Continuing our 2011 French restaurant tour, we paid a return visit to Pied-à-Terre, the cool bistro owned by Andrey Durbach and Chris Stewart, the duo behind La Buca, Cafeteria and the now-closed tour-de-force Parkside as well.
As we walked to the restaurant from the bus stop, we admired the playful sign on the side of the building by noted local artist Robert Chaplin.
On one our recent trips, we stumbled across a funky little coffee joint that featured a Milky Way Hot Chocolate, which we of course had to taste. Suitably impressed, we vowed to re-create the drink when we returned home.
Who hasn't spent a few lovely hours in O'Hare International Airport, outside Chicago, "Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation," as immortalized by the great Carl Sandburg? Even after countless connections through this very busy airport, including an unscheduled Christmas Eve snowed-in stayover, we can still unearth hidden treasures.
Auntie Anne's Pretzels beckoned to us from across the hectic terminal. After buying our what-were-we-thinking-only one pretzel, we arrived home barely satiated, yearning for more....
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