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!
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!
Where an Arts Aficionado could happily spend an entire morning or day and still not see everything they wanted to I have spent over forty years as a professional immersed in the art world, from international art auction houses to high-end art galleries and fine art publications. Old habits have stayed with me. In fact they have become an integral part of me and my writing. I still read provenance labels before I admire the painting, linger over...
If Monteverde was the lunch we found through a Netflix episode, Ever was a dinner we organized our week around. Tucked into Fulton Market in the West Loop, Curtis Duffy's tasting-menu restaurant has spent the past several years quietly establishing itself as one of the most refined dining experiences not just in Chicago, but in the country — and a single evening there made the case better than any review could. A...
Chicago's second shoreline, and the perfect way to extend an afternoon on the water. As we stepped off the First Lady Architecture Cruise, we weren't quite ready for the afternoon to end. Instead of heading back toward Michigan Avenue, we followed the gentle curve of the Chicago River, joining locals lingering over lunch, cyclists weaving past outdoor cafes, and visitors pausing every few steps to admire another remarkable skyline view. The...
Ninety minutes on the Chicago River, and the single best way to understand this city If you only have time for one organized activity on a Chicago trip, let it be this one. The Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise aboard First Lady has built its reputation over decades for good reason — it's the rare tourist experience that locals genuinely endorse. As our boat eased away from the dock and the Michigan Avenue Bridge slipped away behind...
A landmark gastropub across from Millennium Park, where Michigan Avenue comes to linger Some restaurants are destinations. Others are the kind of place a city simply runs on. The Gage is both. Tucked into the historic Gage Group buildings at 24 South Michigan Avenue, directly across from Millennium Park, it has spent nearly two decades earning its place as one of the most booked tables in Chicago — and after enjoying our first dinner in...
Where Far Eastern grace meets Midwestern warmth on the Magnificent Mile. There are hotels you stay in, and there are hotels that quietly recalibrate what you expect from hospitality. After a week in Chicago this spring, I can say without hesitation that The Peninsula belongs in the second category. It was the address we returned to each night after long days of restaurant reservations, architecture cruises, baseball games and theater seats —...
The idea for a trip to Chicago came up after friends of ours started asking where our next trip would be. We thought about the options and my partner suggested we travel domestically after having travelled internationally. How about Chicago? He said. He had been there professionally but never with enough time to see too much of it. And always with the curiosity to see more. There was so much more to explore. I had been to Chicago on a cross...
