The weekend looked before it leapt.
We’d like to introduce you to your first real six-string—by taking up to 55% off some big-name guitars. Plus, we’re getting you incredible seats at a star-studded show at Radio City Music Hall (with Colbert, Stewart, Coldplay and more) and 30% off smartly engraved cards from Terrapin Stationers.
Mr. Cub himself, Ernie Banks, will lead this annual rite of sloshing a big mug of $1 Bud heavenward to salute Harry Caray. They’ll also be selecting one person to throw out the first pitch on opening day. So stretch before you slosh.
You loved it in grade school. Or you hated it in grade school. Either way, be aware that dodgeball season is starting up at Wicker Park Field House. We’re assured it’s a friendly, relatively painless game that usually ends with beers. Or, you know, tears.
Sure, you could shake a martini with two arms tied behind your back, but there’s always room for improvement. So this new series of Mad Men–inspired cocktail classes instructs you in the art of the Martinez, the Negroni and—just in case you’re entertaining Capone—the Southside.
Mechanical bull rides are a good metaphor for your life. One moment you’re down, and the next you’ve got a drink in one hand, people are cheering, and you’re doing your best not to let go of the reins. Basically, what you did today at work.
This is just a simple evening celebrating the skillful combination of Midwestern beer (Great Lakes brewery), Illinois farming (Slagel farms) and Italian know-how (Osteria Via Stato). The result: a five-course, ale-filled dinner ending with a big creamy scoop of beer gelato. Here’s to globalization.
