Since Dave is rarely able to take off time from work to travel, we focus our vacation planning around extended weekend vacations. Nashville has been on our radar for a while because it is within manageable driving distance from Chicago, which makes it a very budget-friendly vacation. Since we didn’t have plane tickets to book, the main planning […]
Special Occasion Restaurant: Sixteen Chicago
Back in late September, Dave and I celebrated our two-year dating anniversary. Since the infant stages of our relationship, food has been one of our top interests. We read through Yelp reviews of restaurants nearby in Wicker Park to help us decide where to go on our first dinner date. There were so many great options that […]
Easy Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding
If you’ve ever found yourself googling, “What to do with bread crusts,” “What to do with stale bread,” or “What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers” then look no further! I, too, found myself googling similar terms when I had literally bags of bread crusts after making cucumber sandwiches for a party (that’s a recipe for […]
Healthier Choices at Taste of Chicago 2016
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending Taste of Chicago. (What, Chasing the Taste went to Taste of Chicago? How unlikely!) As a lifetime resident of the Chicagoland area, I’ve long since enjoyed checking out the Taste because 1) it has plenty of food options, 2) all of those food options are […]