chicago foodie girl

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...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! As I've mentioned in the past, Chicagoans are crazy for this holiday - the week-long celebration includes ...

Ask owner Tommy Wang about the inspiration behind his popular Wicker Park eatery and it will become quickly evident that it was borne out o...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. After hibernating for the much of last two weekends, thanks to a combination of ridi...

Recently, I met up with my lovely blogger babes for a marathon brunch/catch-up session at the even lovelier Nellcôte . This was the fir...

As much as I enjoy cooking, there are days (okay, even weeks) in which I have no interest in meal planning or grocery shopping; this is esp...

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...

The NOSH is a weekly food pop-up food festival that showcases a variety of chefs, restaurants, caterers, bakers, butchers, and food entrep...

A few weeks ago, Diana and I braved the nasty, icy evening for a night of cupcake decorating through the Learning Bar . We used to be month...

If you haven't already figured it out, brunch is my favorite meal of the day. Not only is it the perfect weekend indulgence, but also I...

A few weeks ago, I met up with two of my favorite bloggers, Ashley and Gigi , for a very belated Christmas celebration and catch-up brunch...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. After the first week of the new semester (which is always slightly chaotic & ner...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fabulous start to 2015. As per usual, I spent the first two weeks of my winter break pretending as th...

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas (or Chrismahanukwanzakah, as I like to think of it - I'm a firm advocate of celebrating everyt...

Earlier this month, I was invited to attend the World of Chocolate gala held at Chicago's Union Station in recognition of Worlds AIDS...

Happy National Sangria Day! Yes, I know what you're thinking... yet another foodie holiday? Yes, I know, I know. However, as I've m...