For the holidays I've been/will be doing a bit of traveling in the US outside of Chicago. For Thanksgiving I went to visit some family in Georgia and we went to check out the Savannah Rapids Park. The Augusta Canal is on the Savannah river and it runs along the border of Georgia and South [...]
Smoque BBQ
Smoque BBQ is located in Irving Park at 3800 North Pulaski Road. It can be a little confusing to get to using public transit and then walking. It's within easy walking distance of the Irving Park blue line stop, but depending on which exit you take you'd have to find a sidewalk road under the Kennedy [...]
London Wrap-up
I really wasn't expecting to go to London and every day up until my cousin and I got on our plane felt like waiting for someone to tell me there had been a mistake. Our time in London was short but packed. It was amazing to see so many old buildings, places I've only read [...]
Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar
Simply Fresh Cafe & Juice Bar is located at 150 North Michigan Avenue. Located across from Millennium Park this small cafe offers an interesting variety of breakfast and lunch foods from soup and sandwiches to bibimbap (a traditional Korean mixed rice dish. I'm unsure whether or not it's always there or not since it was premade in little [...]
Toni Patisserie and Café
Toni Patisserie and Café is a European inspired pastry shop and cafe located downtown Chicago at 65 East Washington Street and in Hinsdale Illinois. When a friend and I stopped in I decided to try their eggnog macaroons since I love eggnog. It was rather busy for an afternoon on a weekday, but the warmth of the [...]
Bubbleology
Before we left London for good I saw a Bubbleology and grabbed a coconut bubble tea to go. Bubbleology can be found in several places around London including Heathrow Airport. It's a cute science themed bubble tea shop and I enjoyed one last tea before boarding the plane to head home.
Matilda at Cambridge Theatre
When we got to our hotel, a few hours before check in, my cousin and I sat in the lobby and waited. I went through the brochures that were around and saw a brochure for Matilda. Growing up Matilda was one of my favorite movies to watch and when I had heard that it was [...]
The Field Museum
The Field Museum is another one of the museums in Museum Campus, it's located at 1400 South Lake Shore Drive. The Field Museum grew out of the World's Fair and opened in 1893. It is considered one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Visitors entering through the North Entrance are greeted by [...]
Shedd Aquarium
The Shedd Aquarium is located on the Museum Campus at 1200 S Lakeshore Drive. I went on a free day which almost all of the museums in Chicago have for residents of Chicago/Illinois. These days tend to be very packed for the museums. The free days are for the basic exhibits only which means for the [...]
Dishoom
For our final night in London we met up with a friend of mine at one of her favorite restaurants called Dishoom. It's a beautiful Indian modern restaurant, I loved their decor and the feel of the restaurant. We ordered, at my friend's suggestion Bombay Virgin Pina Colada's to drink, and it was my favorite part [...]