Monday, December 30, 2013

Atlanta - Naples Pizza In America?!

Driving in - Listen to the Main Title Theme of the Walking Dead and then drop by 



817 Cherokee Place Atlanta GA 
This is Rick Grimes's house featured in the TV show and not too far from the main highway... While your fascinating your nerd mind to that work your GPS towards ...

Pizza Antico Napoletana 
The best pizza place I've been to by far. Community dining in their warehouse like kitchen Italian music and customers getting their groove on inspite tens of fluorescent bulbs, people say the pizza here is closest to Naples Pizza... I don't need to say much this place speaks for itself. 









Epcot's World Showcase

Norway - Try the Krigla Bakeri Og Kafe and get their Viking Coffee and School Bread (Great breakfast) ... And my guy friend wants me to say the Norwegian gals are pretty cute. 



Mexico - Do the tequila flight! Four shots of different kinds of tequila



United Kingdom - Catch the improv show on their streets, grab beer inside rose and crown and maybe fish and chips




Japan - reserve lunch at teppan edo, 4.5 rating on yelp. It's a 3/5 on my scale as far as food goes but service and show is a 4.5/5... The chef cracks jokes while cooking infront of you and they're far from cheesy. (Ie. poking the chicken on the oven and telling us it's Big Bird) awesome!




Check the Pearls they harvest before your very eyes in their gift shop. A pearl from a Pearl farm picked just for you for only $17 bucks

Italy - have a Canoli and the Champagne flight at their Cellar... And then bat your eyelashes at the bartender with the Italian accent (cause he's from Italy) same goes with the next location...




France - Spend on perfume, wine, cheese, and the pastry shop! A must do the pastry shop!


Pace yourself!



Thursday, December 26, 2013

Indianapolis - The Deli, The Beer, The Underground Resto

Goose The Market

Meats, cheese, organic grocery, sandwiches, coffee, and a cellar downstairs for very chill dining on tapas. Ie. Cheese plates drizzled with sweet jam etc...





It's Your one stop shop, with local beer (Pogue's Run Porter  by Flat 12 Brewery "like cigars and chocolate") which is worth lugging from the Midwest down to sunny FL for friends



You may want to Get their two best selling sandwiches; the Batali and the Goose, One for now one for later. 



Grab from their fresh deli some sopresatta or smoked fish and homemade red block cheese among many. have them choose for you if you can't make up your mind. 



it's a sandwich shop on level and a restaurant in their cellar downstairs. Very quiet cozy and cultural! Reminds me of a cellar-resto in Buenos Aires.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Chicago - Must Do's

Shana's Chicago Winter List: My favorite experiences in Chicago

DOWNTOWN:

Hancock Top Floor for view - only touristy thing in the list but view worth it. Go enjoy view for a few minutes and order one drink cause it's rather pricey.

Catch a Sarah Marie Young Show - a musician who makes an impression check dates and venues sarahmarieyoung.com

Purple Pig - order bone marrow, pig ears, and beets. go on a weekday cause weekend wait sometimes can go up to three hours and they don't take reservations 

Kris Kindle Market at Daley Plaza - it's only my favorite city event of the year. My friend Tina runs it on the ground and she is on top of her game! 

Untitled - Every night they have a different theme and show (ie. Unbridled burlesque show). Great party place

Lake Front Path Sledding Hill: Bring cardboard and bundle up. Parking pricey in the area or cab it.

OLD TOWN

Second City Thursday Nights - free improv at 10pm every Thursday at the main stage. Many great actors and comedians pass through Second City. 

LINCOLN PARK



Next Door Cafe - take a class or just get some online errands done in this very condusive space... The only thing distracting about it is how awesome the concept of the place is.

Batter and Berries - #1 in this entire list (hot sauce, chicken, waffle flight)

LITTLE ITALY

Davanti on Taylor St - ricotta cheese and the pizza with the mushrooms and the olives are orgasmic

LOGAN SQUARE
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Kuma's Corner - try their beers, and their burgers, and Mac and cheese

Wasabi - order any Ramen and make sure you add on the Aburi Kakuni. No take outs at this place, because yeah it's that good.

WRIGLEY

Tango sur - the date place! A legit Argentinian restaurant almost as good as Buenos Aires itself. 

UPTOWN

Green Mill - cash cover but tremendously talented musicians if you're not into jazz or folk you might reconsider the lack of interest you had AFTER watching a show here

BUCKTOWN



Arts and Spirits - eat drink and paint! take your friends and BYOB

EDGEWATER

Metropolis Cafe - top 20 coffee shops in the world and this is one of them. try whatever special seasonal coffee they have.