Balena
This fantastic new restaurant only opened up two weeks ago in Chicago and I’m already obsessed. Balena is, for lack of a better phrase, freaking hotdamn DELICIOUS Italian food. I met my friend Jenny at Balena right after work during the Balena’s opening week. I had a harder time finding the restaurant than I expected, … Read more
Contemporary Meets History
I was privileged to spend the majority of a Chicago History Museum work day (usually filled with website updating, blog posting, online publishing, and furious social media campaigning) in the exhibition galleries and event space for a high fashion photo shoot. Michigan Avenue Magazine rented out Museum space for the day to photograph an editorial … Read more
Ten Years of 9/11
Never forget. A list of the names of those who died on September 11, 2001 can be found below: List of World Trade Center Victims (not including plane crews or passengers) Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr. Edelmiro Abad Maria Rose Abad Andrew Anthony Abate Vincent Abate Laurence Christopher Abel William F. Abrahamson Richard Anthony Aceto Jesus … Read more
NeoCon 2011
A few weeks ago on a Monday evening in June, I attended NeoCon, an annual architecture and industrial design exposition held at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. As long as I have lived in the Windy City, I have never set foot in the Merchandise Mart until this event — words CANNOT describe how immense … Read more
