You’re gonna have to drive down here or endure the slow boat to China AKA the #8 Halsted bus. Or maybe bike all the way down the Halsted bike lane! Good news: it’s right off the Expressway in the gallery-laden east Pilsen, or what some call the Principality of Podmajersky. But I digress.
When you see this sign, pull over immediately.
Continue reading “Brunch Here: Nightwood, 2119 S. Halsted, Chicago 60608”
On May 1, 2012, at the intersection of Des Plaines and Madison Streets in Chicago, 3,000 protestors of all stripes – undocumented immigrants and allies, labor unions, Occupiers, peace activists, socialists, anti-nuclear energy, anarchists, gay rights activists – knelt and fell silent. Continue reading “May Day Protest and Street Art: This is What Democracy Looks Like in 2012, 1980 and 1886”
Friday night I introduced my good friend Cortney to a few new foods, including Filipino chicken adobo. She liked it, a lot I think. I felt good that I cooked her first taste of adobo.
Actually, our dinner included three other foods that Cortney had never had besides the adobo: the beets in the goat cheese arugula salad, and our dessert of Nutella and stroopwafle. Continue reading “When Was the Last Time You Tried Something for the First Time?”
It’s Wednesday, half-way to the weekend. But, oh – you already have some fun options you might get into come Friday. Or, maybe you know who you wanna be with but not what you’d want to do.
Fellas, take notice. Your beloved will look favorably on you. But you’ll want to wait until you’re sure the gal is special and that what you have is special. Because this place is special. Continue reading “Date Night: Ada Street, Chicago”
