Healthy Restaurants in Chicago That Don't Suck

While some of us have already succumbed to that sweater - weather bod , others of us are trying , as good we can , to keep those inevitable and tight - draw near holiday LB ’s from grovel up on us . Given Chicago ’s dear affair with hot hotdog , pizza , Italian beef sandwiches , and brunch , it ’s not always well-fixed to stay refined when dining out in the metropolis ....

April 16, 2025 · 4 min · 831 words · Cheryl Taylor

How to Absolutely Crush It at the Hangout Music Festival

Coachella . Bonnaroo . Lollapalooza . Governor ’s Ball . All great . The job with those , though , is you ’re either paying jacked - up prices to stay in a braggy urban center , or inhabit in a collapsible shelter and going four or five day without a cascade . Would it not be perfect if a fete brought in a net ton of A - leaning names , set it right on the beach , and had passel of air - conditioned , shower - adorned condos within staggering distance?...

April 16, 2025 · 13 min · 2629 words · John Martinez

How to Uncover Google's Secret Tricks and Easter Eggs

It takes a special sort of brilliance and nerdom to make it as a Google engineer , but once you ’ve been give the key to the most influential and of import search railway locomotive on the planet , it has to be somewhat tantalizing to flip in a few unearthly surprises here and there . Google magnificently encourages itsemployees to pass some of their on - the - clock time working on particular side projects– and it ’s bear dividends to those of us who get a kick out of secret picayune tricks hiding in plain sight ....

April 16, 2025 · 4 min · 811 words · Sabrina Juarez

Let’s Admit It: Manual Transmissions Need to Go

I ’m going to take a lot of heat energy for what I ’m about to say . While no manufacturer can expressly admit it , behind closed door , late within the sand trap in Detroit , Munich , Stuttgart , and Tokyo , most engineers will nod in agreement . With enough soulfulness searching , quite a few of my fellow automotive author will regain themselves match , too ....

April 16, 2025 · 11 min · 2154 words · Juan Villanueva

Malort: Sin Against God OR Actually, Kinda Good?

Most Chicagoans have an selfsame story when they ’re asked about their first Malort shot . Their grimace contort into a distorted mask of regret , rage , and confusion , and they ’ll begin telling you about a soul they thought was their ally buying a daily round of shots for the table at some dive bar . They ’ll bring up how this “ friend ” placed a glass full of a xanthous liquid in front of them , and how , trusting this person , they withdraw the nip with the radical ....

April 16, 2025 · 12 min · 2524 words · Bruce Lee

Meet the Pilots Who Scatter Cremains Across America

Cremation is dissipated becoming Americans ' preference for heading to the hereafter . In the state that light the most pyre ( Oregon , Nevada , New Hampshire , and Vermont ) , people choose incineration three times out of every four , the National Funeral Directors Association has obtain . Even when the ash are interred , cremation has vantage : it ’s cheaper , tidier , and slightly more eco - favorable than traditional burial ....

April 16, 2025 · 10 min · 1995 words · Charles White

Proof That Spoilers Can Increase Your Love of the Stuff You Watch

Last December , I had ticket to seeStar Wars : The Force Awakensthe night after the premiere . While I was at work that day , I was filled with anxiousness . What if I overhear someone talking about the movie ? What if I unintentionally see something online that gave away a major plot point ? Many can associate tothe experience of avoiding spoiler : staying off societal media , slipping by from conscientious objector - workers who are talk about a recent plot development , quickly closing article with revealing headlines ....

April 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1226 words · Shannon Barrett

The 12 Most Essential Restaurants in Shoreditch

London No longer an end fill with dodgy underground night club and even knavish kebabs , Shoreditch has become a land fill up with delicious eats at ( almost ) any time of day , from kimchee battercake to gorgonzola custard . While most of the city has jump on the “ no reservations ” bandwagon , some places are still bookable and faff - free -- like these 12 brilliant restaurants , for instance ....

April 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1696 words · Chase Dickson

The 13 Ways You Die in a Horror Movie

" There are sure rules that one must abide by so as to successfully survive a repugnance movie , " says Jamie Kennedy in Wes Craven ’s 1996 meta - horror filmScream . To an interview of beer - imbibition teen , heliststhe various activities that will get you killed : take sex , drinking , doing drugs , and saying , " I ’ll be right back ! " It ’s a convincing argument for how to stay alive in a horror movie – but what if you ’re destinedto become flat in a horror movieand want to go out with a smasher ?...

April 16, 2025 · 10 min · 1955 words · Hailey Mooney

The Best Cocktail Bars in Detroit Right Now

It ’s not a stretch to say that Detroit has been in the thick of a cocktail Renascence for the better part of a decade , making it no soft exploit to vet the best of the best without some paw - wringing . But we did it anyway . From hugger-mugger den to back - back street rum cocktail marijuana cigarette , here are Detroit ’s most potent , marvellous cocktail bars ....

April 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1659 words · Sharon Callahan

The Best Cocktail Bars in San Francisco

There ’s a lot to love about San Francisco , but perhaps our favorite aspect of the city is the abundance of lawfully enceinte watering gob . Of course , all legal community are not created equal . And as much aswe love a good dive bar , could n’t subsist withoutSF ’s best craft - brewage oasis , and have even been fuck tohang out in a wine-coloured barfrom time to clock time , we would be wholly and dead bereft without San Francisco ’s good cocktail bars ....

April 16, 2025 · 15 min · 3139 words · John Ingram

The Most Important Hot Dogs in Chicago History

The Chicago red-hot dog is a part of our traditional knowledge and chronicle as a food - driven urban center . There are n’t many other places that give hot dogs as much respect as we do . For many of the early hot dog marketer in Chicago , it waspart of an American Dream– and its rootage were established during one of the most constitutional clip in Chicago ’s chronicle ....

April 16, 2025 · 30 min · 6368 words · Noah Johns

The Next Big Hipster Food Trends You'll Be So Over in a Year

Though the Scripture " hipster " is basically a last fart from the dying remains of ' 00s culture , it ’s frankly the better adjective to draw foods like locally sourcedSriracha - soakedkalein artisanal Mason jar served on reclaimed - wood plates with post - ironicsporks . These are the trends ( some pictured in glorious Instagram shape , the preferred communication method acting of hipsters everywhere ) that people will be labeling " new " and " voguish " and " flower child " in the follow months before a degenerate - casual eatery adopt them and the internet turns on its fervour gaze ....

April 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1239 words · Daniel Berger