We’re at the point of the Chicago summer when Mom and Dad look for friends or relatives with a lakehouse in Michigan or Wisconsin for a last-gasp vacation before the kids go back to school.

The tradition of late-summer mooching is always in vogue, as long as you bring some beverages and clean up after your kids.

For the rest of us stuck at home this weekend, there’s always the Cubs, White Sox, Bears and Air and Water Show to enjoy — not to mention the local debut of the Savannah Bananas .

The Cubs return home Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates to begin a crucial homestand that includes a five-game showdown with the Milwaukee Brewers; the Sox head to Kansas City for the start of a six-game trip that ends in Atlanta; the Bears host the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night at Soldier Field

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