Archive for 'Reviews' Category
Smoke Daddy Lights My Fire
26 April 2008Summer’s right around the corner. I know, I know, we just managed to thaw out, but the lakefront path bathrooms are open, the cops are on bicycles and horses, and Chicagoans are actually smiling at each other, so that means our fun season has officially begun.
As a Midwestern gal, fun and food are intertwined, and […]
Don’t Bet On Stretch Run
21 April 2008I’m often invited to “review” restaurants. Review is in quotation marks because technically I’m not a reviewer - I go places and I write about my experiences, but I’m not an expert per se. It’s also in quotation marks because that invitation generally means free dinner and drinks for myself and a guest, service from […]
Ode To Cheese Fries (or, why I can’t go back to The Fifty/50)
14 April 2008To say that I love cheese fries is an understatement. I have to put chocolate in the freezer or else it’ll go bad. Months after the candy expo’s over I still have suckers and gummy bears and taffy gathering dust. I skip dessert 9 times out of 10, and have never been in the chocolate […]
Chicago: The Biggest Small Town
5 March 2008Since my job is to know what’s going on in this city I am out all the time. Because of that (and the fact that I’m slightly Type-A) I meet a ton of people. Last week I learned a very valuable lesson: don’t act like you recognize someone if you don’t.
My good friend Miltie accompanied […]
Buried At The Underground
24 February 2008The night started off well enough. I had been told media check-in was at 8:30pm and I arrived right on time. The bouncer confirmed my name on the list and I headed into the bowels of the club. My guest, Marq Withers of Disonic, arrived shortly after, dropped my name at the door, and was […]
