This party is a friendly reminder that January is the last month we will be without baseball until November! The 2020 version of your annual kickoff of the baseball season moved to the Skyline Ballroom at McCormick Place this year from its previous location at Hilton Chicago. It’s a wild experience leaving the water fountain…
Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ whispered gently as you entered the event space downstairs at The Gage on Michigan Ave. Veronica Hinkle’s celebration for her book, The Last Night on The Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining & Style was the most incredible program. Revisiting Chicago connections of the fateful trip, as well as signature…
The 360 Observation Deck on the 94th Floor of the John Hancock Building is on its way to Quintessential Chicago status these days. You get to be a tourist in your own city for a bit and witness the global impact of Chicago because there are literally visitors from every corner of the earth sharing…
The Mayor of The Block, Esam Hani offered a glimpse at his sixth location on the strip that runs from Kedzie up to Diversey along Milwaukee Ave in Logan Square. Saba Italian Bar + Kitchen joins a collection that includes Café Con Leche, The Walk In, Red Star Liquor, The Harding Tavern and The Old…
The Tapestry Collection by Hilton’s latest offering debuted last night with DJs, a ribbon cutting, deconstructed cake stations and more cotton candy than I’ve ever seen at a launch event. Beverage partners include Wild Onion, Penrose, Off Color and Three Floyds. All praises due to Windy City Distribution. The wholesaler with arguably the best collection…
The most iconic Chicago department store of them all, Macy’s has a café on the seventh floor, just south of The Walnut Room. Bar Cart Stylings were handled by Chicago Style Influencer Helen Berkun. The Violet Hour mixologist Abe Vucekovich teaches James Beard Award-winning, pre-prohibition style craft cocktails at both Shedd Aquarium and Macys. For…
It looks like downtown Arlington Heights has themselves a proper concert hall. Eric Lindell kicked off the Grand Opening of the Live Music + Local Kitchen venue just a few blocks from Arlington Heights Metra. The New Orleans Rocker made Nonny the 1st of 4 Chicagoland stops on his current tour. This space is quite…
It might actually be the only time you’ll get a slice from heavyweights Gino’s East, Home Run Inn and Lou Malnati’s all on one plate… a plate shaped like a slice of pizza. The crowd skewed really young for this event, but when it’s a Sunday afternoon celebration of all things pizza in a national…
The recently opened Buona Streeterville is the 20th location for this family owned business. As we checked out the new digs over sips of white wine, martini glass sized portions of the menu began to roll out. The first of those was scrambled eggs? “We’ve been serving it since we open, It’s a west side…