Chicagoings-on, Food: For He Who is the Least Among You

I got three meal invitations for this past weekend that I could not refuse. I don’t mean that in a Godfather way.

Restaurant Week in Chicago was in full effect and I wasn’t intending on joining the Open Table RSVP scuttle, but a girlfriend with whom I hadn’t seen in too long texted, so I accompanied her to Boka. Another girlfriend invited me to be the fourth on a reservation for Girl and the Goat, a place I’d been jonesing to return to enjoy a full meal. And finally, I took up a suggestion for Sunday post-church brunch at a new-to-me Ethiopian place, Ras Dashen. Interestingly, of these three, the humble, least-hyped, least expensive restaurant is the joint whose food most impressed me.  Continue reading “Chicagoings-on, Food: For He Who is the Least Among You”

Chicagoings-on: Heritage Bicycles General Store

2959 N Lincoln Ave. Tipped off by lifestyle blog & newsletter UrbanDaddy, I sauntered into this beautiful space. Today’s the official opening day and I’m customer #7! Warm, welcoming and white Restoration Hardware-styled with doses of good coffee from Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Heritage has a bike shop in the back with Chicago-welded custom bikes for … Continue reading Chicagoings-on: Heritage Bicycles General Store

CHI-love

It’s a nice night out. Let’s take a walk by the lake. Let’s look at the lights of our city twinkle on the gentle waves. Let’s smooch under the shelter where the old men play chess. Let’s lay on a blanket in the grass and feel the earth slowly spin. Let’s hide a little flask … Continue reading CHI-love