chicago foodie girl

Happy Monday and happy fall! Although we're mostly in summer daytime weather mode around here, I'm still super excited to see the...

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...

While there were once few options in Chicago for ramen (outside of dorm room dining); thankfully, it's no longer seen here as a novel...

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 Tuesday! I hope everyone had a fab weekend. While I spent most of my free time over the last week hunkered down at home (catching up...

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...

Practically from the moment we bonded over our mutual hardcore love of seafood, Ashley began urging me to go to Bonefish Grill in order...

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. I spent Friday and Saturday out with friends (checking out the new brunch menus at the oh-s...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fabulous Chrismahanukwanzakah (I'm a firm advocate of celebrating everything, as more holidays = ...

Way back in the day, I made my first pilgrimage up to the quaint, yet still bustling northern suburb of Evanston in the middle of one of th...

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, Mario and I are sushi fiends. From paper-thin cuts of sashimi (yes, I know that's not really sushi per...

Pump Room is one of those iconic Chicago restaurants that was once known as much for its legendary celebrity connections as for the food th...

Fact: I am a sushi fiend. I double, triple, and quadruple heart sushi. Seriously, I could eat sushi every day of the week... in fact, there...

Happy spring! Yes, I realize spring technically started over a month ago; however, it was still very much winter in these parts until jus...

A few months ago, Mario and I were invited to a tasting event at BlackFinn American Grille in Mt. Prospect . Unfortunately, due to my wor...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. As with many of you, Mario and I spent our weekend engulfed in Halloween excitement....

Happy (almost) May! I know I say it just about every month, but wow, April really flew by... it feels like just last week that I was geari...

I can't believe it's already March. While February is usually intolerably long (and my least favorite month by far), it flew by ...