To escape my apartment, I started hanging out in local coffee shops and got hooked. Some may call that a caffeine dependency, but I think there’s something more to it.

Sipping champagne next to the fireplace at RM Champagne Salon is all sorts of perfect. Flickering candles, bubbles, getting toasty in more ways than one... that's a perfect cozy evening to me.

Chicago's hidden gems: Books at Armadillow's Pillow, coffee at the Bourgeois Pig and the Ambrosia Cafe for hookah

If you’re searching for that certain out-of-the-way experience that represents true Chicago, we’ve got you covered NANIWA SUSHI I’ll preface this piece by telling you that while I enjoy sushi, it’s rarely my idea to eat it. Not sure why that is, but sushi never really pops into my head when I ponder what I’m ...