One of the best things about living in a big city is the magnitude and proximity of delicious restaurants. This week took me to Tweet, a brunch-only destination in the Uptown neighborhood. Their website states, “Our goal at Tweet is to prepare and serve, with love, the freshest, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, organic when possible: eggs, dairy, vegetables and fruit, subject to market availability.”
Here in Chicago, spring can be a fleeting thing. It’s either raining and 50 degrees or 85˚ with 40 mile-an-hour winds. Whatever weather we are blessed with, on any given weekend everyone wants to get outside after a long winter.
Chicago is an amazing city year-round, we all know that! The start of summer also signals the beginning of festival season. Get your festival on this weekend!
Lakeview: Big things are coming to the Lakeview neighborhood in 2018! The first food hall north of the Magnificent Mile will open next year at the corner of Broadway and Sheridan. Lakeview Market will house both bars and food vendors and will be open daily from 10:30 am to 10 pm. Some vendors will be open until midnight on weekends.
Normally when someone suggests a vegetarian or vegan restaurant, I’m hesitant to go along with it. I am so glad I didn’t shy away from Handlebar. Located at 2311 W. North Ave., this cozy spot is tucked into the busy Wicker Park neighborhood. Handlebar serves made-from-scratch vegetarian and vegan comfort food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
What kid doesn’t like to dig in the dirt? My grandkids love to help plant flowers and work in the garden. They especially enjoy watering, the garden and each other! It’s also a great way to introduce more vegetables into their diet.
What a weekend Chicago has in store for us! Not only will Mother Nature be cooperating with plenty of sunshine but we’ll be “Celebrating Moms” with events on both Saturday and Sunday!!
Lincoln Park: Still looking for Thursday evening plans? You’re in luck! The Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce is hosting the inaugural “Lincoln Park Uncorked”, a wine crawl along Armitage Avenue and Halsted Street.
Wicker Park is an explosion of restaurants and bars, making it one of the hottest food neighborhoods in Chicago. After a matinee at a theatre nearby, a group of us stumbled into Antique Taco. We started with two classic appetizers: guacamole and queso.
Old- fashioned remedies have survived many years for a reason: they work! Epsom salts are one of these. Epsom salts are comprised of magnesium and sulfate. They get their name from a small borough in Surrey, England called Epsom. The salts were first discovered in the bubbling springs there. Epsom salts have many uses in the home and garden besides soaking a sprained ankle.
