Well, Chicago was awesome. It was my first time in the city and I loved it a whole lot. By no means is this a guide of any kind (I wasn’t there long enough for that), but it is a round-up of places I loved. The first night we ended up snagging a last-minute table at Fat Rice. The food is interesting and delicious: Portuguese influenced Asian food. It’s spicy and flavorful and full of combinations I’ve never had. And oh man, the potstickers were attached to this crepe/almost-Parmesan-crisp-like thing. I feel like I’ve had a lot of potstickers in my life but these were way different and cool. The drinks were good too. It got dark quickly so this was the only photo I took worth showing and luckily it was one of my favorite dishes: da prawns. The next morning I went to Intelligentsia in Logan Square. A lot of people were recommending other coffee shops but my morning coffee needs to be near where I’m staying because no one wants to talk to me/interact with me before I get it my body, you know? I live near an Intelligentsia here in LA and the thing I loved …

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