I Spy a Skyline Around the Bend – Lake Michigan

Spring day in Chicago

Bread & Wine, Chicago – Breakfast Bánh Mì

¡Buenos Dias! The delicious breakfast bánh mì from Bread & Wine with pork belly, rillettes, kimchi, eggs and hash browns. Fest your eyes:

Want to Attract More Readers to Your Blog? I Have the Answer

If you haven’t heard about Tastemade yet let me tell you a little story. Tastemade is the place where people come together to discover and share their passion for great food and travel. I’ve been using it for almost two years and have gotten some great feedback from readers. It’s next level stuff and I […]

What’s For Lunch? Pizza!

Spacca Napoli has some incredible Neapolitan pizzas. If they have the Tre Pomodori on the menu, get it!

Make Your Reservation Now for Momotaro – West Loop, Chicago

Momotaro has everything you could ever want in a Japanese restaurant, a sushi bar, robata station, izakaya and an extensive sake, wine and drink menu. Great attention is paid the interior design bringing Western influences from the mid-century and combing it with traditional Japanese. You can see this reflected in the furniture, fonts used for […]

Warm Up With a Whiskey – Koval Distillery Tour in Chicago

Escape the cold with a Koval Distillery tour! Koval is Chicago’s first craft distillery since the mid-1800s and the tour takes you through the distillation process while educating you on the history and current whiskey trends. You’ll also get to sample over 10 whiskeys and some of their liqueurs that come in flavors like chrysanthemum […]

Restaurant Opening – Stephanie Izard’s Duck Duck Goat

Very excited about the new Stephanie Izard restaurant, Duck Duck Goat! It’s slated to open later this summer. Take a look at the teaser video. ‪

It’s Gumbo and Paczki Time! Fat Tuesday in Chicago

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday and for many that means filling up on some serious fat before the Lenten season begins. For others it signals a time to celebrate and eat as much gumbo and paczkis as possible. Here are some of Chicago’s best places for gumbo and paczki. Big Jones serves gumbo ya-ya, “It all […]

Walking in a Winter Wonderland – February in Chicago

Walking in Rogers Park neighborhood on the morning the blizzard hit. February 1, 2015 in Chicago, IL.

Chicago Blizzard 2015 – Waves on Lake Michigan

Yesterday was Chicago’s 5th largest blizzard in history and it was something to see! I captured what the storm and waves up close from the balcony of my mom’s apartment which is literally feet from Lake Michigan.