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• Sip on specially-priced $29 bottles of wine from past leap years (2000 and 2004) at the Leap Year Dinner at Café Matou. (Feb 29)
• Shane Salois of Cream Wine Company and sommelier Rashed Islam lead a tasting of more than 12 champagnes with appetizer pairings at the Leap Year Champagne Seminar at Viet Bistro. […]
The technology of entertainment is moving swiftly along. CDs, mp3s, mpegs, DVDs, high-def… It seems as though the moment we imagine the next step, it already exists. However, there was a time when none of this existed. Before television, before radio, there was Vaudeville. And amidst all the gadgets and doodads of today’s society, vaudeville […]
The term “hidden gem” is often used to describe places that are out-of-the-way or in less populated areas that have something great to offer. The Violet Hour in Wicker Park takes that term to another level.
This cocktail lounge with a speakeasy vibe to it is hidden. No street address or sign marks its entrance. Passersby […]
“Foodies” can be pretty particular about their eating-out choices, as they look for that “something extra” in restaurants. Bonsoirée in Logan Square offers just that with an exclusive dining experience.
This subtle café and catering company serves up French and American delicacies. While it’s open to the public most of the week, every Saturday night they […]
Commute, job, chores, family, friends… you are one busy bee. You’d love to give something back to the colony, but who has the time?
Every little step counts, and you can start by shopping from the Chicago Honey Co-Op, the “bee farm” on the west side of Chicago. Home to over 100 hives, this apiary provides […]
The namesake reigns supreme at the small but popular Tony’s Italian Beef. Since 1975, this quick stop has been serving huge portions of food for cheap. Long lines can be found virtually any time of day, as customers come for the breakfast subs in the morning to the burgers and hot dogs in the afternoons […]
After planning the Three First National Plaza, the same architects designed another building with the same “sawtooth edge,” giving the southeast face six corners. As a result, the Madison Plaza has nine corner offices on most of its 45 floors. The 599-foot (182 m) structure was originally meant to be one of two, but the […]
The Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre opened in 1926 to much fanfare on the site of the former Iroquois Theatre. It was the first theatre Balaban and Katz had built in the Loop since the opening of the Chicago Theatre in 1921.
The theatre’s Asian-influenced décor may be over-the-top, but it has never […]
The Chicago Traveler extends a heartfelt welcome to The San Diego Traveler! This well-written blog has actually been around for a while but is new to the b5media network. I’ve visited “America’s Finest City” once in my travels, and it is indeed a beautiful city. I have quite a few friends there that I’m looking […]
You are a dancing machine! Or, at least, you were, up until you had kids. Now you’re a diaper-changing, stain-cleaning, tyke-chasing machine. If the dance floor is still calling your name under all that toddler-hollering, check out Baby Loves Disco.
This dance party allows clubbers and their little dance partners to have fun together. Started in […]
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