A Taste of the Philippines is now open at Chicago’s French Market, while Boonie Foods pops up in Logan Square
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After 17 years in Lincoln Square, Isla Pilipina — a Filipino food mainstay loved for its addictive lumpia and for becoming a de facto gathering place for the Filipino-American community in Chicago — is closing.
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Joël Robuchon is a bar-raiser, an experience that ruins you forever, if you let it. The dragon you chase, the love who got away. Because, after you've had it, you can't un-know this food, this service and this setting.
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Sometimes the artists have permission to create their art on spaces owned by other people. At other times the artists do not have permission to create art on spaces owned by other people.
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We forgot all about the cold for a little while to enjoy the show!
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The great thing about Chicago is the many different groups of immigrants who have made Chicago their home over the years. Each group brings their own traditions, food, religions, languages and customs.
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"Why is it so cold?" she asked when she arrived in Chicago. Well, Flat Stanlina, that is a question I ask myself almost every day around this time of year.
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A few months ago, our family friend Christine, who lives in Southern California, asked me if I'd be willing to host a young friend in Chicago named Flat Stanley. Before Christine asked me to do this, I had no idea who or what Flat Stanley is.
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"Divide and Share" is more than a slogan. The new bike share makes the public transportation pie bigger by adding more capacity -- whether those seats are on a bus, train, or the saddles of 4,000 bikes.
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Here are my recommendations for fun and affordable Chicago-area outdoor activities for the novice, the budgeteer, the outdoor-curious, the car-less, and the wanna-be camper.
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Complete this sentence: "Give me your tired, your poor,..."
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Summerfest, Wrigley Field North, a Santiago Calatrava designed art museum, cheese and Harleys. Need more reasons to visit Milwaukee?
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I said that mid-March to early April was the best time to see the famed cherry blossoms in our nation's capitol, Washington DC. Perhaps that would be for a typical spring. Yet this sequestered spring's unusually cold temperatures held an unforgiving grip into April, until a few days ago.
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Lou's buys double eggs, which are TWO YOLKS to a shell. What freak science went into creating these kinds of eggs on a predictable, farm-manufactured basis, I don't know, but it saves me a few bucks as I only want two normal eggs (read: two yolks, not four) so I ordered one over-easy.
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