Tag Archives: Chicago

It’s not you. It’s me.

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Victus Populi

No, you look great! You’ve still got that twinkle in your eye and that sweet, eager face. This isn’t about you. It’s me. Me looking tired, looking stressed, forehead wrinkling like so many creases in a chinese bitter melon. I’m … Continue reading →

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Now serving: Milkshake

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Victus Populi

My inbox is the sad proof that I’m a sucker for email giveaways. Dinner for two at a fancy restaurant in NYC, a weekend getaway to some mountain retreat, a book. I’ve entered hundreds of these things. I’ve never won anything. … Continue reading →

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American Craft Beer Week, May 16-22

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Victus Populi

Look, people change. In college, my idea of the perfect afternoon snack consisted of beef jerky and Diet Mountain Dew. Obvs I still love beef jerky, but the neon green soda thing, not so much. At that time, I felt … Continue reading →

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Heritage Foods USA: For that hard to source half lamb carcass

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Victus Populi

This morning the cherry blossom petals started falling off the tree in my courtyard. Powdery ducky colored pollen coats and re-coats and re-coats again every surface outside my home. CVS and Rite Aid shelves spill out cheap chocolate bunnies with freaky … Continue reading →

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Eat it, Duke.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Victus Populi

When it comes to the ways I like to spend my free time, watching basketball falls somewhere very low on the list. I’d rather organize my bathroom drawers or watch Bob Ross paint happy little trees than “turn on the … Continue reading →

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Food-centric Kickstarter projects: One success story and one with 27 days to go.

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Victus Populi

Remember way back weeks ago when we made New York City just a little bit sunnier by supporting Kickstarter Project extraordinaire Girl Walk All Day? Now we’ve got a food-centric winner to shout about from the usually quiet internet pages of … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget Dine in Brooklyn week!!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Victus Populi

Just back from a heart warming, Brooklyn-based NYC weekend. Completely bummed that I missed the Dine in Brooklyn event, which stretches ten whole days, from March 15-25. Check out the full list of participating restaurants here, and be sure to … Continue reading →

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James Beard Finalists: Congratulations to Chapel Hill’s Andrea Reusing and Rosecrans Baldwin

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Victus Populi

Let me add to the waves of applause for the Chapel Hill-based 2011 James Beard Finalists. That’s right friends, not one, but two locals made the short lists this year. Crook’s Corner of course already received recognition as a winner … Continue reading →

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Two travel tips for the food obsessed

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Victus Populi

Oh how Vic Pop cannot get enough of jauntsetter.com, darling Dorothy McGivney’s NYC-escape oriented web source for Big Apple residents. Some fave site features include a weekly trip pick (including the recent Chapel Hill/Durham pick courtesy of yours … Continue reading →

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The short list: things that changed my life.

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Victus Populi

Smuggling bibles into China over Christmas break at age 9 in 1986; discovering Gino Severini’s Blue Dancer at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice in 1999; meeting my husband in 2005; all these things were sorta milestones in my life in … Continue reading →

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