Archive for 'Reviews' Category
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 […]
Diana Rein & Anthony Gomes
16 February 2008Last night I saw Diana Rein and Anthony Gomes at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn. Yes, Berwyn. At first I was hesitant to go. I love their music - I’d featured Diana a few weeks ago, and had met Anthony last year and became an instant fan - but it was cold, I had a ton of […]
DOC Lombard Review
5 February 2008What the heck is a review of a restaurant in Lombard doing on a website for downtown Chicago? Well, for one, I know that lots of you actually live outside the city. For another, the proprietor of this particular establishment has several spots within the city. But the main reason, to be quite blunt, is […]
