Thierry Rautureau has a personality that lights up a room and his food matches his flair for fun and fabulousness. The economy may be down throughout the rest of the world, but one would never know from the throngs of people that gather on any given night at Rovers. It’s worth every penny and every [...]
When the owners of Pair opened their second restaurant, Franks Oyster House and Champagne Parlor, I had to go. I would move mountains to eat Pairs brisket every day of the week. My expectations were naturally high and that is where rule number one comes in handy. Rule #1 is don’t set your expectations too [...]
My first job was a little unusual. I washed the windows outside the Columbia Center at the ripe old age of 8 or 9. Hanging there from the tiny shelf of a window washing platform on the 76th floor I would peak into the Tower Club and wonder what it was all about. This time [...]
Imagine waking up to the view of a beautiful lake, the sun streaming in the windows and the outdoors beckoning you to come play. You give in to the call and decide to sit by the salt water pool watching the kids frolic. You follow it up by the outdoor fire pit as the day [...]
Chuga chuga! Tickets just went on sale and that’s not the sound of the little engine that could. That’s the sound of the little engine that makes a big splash when it hits town every year. Grab your whistle and hat and head to Day out with Thomas at the Northwest Railway Museum July [...]
What happens when 80’s flamboyant rock meets Andrew Lloyd Webber? Cats. Although I know every word by heart of Phantom of the Opera, I can honestly tell you I have no idea what the words could possibly be to this performance of Cats at the Paramount Theatre. And it does not really matter because there [...]