First Look For Charity 2020 Gala Tasting

Well HELLO new year! It’s an entire new decade. I just attended one of my favorite events that starts the year off right, the media preview for the First Look For Charity Gala at the Chicago Auto Show. Always a great way to see what restaurants are making this year. Taste food from 150 chefs […]

Brick Safari All Summer At Brookfield Zoo

A safari usually takes months to plan in advance! Lucky for you, your entire family can enjoy the Brick Safari at Brookfield Zoo! Find all of your favorite animals through a special safari path.  All summer long you can view your favorite zoo animals on a different level.   Brick Safari are all to scale.  From […]

What Could You Do With #OneTankOfGood ?

As you know, food is pretty much my end all be all. I cook from scratch every single day and I adore feeding people. I think everyone should know how to bake a loaf of bread from scratch and not feel intimidated in the kitchen.  So when I was asked what I would do if […]

Our Top 5 At 2019 Chicago Auto Show

So, you attended the First Look For Charity Gala. Congrats you raised $2.8 million this year! You broke the record!! However, while you were enjoying being glamorous you may have missed some of the best parts of the 2019 Chicago Auto Show. Here are our top 5 favorite things to do and see this year! […]

First Look For Charity 2019 Preview

I know it’s a new year when the preview for First Look For Charity rolls around. One of the first and my favorite media events happens the second week of January to give people like me a chance to whet our readers appetites for all the goodies that will be available at the Chicago Auto […]

Best Buy Open House This Weekend!

The reviewer has been compensated with a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.  That’s right Best Buy is having an open house this weekend! Find an answer to all of your questions about appliances, computers, cell phones and more.  Head over to select Best Buy locations this […]

How Will You Boo?

While there are many places in the Chicago area and surrounding suburbs where you can celebrate Halloween, none are as spectacular as the Brookfield Zoo. Boo! At The Zoo happens in October during the last three weekends of the month where the zoo transforms into one of the best places to trick-or-treat thanks to the […]

Boo At The Zoo: Brookfield Zoo Trick Or Treat

So, Halloween is coming.  Fall is finally here.  Those perfectly crisp days are great, but it is even better to spend them outside wandering around.  The perfect matchup is of course Brookfield Zoo’s fabulous animal habitats alongside Ferrara Candy Company stations.  Every Saturday and Sunday from October 13th to October 28th is full of fall […]

Guaranteed Rate Field – A Foodie Destination

WGN Invited Me To The White Sox Game Did you read earlier this week about my being a brand ambassador for WGN Radio? Weeellll our April event was attending a White Sox game in a suite with WGN, as WGN Radio is now the voice of the Chicago White Sox. While I’m not a huge […]

WGN Brand Ambassador

Announcing Your Newest WGN Ambassador I’ve got exciting news!! For the rest of the year I will be one of six brand ambassadors for WGN Radio here in Chicago.  You’re probably thinking why are you telling me this? Well throughout the year I’ll be doing special things with WGN Radio. As you probably already know, […]

Amazing Summer Spotting Brookfield Zoo Arachnids

Now Appearing Amazing Arachnids This year, Brookfield Zoo celebrates arachnids with Amazing Arachnids.  The special seasonal exhibit opens this Saturday, May 26.  With over 45,000 documented species, there is a lot you might not know about arachnids.  We certainly thought we knew about these eight legged creatures, but it turns out we missed the impact […]

Just Dance Live

How many of you played Ubisoft’s video game Just Dance recently or as a kid? When I was a teen my cousins and I would have competitions on the weekends when we would all get together. All the kids would be upstairs and all the adults were downstairs and once we started to dance it […]