You know Happy Socks. They make happy things for your feet in an array of bright colors and bold patterns. And they make happy underthings, too. But the happiest part of all: we’re getting you 30% off your order and free shipping.
It has all of the conveniences of Amazon.com. Minus the computer. And please wear pants. Okay, it’s a bookstore, but it’s the first Amazon Books in Chicago. Plus, it serves coffee, which is one thing Prime hasn’t mastered. Yet.
For better or worse, here comes Concrete Cowboy. It’s Texas’s popular sports bar meets urban rodeo, and it descends upon River North tomorrow. There, you’ll find 44 TVs, 115-ounce Moscow Mules and one illuminated sign reading “Giddy Up.” Giddying up not required.
Fun date thing here. Head to PR Italian Bistro on Thursday evening, request the Deconstructed Martini Tasting, and here’s what will happen: they’ll let you taste four gins and four vermouths, you’ll pick your favorite combination, then they’ll make you a martini with the winners. Is what will happen.
Think Wisconsin vs. Florida is the only matchup that matters on Friday? Then you clearly haven’t heard of Lefty vs. Tubs. They’re two street artists painting side-by-side murals during dinner service at Fulton Market Kitchen, which is part of the new Yo, Complete Me live art series. And apparently your dinner.
Your corner coffee shop gets the job done, but somehow it’s been missing herb-cured salmon all this time. Enter: Cupitol’s first Chicago location and lots of gravlax. Gravlax scrambled eggs in the morning, gravlax salads at night. Plus, specialty European house-roasted coffee. That last one was probably a given.
