Chicago at Your Pace is a senior-friendly driving guide to Black Chicago

My father drove me all over Chicago to teach me its history. He showed me where Al Capone's hotel stood on Michigan Avenue, across from Chess Records, and told me how my grandfather's brother played alto saxophone in Capone's band. My family has been in Chicago since before the Great Migration, and those drives are why I became a travel storyteller and family-history researcher.

After 7 years as a flight attendant and more than a decade as a Level 9 Google Local Guide, I kept seeing the same gap: older travelers want to see Black history, but most guides assume you'll walk all day and already know how to use GPS.

So I built Chicago at Your Pace, a driving guide to Black Chicago for seniors, caregivers and multigenerational families. It covers the Obama Presidential Center, Bronzeville, Chess Records, the DuSable Black History Museum and Pullman, with one main stop a day, seated breaks, and notes on parking, elevators and restrooms at every stop.

It comes as two PDFs: a 44-page guide to read at home or print, and a 12-page Phone Quick Start in large text. The Quick Start shows first-time users how to save my list of places in Google Maps, get spoken directions, and save a parking spot so they can find their car again.

The biggest lesson: for seniors, fewer buttons beat more features. My first phone version was 79 pages; testing it on my own phone cut it to 12.

I'd love to hear from anyone who works with senior, heritage, or multigenerational travelers.

Janice, when I share a tour programme with a partner, I want the practical details to be easy to find. Your separate phone guide caught my attention - parking and restroom information is much more useful when you can find it quickly, on the day.