04/28/2013 - Holstein Park, Bucktown, 2200 N. Oakley Ave. (playground is on Lyndale)

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I've wanted to check out Holstein Park for quite some time, so Máximo, George Carlos and I did just that this morning.  This is just a few blocks from my current place of residence (as was the last one, I promise we'll venture out to more distant parks) so our post-breakfast walk led us here.

This park was packed with boys that all seemed to be around the same age as M & GC, so they were plenty entertained and spent the whole time running around with their temporary pals.  The other parents seemed fairly well-off, as is to be expected 'round these here parts.

How'd this park fare?

Máximo - ★★★★★, "...it had lots of playground stuff that was new, and not a lot of playgrounds have that kind of stuff."

George Carlos - ★★★★★, "I liked it 'cause: I made a new friend, got to play with that remote control car (and drive it), and I got to run away from you [whilst playing cops and robbers]."

new friends and their remote control car

https://vines.s3.amazonaws.com/v/videos/EE7058D9-FA58-40DC-AA25-28DCA57CFB30-32801-000024FD1DB82321_1.0.7.mp4?versionId=BAQ_KzDe5N8gZOO1Qmi81hzXdZladluQ

This park has a nice teeter totter too:

 two-seater

no hands

On the south side of Lyndale (the playground is on the north side of Lyndale) is a nice little park with plenty of permanently installed tables with embedded chess boards.  Although I am not totally familiar with chess, Máximo is a "Chess Scholar," at his school, so I guess I'd better learn:

This is a nice park, for sure. Clean and, with the exception of a couple of broken attractions and holes in the spongy surface, pretty well maintained.

I'd give it 4 out of 5, creo.

http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Holstein-Park/

04/21/2013 - Haas Park, Logan Square, Fullerton & Washtenaw

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Haas Park, Sunday, 04/21/13

Máximo, George Carlos and I walked over to Haas Park from The Fullerton Restaurant this morning, to try to work off some of the pancakes.

How did it fare?  

Máximo - ★★★★ 1/2 (of a 5 star scale), "It didn't have a zip line."

George Carlos - ★★★★★, "It was green, just like my shirt.  And I really liked the teeter totter."

said teeter totter

They're both right, actually.  I would've enjoyed a zip-line myself, but all in all the park is pretty rad.  And the mini soccer field that adjoins it looks like a lot of fun and we'll have to come back to enjoy that.

M & G - satisfied

Hass Park gets the M & G seal of approval.