The New York Times travel section recently updated their 36 Hours in Chicago guide, and it's a pretty solid way to spend a quick weekend in our fair city. From classics like an architecture tour on the river to a comedy show at Second City to more innovative suggestions like a stop at the new ...
Archives for November 2018
All I Want for Christmas…
I have an Amazon Wishlist that I keep fairly up to date, but you know, where's the fun in that? As I got to thinking about this holiday season, I decided to take a cue from the various bloggers and doers who I follow and craft a wishlist of my one. It may be a bit aspirational, but if we can't dream ...
‘Tis the Season | Holiday Theater in Chicago
For two years running now, I've made it my own little holiday tradition to see American Blues Theater's annual production of It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago. The show is an absolute treat, a word-for-word performance of the film script...except as an old-timey radio play. Each year, the ...
Listen to This: Christmas 2018
Listen, I'm not gonna lie: I started listening to Christmas music the day after Halloween. And I wish I could say it's just to be able to put together this annual playlist for you, and not because...well, because basically the other 10 months of the year are just me waiting for it to be holiday ...
Review: Green Book
Bolstered by two knock-out performances, Green Book may just be the crowd pleaser of the holiday season. Directed by Peter Farrelly (yes, of the Farrelly Brothers and their gross-out comedies of the 1990s and early 2000s), the film recounts the unlikely friendship of a musician and bouncer, an ...