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Lisa E Freedman, My Journal Through Life, is the Home Base & Blog for LF Media Ink, a Boutique PR/Marketing Company specialized in the Arts, Entertainment & Travel Industries. Enjoy!
Cheezborger! Cheezborger! No fries, cheeps! — the Chicago dive that became an SNL legend Some Chicago stops are about white tablecloths and tasting menus. Others begin with a line you’ve been quoting for decades. For my partner, Paul, Billy Goat Tavern was the latter. Long before we ever planned this Chicago trip, he knew the place through Saturday Night Live — the relentless rhythm of “Cheezborger! Cheezborger! No fries, cheeps! No...
Where the Art Institute leaves off, and the genuinely new begins If the Art Institute is where we went to stand in front of paintings I'd already studied for years, the MCA was where we went to be surprised. Set on the Near North Side near Water Tower Place, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago picks up almost precisely where the Art Institute's historical collection ends, devoting itself entirely to art made since 1945. With a background...
Nearly 10,000 square feet of wizarding world magic, tucked into the Magnificent Mile And then there was the Harry Potter store. Not every stop on an Insider’s Guide has to be important. Some just have to be fun. After museums, galleries, architectural landmarks and more than a few serious meals, we found ourselves ducking into the Harry Potter Shop on Michigan Avenue. Neither of us needed another souvenir, and we certainly hadn’t traveled...