Jacky Hackett: Cooking, eating, reading, riding my bike that goes nowhere — living my best porch life.
We did a whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C. for spring break. Between miles of walking and hours standing in lines, we managed a few delicious meals. Lucky for us, our friends were in town at the same time. We got to share a number of meals with them and their friends too. Starting with the…
Sunday started blustery, but was everything a Sunday should be in the end. Brunch, every Sunday should include brunch. We hit up Little Goat, out first visit. Nothing little about this place. Well except for the wait. We got there at about 8:30 and had no problems getting a seat. But the place filled up…
We started our fun day spending some time at the grandparents house, centrally located to all the fun in the city! Then off for a bus ride, the littlest’s first one. First stop after the bus, packet pickup for the Big Ten 10K, Fleet Feet has these down pat! Next stop the Chicago History Museum. …
There is never a lack of things to do in Chicago, especially in the summer. A ton of the fun can be had for free too. Growing up my parents took advantage of all these great things, lots of great memories. The Grant Park concerts are one of those great memories. I am nowhere near…
This week our funday was a three-day affair, my nephew came to visit us. Thursday was jam packed… bike ride lemonade stand another bike ride to the candy factory water balloon fight Legos, Legos, Legos Minecraft, Minecraft, Minecraft Thursday Night Out finished it off with movie night! They were most pumped for the lemonade stand….
I have deemed Fridays as fun day this summer. Last week we took the L down to Millennium park to hang out. Of course, there has to be a picture of the bean… On our way to the park, we grabbed a bite to eat from a food truck. Yea, it has been awhile since…
Over the years of working in downtown Chicago I have had hundreds of lunches out. I think the place I have eaten most often is Bandera, just a hop skip and a jump from my office when it was located just down the street on Michigan Ave. After the office moved west I think I…
Anyone watch Top Chef this season? I swore off the show after season 6, but for lack of anything else to watch on Wednesday evenings I got sucked back in this season. I was happy with the results last night, no spoilers! Though really I would have been happy if either of the chefs won. …
Minus the weekend, I missed half of February at work. Dare I say I was happy to return. Lunch at Union Sushi (two thumbs up) made my return even more enjoyable. Jury duty went late, later than I usually get home from work, so the husband was on dinner duty. Good thing because I was…
Chicago mix donut… That is all.