hotel?