Daniel Lee Articles
Rio Info and Top Picks – Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDaniel Lee’s guide to the must sees of Rio.
Chicago Guide to Great GrubbinsFor a map of the Chicago Train System, click here.
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THAI
Thai Bowl
(1049 W. Taylor Street, 312-226-5865, under $10)
(El Stop-Halsted Blue)
Pad thai is one of the staples at these mom and pop joints, and Thai Bowl blows away the competition with their big bowl of pad thai. They give large portions [...]
Last Halloween I saw a theater show that completely enraptured me, like nothing I had ever seen before. It was Redmoon Theater’s Halloween Lantern Parade and Spectacle, and hundreds of people were gathered around the steps of the Field Museum to see their free performance.
Skeletons danced and beat on drums while telling a story [...]
There are certain things in Chicago that are very hidden. Some things that one would never realize without getting out there and trying to experience new and different things. I happened to be lucky enough to experience a very powerful essence of Chicago’s rich history a few years ago. I was lucky enough to actually [...]
Recife, Brazil – May 1999One of the best known secrets of the city of Recife is the humble, but foreboding, Olaria de Brennand, the estate of world-renowned ceramic artist, Francisco Brennand.
With decades of ceramic artistry under his belt, Brennand has constructed a massive fortress-museum covered entirely with ceramic. Surrounded by pristine forest a few kilometers outside of the [...]
Chicago, Illinois – May 1999Spring is here! Officially, Spring arrived back in March-although
in Chicago that doesn’t mean jack.
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Guide to the Best Chicago Bars
First of all, a good website and THE premier paper for music shows and what’s going on in Chicago is the Chicago Reader.
For a map of the Chicago Train System, click here.
Music Venues
ROCK
Lounge Ax (2438 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-525-6620)
(El Stop-Fullerton Brown, Purple, Red)
A heavily alternative crowd hangs out [...]
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General Info on Chicago
If the United States are one big melting pot, then Chicago is definitely one of the spiciest flavors of the stew.
With dozens of ethnic communities, artistic villages, and entertainment districts, the City of Big Shoulders can please even the most scrutinizing pleasure-seeker. Lake Michigan also adds to [...]
Chicagoans seem to easily take their wonderful city for granted. For example, take Buckingham Fountain, which is located in Grant Park—no pun intended (OK, it was a poor and intentional joke).
Something that struck my interest recently was the announcement that Buckingham Fountain will be choreographed with music this year. Curious, I just had to [...]
