Yesterday I went with Amy, Scott, Jen, and Adam to see the horses race at Arlington Park. I hadn’t been to a horse racing park for about 5 years when I went to Del Mar in California so it was cool to check it out again. Most everything was the same but at Del Mar [...]

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Yesterday morning the weather looked great so I went to check out North Avenue Beach. It’s the first of Chicago’s city beaches I’ve been to. But then it started raining and the weather was really temperamental so I only stayed about an hour or so. I can’t wait til the weather is nicer so I [...]

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Wicker Park, Chicago
In Manhattan you always know which way is north/south/east/west by looking up to see where the Empire State Building is in relation to where you’re standing. In Chicago it doesn’t work like that. All of the skyscrapers, instead of being in the middle of the city, are to the far east side at [...]

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Happy Birthday Chicagoist :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago

Erin :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago

John & Eric :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago

Margaret, Scott, Rachelle, Eric :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago

Greg, Katie, Dallas :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago

Margaret & Rachelle :: O’Callaghan’s, River North, Chicago
These were some of my favorite photos from Chicagoist’s First Birthday Happy Hour. It [...]

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This past weekend I went through some of my past issues of Cooking Light and pulled out pages with recipes I thought looked good. Sunday night I made Rosemary Chicken Salad. I had everything on hand to make it with the exception of yogurt and fresh rosemary. I debated whether to use dried rosemary that [...]

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