Dallas and I went to Whole Foods to get dried currants and he, as always, was lured over to the meat and seafood department to drool over the choice cuts. We ended up getting a little over 3/4 pound of ahi and making poke that night.
For those who don’t know, poke is a raw tuna [...]

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Roscoe Village, Chicago

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Construction, Roscoe Village, Chicago
This morning I thought they were taking an extra long time to pick up the garbage.* Then I looked out the window and saw this huge truck and digger in the lot across the alley. The guy in the house next door owns the lot and I guess he finally decided to [...]

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Turkey Burgers and Brats, Roscoe Village, Chicago

Chowing Down, Roscoe Village, Chicago
The next time the weather is in the single digits, maybe I should just bite my tonge. This is the midwest, afterall, and one day will be cold and the next warm. One day snowing, the next sunny. Yesterday was December 17th and it was [...]

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Dallas & Rachelle, West Loop, Chicago

West Loop, Chicago

Chris, Jen, Barbara, Abby, Dallas, Kristin, Chad, Scott, Tara, Jen :: West Loop, Chicago

Tenderloin Dinner, West Loop, Chicago
Every year Allison has a holiday party. This year, instead of just a party, she made dinner. And a really great one, at that. We had some smoked salmon with herbed [...]

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