
As I write this up, I’m officially announcing that Baramee Birthday Month is officially over. It was not the typical Baramee Birthday Month, but how could it be as this is...
Category: Featured, Life Tags: baramee birthday month, birthday, birthday week, lao & thai spicy noodle, lao food, mangonada, minnesota, parachute, ra sushi, smyth
Okay, I’m starting this post on Memorial Day (May 25, 2020) and it will probably receive some edits before it finally gets posted in June. (Currently contemplating if I should just...
Category: Featured, Life Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, hbomax, love your melon, netflix, online shopping, quarantine, rock cut state park, shopping, stay at home, viki, youtube
Black Lives Matter – How my month started… 5.29.20 A city I will always call home comes to a head following the death of George Floyd (#sayhisname) on Memorial Day (5.25.20)....
Category: Featured, Life Tags: 2020, blm, civil rights, defund the police, equality, george floyd, history, justice, minneapolis, police reform, racism, reclaim the block, systemic racism
Who’s really winning this fight? I mean, I know it’s really “The World vs. COVID”, but this is my blog (LOL). So far, I’m still doing pretty good. I’m starting to...
Category: Featured, Life Tags: cooking at home, covid, covid-19, hbo, homemade, hulu, k dramas, korean dramas, quarantine, social distancing, state park, stay at home, viki, waterfall
2019 ended up taking me around the world when really I had intended it to be domestic (and within the contiguous 48 only). What happened? Opportunities I couldn’t pass up arose...
Category: Featured
Chicago Restaurant Week started on January 24th. I was ready to participate right from the get go and even already had lunch reservations that day, but things came up (as they...
Category: Eat, Featured Tags: blackbird, boka, chicago, chicago restaurant week, cold storage, food, osteria langhe, passerotto, perilla, restaurant week, sao song, topolobampo
Superkhana International (located in Logan Square) opened back in mid-July. But, it just finally hit my radar (I get a lot of emails about restaurants and food in the city overall)...
Category: Eat, Featured Tags: chicago, chicago eats, food, logan square, superkhana international
Hello to all my ladies. Honestly, I’m not even sure any of them read my posts or know I have a blog. That’s okay. I never even knew I’d be a...
Category: Featured, Life Tags: brunch, food, friends, girls only, ladies only
Don’t worry, there will be more to come. This is what happens when you let life guide you through. But in case you were wondering, I’m alive and well. I’ve been...
Category: Featured
So, I did a thing. I bought a plane ticket to Japan to spend 4 days and 3 nights. You’re probably thinking…is that even worth it? Let me tell you, it...
Category: Explore, Featured Tags: don quixote, golden gai, hamarikyu gardens, katsu, kit kats, mt fuji, seirinkan, senso-ji temple, shimbuyashi crossing, sky tower, skytree, studio ghibli, suntory, sushi dai, tako hachi, takoyaki, tokyo, toyosu fish market, yakiniku line, yakitori