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| The Scout |
2/12/19 with Holly Zann
My company has season tickets to DePaul Men's Basketball, and Marquette, my friend Holly's alma mater, happened to be in town, so we went. We stopped for a quick drink prior to the game... which ended up being two quick drinks and two quick shots, which was weird. The bartender said that there were Patron reps there that night, and they were giving away shots. But we didn't see any reps, nor anyone else doing shots. But we did one anyway. Then she came back later and said she really needed to give away $200 in Patron shots and offered us another. I still have no idea what was going on. People were there, watching the Blackhawks game, drinking, hanging, in pairs and larger groups. No one else was doing shots. The bartender didn't really talk to us otherwise. I love Chicago.
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| Commons Club |
3/9/19 with Missy Liebs, Scott Jensen, Laura Masters, Megan Morrison, Beth Jager, Stephanie Loring, Brandon Loring, and so so so many others!
3 - Elephant and Castle
3/28/19 with Megan Morrison
New friends and talking about feelings. What a night. Oof. Haha.
4 - Old Grounds Social
5/14/19 with Megan Morrison, Missy Liebs, Laura Masters, Alan Lee, Beth Jager, and many others!
Fun spot for some questionable darts and delightful times with delightful people! Happy Birthday, Megan!
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| Between Tiny Tapp and Bar Santano |
5/23/19 with Stephanie Souvenir
After a DePaul School for New Learning alumni event at River Roast, Stephanie and I decided to explore the new River Walk and found ourselves sipping wine with a gorgeous view of the city all around us. What a delightful little spot. The wine wasn't cheap, but it also wasn't cheap.
6 - Bar Santano
5/23/19 with Stephanie Souvenir
All we needed was to to home, but then I spotted a bright pink neon sign in an alley that said "BAR," so then we needed to check it out. We found ourselves in Bar Santano, a basement bar apparently part of the Rick Bayless family. As Stephanie said the next day, "We were heading home and then all of a sudden we were eating crickets." I had a nice glass of red wine and we dined on a actually awesome app platter that included cracker bread, guac, an amazing salsa, peanuts with tiny dried fish mixed in, and crispy crickets. It was the perfect combination of snacks and really wasn't that expensive for a Bayless spot. I would totally go back, but hopefully for happy hour and not after hours.
7 - Maria's
7/5/19 with Hilary, Nick, Jen, and David
When you're on your way to the hottest wedding in Chicago, you have to stop at a cool bar in Bridgeport to cool it down.
8 - Elevate
7/5/19 with Masters, Missy, Alicia, Suhil, Nick, Hilary, Beth
Our post-wedding bar was a little bougie, a little much, and a lot of fun because I times are always good with good friends. I love these people.
9 - Stocks and Blondes
8/1/19 with Masters, Megan, Jewel, and Jason
Sometimes you go to a really great one-act Broadway of Chicago show and then you want to hang with your friends (old and new) after. So you go to the really great restaurant that you had dinner at before the show, and it's new, so they let you hang later than the other customers, and then you start to feel a little guilty keeping you there, and then the owner greets you on your way out, and then you make you way to one of the few bars in the loop still open, which is Stocks and Blondes. I'd heard about this bar for years but assumed it was bigger and nicer. Instead, it was perfect.
9/1/19 with Masters, Alan, Missy, Scott, Megan, Brandon, Stephanie, Justyna, Carrie, Adam, Kathleen, Megan, Hilary, Nick...
One of my favorite people turned 40 and threw a delightful day of celebration that included three new bars I'd never been to before. The first was Paradise Park, which is in the Homeslice/Happy Camper family, so I was pretty familiar with the menu but not the new space in Wicker Park. It's a huge, open space and they were kind enough to give us the front deck area all to ourselves. Our wristbands were prepaid by card, where we could prepay a tip--super convenient. Laura and Alan provided salads, apps, and a ton of pizza, and I got to spend yet another day with so many of my favorite people!
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| Royal Palms |
11 - Royal Palms
9/1/19 with Masters, Alan, Missy, Scott, Megan, Brandon, Stephanie, Justyna, Carrie, Adam, Hilary, Nick...
The party continued at Royal Palms, a new shuffleboard bar in Wicker Park. It's a HUGE space and was weirdly empty for a Saturday.
12 - Lincoln Karaoke
9/1/19 with Masters, Alan, Missy, Scott, Megan, and BrandonWe ended the night at Lincoln Karaoke where I finally got to experience the private-room karaoke thing. While they didn't have the Lizzo I kept demanding, we managed to turn every song into a group singalong and got to skip everything we got bored of. What a lovely night.
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I managed to hit more than 12 new places, so here's a list of other spots and the lovely company I kept at them.
13 - D.S. Tequila Bar
9/15/19 with Stephanie Souvenir
14 - Cell Block
9/15/19 with Stephanie Souvenir
15 - Parson's Chicken and Fish
9/17/19 with Stephanie Souvenir and Drea Stoit
16 - Gemini
9/17/19 with Stephanie Souvenir, Drea Stoit, and Laney Cherveney
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