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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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Cook This: Filipino Chicken Adobo

Tonight, I’m cooking the quintessential Filipino Dish: Chicken Adobo.

Our family is from the northern part of the Philippine islands. For every Filipino cook, there’s a different adobo. For example, my cousin adds Sprite/7Up instead of water and a hot chili pepper. This is my interpretation of my mom’s recipe. I like to douse my rice in adobo sauce so I make a lot of it.  Continue reading “Cook This: Filipino Chicken Adobo”

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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”