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Discovering Chicago’s Food Scene with a Local Chef

If you’ve never actually touched down in the Windy City, then you could be forgiven for thinking that Chicago’s cuisine revolves around deep dish pizza and quirky hot dogs. Despite the fact that I prefer my pizzas thin crust and…

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Global Street Galleries, Vol. II

Street art has been making the front pages frequently in recent weeks, what with the erasure of the famed 5Pointz graffiti site in New York’s Long Island City, and Banksy storming the streets of the Big Apple as part of…

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Seven Spectacular City Skylines

In the last few weeks the final piece of One World Trade Center has been fitted in New York.  The tower has now overtaken the Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan, making it the tallest building in the U.S. (not…

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Chicago, Out of the Loop

Hip, cool and unpretentious: it’s a hard balance to strike, but Chicago neighbourhoods Bucktown and Wicker Park hit it perfectly. A mere twenty minute ride on the ‘L’ from downtown Chicago (part of which is known as ‘The Loop’), this…

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A Long Weekend In The Windy City

Chicago earned its nickname from its famously long-winded politicians (and maybe the weather); debuted the world’s first skyscraper in 1885; and holds more Michelin stars than any other American city.  From art and architecture to culinary creativity, this Midwest metropolis…

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