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When Was the Last Time You Tried Something for the First Time?

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?”

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Date Night: Ada Street, Chicago

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”

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Marley, a Documentary on the Definitive Reggae Rockstar and Revolutionary

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.

Certain songs cut to the core of moments or chapters in one’s life. One song for me is Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, which for me, hearkens to sometime in my mid-20s. This song is about the scars that remain with all humanity years after the African slave trade and the responsibility of later generations to educate themselves and remember the struggles of those who came before. Continue reading “Marley, a Documentary on the Definitive Reggae Rockstar and Revolutionary”

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Serving Drunkards Since 1902: Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, 4802 N. Broadway

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In a town where bars come and go like the whims of our infamous gale-force winds, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Uptown remains defiant, surviving Da Mare, riots and over a century of fruitless Cubs seasons. Maybe the Boys in Blue, clad in grey stirrups, stopped at the Mill for a homecoming victory round after winning their first World Series in 1907 over the Detroit Tigers? I can’t be sure that it’s true, but I like to think it could be.  Continue reading “Serving Drunkards Since 1902: Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, 4802 N. Broadway”