Treat your taste buds to mouth watering chocolate at Long Grove's 10th Annual Chocolate Festival, May 1-3. Enjoy demonstrations by chocolatiers and pastry chefs, live entertainment, pony rides and children's activities. Long Grove's 80 specialty shops will be honoring chocolate in their own unique way. The Fountain Square Beer and Brat tent is bigger and better than ever, so sit back, relax and enjoy the taste of chocolate!

Chicago Botanic Garden is an enchanting place with 23 unique gardens, sparkling lakes and discoveries around every corner. Climb up a waterfall garden, chug over to the Model Railroad Garden and enjoy exciting events and summer evenings with outdoor dining and live music.

Challenge yourself on the most unique golf courses in the Chicago area. Thunderhawk Golf Club is an 18 hole par, 72 course nestled on 244 beautiful acres of forest preserve. Brae Loch Golf Club is a fun challenging 18 hole, par 70 course, featuring mature trees and sweeping vistas in a country setting. Bonnie Brook Golf Course is consistently ranked as one of the top 50 golf courses in Chicagoland. This 18 hole course will challenge the more experienced golfer and be forgiving to the beginning golfer.

Crane's Landing Golf Course is championship 18 hole, par 70 course, that is beautifully landscaped and is a pleasure to play for everyone from beginners to scratch golfers. Practice your short game on a 9 hole, par 27 course at Greenshire Golf Course in Waukegan.

Shepherd's Crook Golf Course reflects the golden era of golf course architecture of the 1920s and '30s with bentgrass fairways, berms, mounding and formidable water features. Vernon Hills Golf Course is ranked as one of the top ten 9 hole courses in the Chicago area. This course features water, tight fairways, small greens and eye-catching scenery. Willow Glen Golf Club at Great Lakes is a picturesque 18 hole layout that provides an enjoyable challenge for all skill levels.

Surprise "mom" with a weekend getaway to Lake County, Illinois this Mother's Day.