chicago foodie girl

As I've mentioned here before, I have a soft spot for Wisconsin. I spent my undergraduate years there and have fond memories of the...

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

Chicago has been known as a meat-and-potatoes kind of town since the days in which the stockyards made it the largest producer of meat. Wh...

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...

After my very first   visit to Mexico back in 2017, I caught the travel bug for that beautiful country. As you may remember, the exper...

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...

While I haven't mentioned it much over here (I definitely need to rectify that soon!), Cochon Volant Brasserie   has been one of my...

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 once upon a time I was a fan of all donuts (every donut was a good donut, even the ones that were kind of bad), I've turned i...

Over the last few years, Ashley , Gigi , and I have bonded over our love of the holiday season. Not only are we all hardcore proponen...

As I'm sure you've all figured out by now, I am a total nerd... I have a serious love for the written word, I'm thoroughly obse...

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

If you ask anyone in Chicago for steakhouse recommendations, it's guaranteed Gibsons will dominate the list. It's one of thos...

When I was a kid, one of my biggest food thrills in life was discovering the joys of fried ice cream. I vividly remember the first time ...

When I was a little kid, Mother's Day was not only a celebration of my mother and grandmother (and the only day of the year in which m...