chicago foodie girl

Tap, tap, tap... is this thing on? *Ahem.* How do I even start this post? Suffice to say that I didn't intend to disappear for five mont...

I can't even begin to tell you how many times over the years people have asked me what I do with all of my free time during my sem...

While my family is mostly Swedish and Italian, I grew up in an area with large Polish and Czech populations and through many festi...

While I've spent the last five years blogging my way through the city, suburbs, nearby states, and even Mexico, I've sadly been la...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fab start to the week. Can you believe it's already June?! Only a few weeks ago, I was staring down...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fab weekend and a great start to the week! After the intensity of the first few weeks of the new semeste...

As much as I enjoy exploring other parts of the city and discovering new-to-me-restaurants in neighborhoods previously unknown, I have...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fab weekend and a great start to the week! After the intensity of the first two weeks of the new semes...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fab weekend. Today is the official start of the new semester, which is always equal parts exciting, ch...

Nestled into the quiet northern end of the bustling Southport Corridor in Lakeview,  Southport and Irving (SIP)  offers globally ins...

During my first visit to London back in the late '90s, I spent many glorious afternoons wandering around random neighborhoods with no p...

A few short weeks ago, when the sun was shining brightly (despite the fact that it's technically spring, the sunshine is still a bit of...

For our most recent Brunchgasm visit, Diana and I spent weeks at a bit of a standstill. March was hectic for the both us and faced with a m...

Earlier this month, Diana and I were invited to stop by the swanky Virgin Hotels Chicago for a Quicky with Ricky [insert a mental string ...

As I mentioned in my last post , I'm not a huge fan of Chicago's SPD craziness; in fact, I usually try to stay away from the masses...

Our brunch at Kanela Breakfast Club set some high expectations, so we knew we had to carefully choose our next place to visit. It goes wit...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is having a fantastic end to the summer. I can't even tell you how excited I am for fall; as much as I...

Last week, I was invited to join a select group of other Chicago Food Bloggers for a lovely meal at managing partner and sommelier Don Srit...

Recently, I was contacted by Gino's East to see if I would be interested in checking out their newest location in River North . Of co...

Raise the bacon flag! Baconfest : an ode to all things bacon. If it's wrapped in bacon, infused with bacon, smothered in bacon...