Monte Albán de Res, Adobo Grill Wicker Park, Chicago

Plato Vegetariano, Adobo Grill Wicker Park, Chicago

Pollo en Mole Poblano, Adobo Grill Wicker Park, Chicago

Plantanos Separados, Adobo Grill Wicker Park, Chicago
On Saturday my parents were in town. After a long walk around Wicker Park and Bucktown, we had dinner at Adobo Grill, which I’d been meaning to [...]

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I must pause for a moment and say that I’ve been listening to the new Beck album, Guero, for 2 days straight and I love it. I like Beck a lot and thought that Sea Change*, his last album, was great but it’s so depressing. Guero reminds me more of Odelay Beck.. except not.
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Tampon Cases, Virgin Megastore on the Magnificent Mile, Chicago
I love that Parcel doesn’t try to disguise what they’re really selling here.

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This is the Easter cake I made and brought to Mark and Wendy’s Easter dinner in 2002, to Jeannette & Yvan’s Easter party in 2003, and to my brother’s Easter dinner this past Sunday. How very Martha Stewart of me, huh? The recipe is below -

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Erin, Scott, Margaret :: Chicagoist Happy Hour at My Bar, Lakeview, Chicago

Sam, Aaron, Andrew :: Chicagoist Happy Hour at My Bar, Lakeview, Chicago

Sydney :: Chicagoist Happy Hour at My Bar, Lakeview, Chicago
My new photo technique, developed at the Chicagoist Happy Hour, is called “Drunk.”

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