VIP Experience at CMX Cinemas at Old Orchard December 10, 2018January 31, 2019MJ Tam Comment Why would someone who lives by downtown Chicago bother driving all the way to Skokie to see a movie? It’s a question I [...]
Rojo Gusano, an Upscale Mexican Restaurant to Check Out December 9, 2018MJ Tam Comment I don’t venture much to the Ravenswood area for eating lately and glad to receive an invite to check out Rojo Gusano. Rojo [...]
A #ChicagonistaLife Holiday Celebration at Chicago’s Gem, Trattoria Gianni December 9, 2018MJ Tam Comment This past Friday, a group of Social Media friends gathered together with Nancy Loo and me for a #ChicagonistaLife Holiday Dinner hosted by [...]
The New Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker is Uniquely Chicago! December 5, 2018MJ Tam Comment The reimagined tale of Joffrey Ballet’s The Nutcracker by Christopher Wheeldon now features the World’s Columbian Exposition (aka World’s Fair) of 1893, a [...]
5 Must Check Out #Chicago Holiday Show Performances! November 27, 2018January 6, 2019MJ Tam Comment Sometimes the best holiday presents don’t come in a box! Chicago is lighting up with all these spectacular shows that are on our [...]
TOP FIVE MUST BUY GIFTS FOR CHICAGO LOVERS November 25, 2018November 26, 2018MJ Tam Comment A Chicagonista lives, loves, and breathes everything Chicago, so I’m often on a lookout for some new items that I find interesting for [...]
Experience Tchaikovsky’s last opera, Iolanta, premiering in Chicago November 15, 2018November 15, 2018MJ Tam Comment How would it be like if you are blind and not know that you can’t see? Color, light, and darkness means nothing and [...]
Swan Lake will take you on a trance! October 18, 2018MJ Tam Comment I was mesmerized from the start and had the music in my head until I went to bed. Unforgettable! Principal dancers Dylan Guttierez [...]
Experience Kamayan, a Filipino Food Feast Like No Other! September 18, 2018November 12, 2018MJ Tam Comment I finally did it. I always wanted to introduce my children to Kamayan. So this past Summer, I got extra ambitious and created [...]
Princi, a Milan-Based Bakery, opens in Chicago on 9/18 September 14, 2018September 14, 2018MJ Tam Comment Rocco Princi opened his first Princi Bakery in Milan in 1986, followed by London, and with Starbucks as an investor, the coffee giant [...]