Niki & Paul
Things To Do
Downtown Geneva Historic Shopping District
Downtown Geneva is nestled right along the Fox River, and it's full of great independent stores - our favorite is the bookstore Harvey's Tales! - and cute restaurants.
Northwestern Medicine Field
The Kane County Cougars baseball team is playing at home each night of our event weekend!
Preservation
My mom took Paul and I here on a trip home to the burbs and it became an instant favorite! Great food, great patio, and they even have live music in the summer.
Geneva French Market
This is a "European-style market," as the website says, that's open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday all summer!
Comedy Vault
Comedian/actor Mark Riccadonna is performing stand-up comedy on Thursday, Aug. 14-Saturday, Aug. 16 of our reception weekend!
Fabyan Forest Preserve
Fabyan Forest Preserve is a heavily used preserve along the Fox River that's popular for fishing, jogging and biking. If you're looking for a slice of history, read the next blurb to learn about the Fabyan Villa Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden, which are both located within the preserve's limits.
Fabyan Villa Museum & Japanese Garden
The Fabyan Villa Museum, a 1907 Frank Lloyd Wright re-designed home, is open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Below is the museum website's description: "Frank Lloyd Wright redesigned a farmhouse built in the late 19th century for Colonel George and Nelle Fabyan in 1907. Wright’s signature Prairie-style architecture is prominent outside and inside the house. An eclectic collection from the Fabyans, who were involved in diplomacy, scientific discovery, farming, and animal husbandry, awaits inside the museum." The nearby Fabyan Japanese Garden has free admission and is open noon-3 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's the website's description: "The Fabyan Japanese Garden is a one-acre outdoor garden within the 250-acre Fabyan Forest Preserve designed by regarded landscape architect, Taro Otsuka, around 1910. Many features typical of Japanese gardens are present such as a tea house, lanterns, a pond, a moon bridge, and a wide variety of trees and plants."