Bar Chido is just the latest restaurant to open in Downers Grove by the same people who opened Foxtail and Cadence. Two of my favorite restaurants in the Chicago suburbs. While I did enjoy it, I would put the other two above it. It's a cute restaurant located right off of main street Downers great... Continue Reading →
Title: Sometimes I Lie Author: Alice Feeney My Rating: ⭐ Why I gave this rating: This is the first Alice Feeney book I really didn’t like. It was lacking in so many ways compared to her others. It didn’t have the chapter-ending cliffhangers I’ve come to love about her writing. For a short book, I... Continue Reading →
Does anyone find something they enjoy and make it their entire personality? I tend to do that with food. And so of course after visiting this restaurant, Japanese BBQ is my new personality. Have added like 20 different Japanese and Korean BBQ places to try in Chicago and am very excited about that. Japanese BBQ... Continue Reading →
Title: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Author: Erik Larson My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why I gave this rating: It was an interesting historical read. Not really wow but I enjoy Larson’s writing. Kind of wish there were pictures throughout so I could get visuals. Felt like... Continue Reading →
Chicago Restaurant Week may be my new favorite time of the year (behind Christmas of course). So many great restaurants participate with a set fixed price menu equalling almost triple for the 3-4 courses that you get for the price if you didn't order from that menu. So of course when the announcement came, I... Continue Reading →
Title: Beautiful Little Fools Author: Jillian Cantor My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (.5) Why I gave this rating: This book was highly addictive and had me from the beginning. It was such a fun drama and a different take on the classic great gatsby. The only reason it’s not a full 5 stars is I felt the... Continue Reading →
Title: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Author: Gabrielle Zevin My Rating: ⭐⭐ Why I gave this rating: I unfortunately went into this book with a biased opinion before I even started. One of my good friends read it last year and just struggled with reading it. We talked about it before I started reading and... Continue Reading →
"Of all the paths you taking life, make sure a few lead to the Mountains." John Muir I am very much a city and beach kind of girl when it comes to vacations. I don't handle the cold very well (she says as someone who has lived in Chicago for most of her life) and... Continue Reading →
Title: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Author: Daniel James Brown My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why I gave this rating: This was a historical fiction book that I may not have normally picked up for myself, but I gifted it to my dad for... Continue Reading →
One of my new year's resolutions was when I go to a restaurant, not to automatically pick something I know I will like. Try something I might not normally pick. So I took that resolution by the horns at the latest restaurant I went to and picked items I definitely would not have normally. Plus,... Continue Reading →
The Library Abroad 