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Published date August 23, 2014
After spending the day walking around wicker park, JC and I had worked up an appetite. And after repeated recommendations, we had only one place on our mind – Quesadilla La Reyna del Sur, a vegan-friendly (lacto-ovo-vegetarian) Mexican restaurant in the Bucktown area of Chicago. We loved this place, and...
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Published date August 19, 2014
After a lovely day of exploring Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and a wonderful meal at The Lobby, we planned a more casual day of wandering around for our last full day in Chicago. First stop – Upton’s Breakroom for lunch and the Ukrainian Village & Wicker Park neighbourhood to look around....
Published date August 2, 2014
As a special surprise for JC’s birthday I wanted to take him out for something he’s never done before, and after the camping and the driving, it seemed a nice fancy experience would be just the right thing as a treat. I emailed The Peninsula Hotel and The Lobby a...
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Published date July 27, 2014
Oh where to begin. This was the day I planned out a little JC birthday celebration. I emailed with the staff at The Lobby in the Peninsula hotel before we left Toronto about their Afternoon Tea, and we planned to go to the Art Institute of Chicago for a very long wander and...
Published date July 25, 2014
After enjoying a very lovely lunch at The Chicago Diner & enjoying a few cups of fancy coffee at Gaslight Coffee Roasters, we wandered around the Pilsen neighbourhood enjoying some of the street art Chicago is known for while we waited for our AirBnB apartment to be ready. As...
Published date July 22, 2014
After our fun but brief camping time at Fort Custer Recreation Area we drove on to Chicago in a couple of hours. I plotted the course to the Chicago Diner in the Logan Square area because we had a few hours to go before our AirBnB in the Pilsen neighbourhood would...