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I had thought we were done with state fairs for the year after South Carolina. I was wrong. We ended up going to the Louisiana State Fair in mid-November. It is held every year in Shreveport, LA. New Orleans I’ve been to, Shreveport I have not. We also found it was cheaper to fly into Dallas and drive 3-3.5 hours to Shreveport than to actually fly to Shreveport. We also sacrificed a… Read More

Each have their own state fairs. And this year, we were lucky and there was a weekend where they overlapped each other, so we went to both. We started by arriving in Charlotte, NC. It was right between the two and it was the cheaper of the destinations and options. We then drove up to Raleigh, NC and then down to Colombia, SC. And in between the state fairs, we indulged in… Read More

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 tend to do) and I ended up going up to Minnesota with friends for the weekend instead for the Minnesota Cryo-Crash (a winter edition couch crash). There were a lot of outdoor activities involved, which I mildly (or didn’t at all)… Read More

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) now. The menu looked amazing and I’d heard good things, so I had to try it. Now, as much fun as eating alone is, it’s more fun with another human when I can order more food. In steps my friend Mikel…. Read More

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 part of a group called “Ladies Brunch”. It didn’t start out that way…it really was just a way for a couple friends of mine (myself included) to do brunch once a month to ensure we could catch up because, let’s get… Read More