chicago foodie girl

As soon as I stopped by Ina Mae Tavern for the first time shortly after it opened in 2018, I knew it was going to become one of my favo...

If you follow me on Instagram , you may recall me mentioning earlier this month that one of my goals for this year is to feature mo...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and a start to 2020. As per usual, I spent the first few weeks of my winter b...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is having a fantastic summer. Can you believe we're already heading toward the end of July?! It feels lik...

I spent most of my free time during my senior year of college (oh so many years ago) exploring everything that Madison, WI had to offer....

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...

As I've mentioned several times over the last few years, I have a serious love for Bonefish Grill . Considering I live in a city in wh...

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

Happy spring! I know that technically it has been spring for just over a month, but up until this weekend, it was still very much winter her...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic start to 2018. I have to admit that I’ve been less than impressed with this year thus ...

Located on a quiet stretch of Damen Ave. in Bucktown, The Bristol has long occupied one of the few spots on my all-time favorites list. I...

As I've mentioned before, back before my daily commute involved a two-hour trek out to the far northwest 'burbs, I spent most of m...

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 spring! I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy some of the fab weather we had over the weekend. I know for some of you it has been spri...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and an uneventful start to 2017; after the craziness/sadness/ridiculousness...

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...

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fab start to the week! On one hand, I can't believe it's already almost the end of August - it ...

Ever since our first visit to Artango Bar & Steakhouse (formerly known as Artango Bistro) last year, Mario and I have considered ou...

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

If you follow Diana on Instagram , you've probably already realized that she is the BBQ queen - she is always down for BBQ and loves i...