Monthly Archives: May 2009

Seasons Bar, Four Seasons Hotel | Chicago

By pdo | Published: May 22, 2009
Club chairs, wasabi peas, full-height tables — the Seasons Bar is definitely a good hotel bar.  And there are drinks. photo credit: wickenden Lisa orders a glass of Champagne.  I ask for a martini.  Waiter arrives with a bottle of Taittinger and a condensation-covered, silver shaker.  He opens the wine, pours Lisa a glass, puts the [...]
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The Plaza at Park Grill | Millennium Park, Chicago

By pdo | Published: May 9, 2009
Summer comes and Millennium Park trades its ice rink for al fresco drinking (or dining).  Which means there’s a handrail around this place inhibiting entrance.  For some reason, it also means the cups are plastic.  And perhaps the bartenders are skating instructors and that’s why cocktails are so difficult. Come here for two reason.  One, [...]
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Feliz Cinco de Mayo, that’s Happy May 5th | North America, All of It

By Grayson III | Published: May 5, 2009
Happy Cinco de Mayo, the day when Mexicans get to act like the Irish and everybody acts like Mexicans.  And by Mexicans, I mean “Mexicans.” Do Mexicans go to Taco Bell?  No.  But a million drunk college kids will tonight while they act authentico, the same college students that get blitzed off Irish Car Bombs [...]
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