Many, many moons ago, a man I was seeing burned me a 311 CD because I hated them. I was loud about not liking them, and he wanted to expose me to the whole vibe. And he did. I had just moved from a very small town in Michigan to a relatively medium-sized college town…
Category: Chicago
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Location: Map Room in Bucktown, Chicago
The Discontent of Comfort
Just a few weeks left in 2025, and this memoir is writing itself with all my hilarious, ludicrous adventures this year: making friends who show up time after time, the dates that remind me of my growth in saying goodbye, those who cheer me on while watching my ranting dishwasher issue videos, people who send…
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Location: Logan Square
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 