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!
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...
Stepping off Govert Flinckstraat in Amsterdam’s vibrant De Pijp neighborhood, we experienced something unexpected: the sensation of being transported directly into a cozy Alpine chalet. This wasn’t a trick of the imagination—it was Restaurant Mont Blanc, a Michelin-starred gem that brings the French region of Savoie to the heart of the Netherlands. An Immersive Alpine Experience. The evening came to us in the form of a gift card from my...
When celebrity chef Ron Blaauw decided to trade in his two Michelin stars for a revolutionary new concept over a decade ago, the Dutch dining scene was turned on its head. The result? Ron Gastrobar, a restaurant that has held a Michelin star since 2014 while maintaining an atmosphere that’s more neighborhood hangout than stuffy fine dining establishment. A New Kind of Michelin ExperienceLocated on Sophialaan in Amsterdam South, just a...
Situated within the walls of Amsterdam’s iconic Rijksmuseum, Rijks Restaurant offers an experience that transcends ordinary museum dining. This is not a place for hurried sandwiches between gallery visits, but rather a destination worthy of its own pilgrimage, where Dutch culinary excellence meets the grandeur of one of Europe’s finest art institutions. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the dining room with natural light, while the...
