Location: Albion Manor in Lincoln Park, Chicago
Category: Chicago eats
Nature’s Bounty
With community gardens & farmer’s markets bustling all over the city, my picture roll was flooded with flowers, fruits, and veggies for consumption & discussion. Now, don’t be ridiculous; I didn’t forget the libations. There are so many fizzy margaritas out in Chicago! I’ve never seen so much club soda being mixed with it before,…
A Midwest Bayou
I’ve been a long-time researcher of vampire origins. I have no idea when this happened, maybe Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Maybe Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles”? I made my friends play the Twilight DVD strategy game – Team Edward. My very favorite movie(s) is the Underworld series, and it led me down…
Meat me in the city, I’ll be wearing blue
Burgers, sliders, yes, I’m familiar… but a Meatball Martini? What is this phenomenon you speak of? First, a well-done simple smashburger vs. a large two-patty stacked egg monster is just fine by me, depending on time and my outfit because I will engage with it like a date on Bumble. Isn’t it really a first…
Excellence happens within a seedy bun
When I stepped out into the Wicker Park neighborhood for the first time in the Fall of 2023, I was on a mission. I wanted needed to find a Chicago dog. It’s tradition, if not a mandatory passage into the food mecca of the windy city. This past year I was able to make it…
Wandering in Chicago
I arrived in Chicago in April 2024 with my car packed to the brim, never looking back in the rearview mirror of my life in Colorado. Here we are a full year later, full of wandering, eating, concerts, and settling into a cadence of wonder and curiosity in the best city in the world! How…
I’m backkkkkk!
I’m here. I’m clear. I’m ready to show no fear. It’s been 2019 since I posted my last foodie finds and so many things have happened. I’m still in Colorado Springs, CO, but will soon be venturing out to Chicagoooooooo in the Fall for a Eat, Pray, Rock(out) adventure. It’s going to be a helluva…
CULINARY ADVENTURES WITH A WANDERING WINO 