So I’ll be honest, back when I worked in finance I HATED working in the Loop. Hated it. Yes, there are lots of “options” but few worth noting (Cochon Volant and Eastman Egg Company certainly weren’t around back then). I ended up always…
View Post
You may have noticed that lately I’ve been RAVING about ALL the restaurants I’ve shared here these past few weeks. And before I’m accused of loving every restaurant I step foot into, I’d like to set the record straight! I go…
View Post
When I first moved to Chicago after college I knew NOTHING about the restaurant scene here. Mind you this was 6 years ago when Instagram had barely surfaced and the amateur Chicago foodie scene was just a quiet echo of the massive…
View Post
I say it loudly and I say it often — Chicago is a city of GREAT restaurants. Just one deliciously innovative concept after the next. You might even go so far as to say the Windy City is a perfect mecca for…
View Post
On weekends, there are few things I leap out of bed for faster than brunch. Oh, brunch! That enigmatic, bizarre hybrid meal of breakfast AND lunch AND booze. I think it’s the booze that gets me most excited — for some…
View Post
Sed Bona, a snippet of the Latin phrase “Pauca Sed Bona“, means “quality over quantity”. It means that having more isn’t always best. It means empowering yourself to do fewer but better, more beautiful, and more fruitful things
