Chicago 2022

One of our favorite buildings in all of Chicago (and there are so many to pick from) Great location, excellent service and very nice rooms.

Some of the best service we’ve had in a long time. Nice crowd, great food with a unique take on tartare.  Cocktails were a little “normal”, nothing exciting but the […]

Stopped at Union Station in DC on our way home from our Memorial Day trip, 2018.  Excellent, as expected. Now in Chicago as well!

A little more mainstream than our other coffee shop visit for the day.  Good but not great.

When we planned this trip I made the Aviary reservations right away…then I read some online reviews and started to get a bit nervous.  I read things like “pretentious”, “over […]

We’ve been to Shake Shack several cities (Boston, Chicago, Washington DC) and they are always good for a quick lunch. In Boston we had a Vanilla shake blended with black […]

Eataly is massive.  It’s two floors in the middle of downtown Chicago of just about everything Italian food you can think of. Coffee, gelato, a Nutella bar, Cheese, bread, wine, […]

We’ve been there so many times…it really is a great museum. We have been able to see some wonderful shows there over the years including Ansel Adams and Andy Warhol. […]