guess who's back...

Thanksgiving has come and gone...and I think my weight is finally back to where it was before so. Obviously I ate a lot--many thanks to Melissa's family for hosting me. It was a nice Italian feast, including antipasto, fresh raviolis, stuffed mushrooms, eggplant parm, etc. It was awesome. That Friday night Marly came into city and we went out with Jamie and Jonesy at Cubby Bear in Wrigley. How was it? It was fucking far, otherwise fun. Saturday, Marly and I woke up to get some bagels from Chicago Bagel Authority, which were steamed and not so good. Feeling unsatisfied, we walked around for a while and then went to BaBaReeba for some brunch tapas and the Wisco game. We watched, we ate a lot, it was solid. We got french toast with fruit compote, a strawberry waffle, a spinach and artichoke crepe, eggplant salad, oatmeal, and diet coke. Unexpected good brunch spot. For dinner, we went to IPO in the W downtown with the girls. It was gross. The fucking waiter brought all of the food out at the same time...all of it! The apps, the drinks, the entrees, and the sides all came out together and no one knew what to do. Obv I ate everything really quickly to make room for food on table, but still, who does that? After we went to Old Town Social which I like and I had a few drinks and work the next day. Blah boring post, but I'm tired. tomorrow I'm going to FRONTERA!!!! and then Saturday I'm going to BANDERA!!!! and monday JStar!!!!!! will be back with details tomorrow

Girl & the Goat

Hello and wow. I've just come back from foodie nirvana aka Steph Izard's G&tG...as if you haven't heard of it. Basically, I wasn't sure if it would live up to the hype, but I'm happy to report that it definitely definitely did. Before I get down to business, poor Navid on 90210 and oh my god Teddy needs to stop doing gay bar drive-bys! I'm loling here. OK, so we started off with two of the three homemade breads. We got the squish squash with came with pecan brown butter and then this like brown sugar oil. We also got the pretzel bread which I think was my favorite thing we had all night it had big pieces of salt on top and came with dijon mustard butter and a thousand island sauce on the side. Afuckingmazing. genius with the mustard butter and I ate the whole loaf. Then we got chickpea fritters with romesco, hazelnut hummus, sesame, and goat feta. They were square and tasted like polenta and hummus combined and the feta added this creamy element that I liked, even though I'm not into cheese. They also had toasted chickpeas as a garnish that were the right textural compliment. We got the roasted cauliflower with pickled peppers which was amazing. Everyone told me to order the cauliflower, and in general I wouldn't, but I was not disappointed. Next was the squash ravioli with mushroom raisin ragu which was awesome. The raviolo were sweet, but the mushroom ragu which had tons of different mushrooms in it was sweet and hearty and really really good. Like no wonder that she won top chef. She's so good at mixing all these elements without it seeming cluttered. Ugh I wanted a gay kiss in 90210. So the mix of elements brings me to the red fish, with freeze dried black beans, cubed butternut squash, and hen of woods mushrooms. The black beans were perfect with the squash and the fish was perfectly cooked. Love love loved it. You can most likely refer to gingerfoodie's facebook or blog...she took some photos. Abby has acquired some rotten bananas and that means bananananana bread tomorrow. wooohoo. I'm in a slight food coma right now and I definitely want to go back to girl and the goat as soon as I can....so most likely in February because they're looking pretttty booked. Good for Stephanie she was always the best top chef winner and now I can say that with certainty. Chuck Bass just gets sexier by the episode, doesn't he?

xx,

hhh

whoops

Oh em gee, I forgot to write about Big Star! I love it there soooooo hipster, probably the most hipster place I've eaten so far in chicago. Tostada de Pescados were amazing. So cool and alternative, love the Christmas lights! That's all

where have I been??

Talk about a long time coming....I haven't posted in so long. I guess that I could say I have been very busy eating, which we all know is definitely true, but I have also been very busy working at my full time job at RL! Since we last spoke, I was about to have my second interview there. Well, I got the job and it is so amazing! Back to this later....I need to talk about last night.

So basically when I had nothing to do a few months ago I joined jdate regrettably and then I went on a few dates with this kid, which I'll mention right now required me to pregame alone. So last night he took me to Karyn's on Green which is a really nice and fancy vegan restaurant. Kind of lame choice but I understand why he did it seeing that I am a vegetarian after all. So dinner was actually really delicious especially the "chicken legs" which tasted like McDonalds chicken nuggets, I got drunk...standard....so I'm expecting him to drop me off at home after because he drove me, but no. I guess the whole seduction plan was to keep getting me to drink so we went to a bar, I down a vodka soda, then he's like so what are you doing now? I was like I don't know I guess I'm going to go home and see what my friends are up to....well then he's like, I can hang out. Here's where this gets interesting....so I'm really not attracted to this person, he is short, ask my how the last time I invested myself in a short jewish boy went (for a year EWW)...and not to toot my own horn or anything I can just feel people staring at me and this kid together and thinking the same thing. So, we go up to my apartment and I pour us wine, not because I'm at all trying to seduce him, but because in my rational state of mine I decided that i needed to drink more. So we're watching Conan and I think it's really funny (the show not the situation) and finally this kid leans in for the kill and in Kesha's words blah blah blah. As this is going on and I'm really disinterested, I'm thinking to myself....WOW. Is this what dating is? A return to high school? It's one thing in college when you get back to someone's place, you know what's about to happen. There's no like pussyfooting around the situation, you're either going to bang or eat pokey sticks, and if you're lucky, you'll prob get to do both and then watch a big tv if you know what I mean. But now, this whole real world dating involves like going upstairs with someone and being really awkward like we used to in high school when we'd sit on a couch and pretend to watch a movie and try and not focus on what was to come. Moral of the story...I miss college! I miss the boys I used to hang out with and the simplicity of it all...and furthermore, I HATE jdate!!!! I'm slightly nauseated with myself right now, I need to go shopping and to Anne Sather for some cinnamon rolls.

Ok back to the food and life, I've been working at RL for the past 3 weeks and it is so great. So many famous people! When I was there for my second interview Lionel Richie was there and since then it's just gotten cooler. Technically I'm not supposed to talk about it. So in between work, I've managed to get some solid eating done, don't worry. Tonight I'm going to Hub 51 with Marissa, which hopefully will lead me to a nice fratty finance boy in a suit and some kick ass cornbread....in that order. I promise to stay more on top of this from now on...especially because Girl and the Goat is on Monday!!!!

Stay classy, because I really haven't

-hhh

birthday debauchery

Hi there,

It definitely has been a while and a lot has happened in terms of my culinary exploits. To leave off where we left off, Marly called into Perennial and told them we were coming to review it, so basically we got a ton of free shit. We started with the butternut squash soup with creme fraiche perennial trail mix on top and an arugula and grapefruit salad. Those apps were good. then they brought us out foie gras encrusted jumbo scallops very nice. For our dinner we split the house made tofu with sides of butternut squash noodle kugel and mac and cheese. Both of those were very good. And then for dessert he brought us out these little apple and ice cream lollipops with caramel. Overall, I'd say the seasonal menu of Perennial is nice and intriguing. I would definitely go back, but not before I try a bunch of other places. So that was Wednesday.

Thursday, I started my job at Signature Room! I like it so far. Aside from the unfortunate fact that I have to wear a ridiculous suit, albeit slimming, the job is challenging and it's a very busy restaurant, like 500 people for lunch busy. I totally lied on all my apps and said that I knew how to work open table--well that is plainly not true. I never have done computerized hostessing and it was a lot to learn in such a short time. But after I got the hang of it, it's been pretty much smooth sailing. After work on Thursday we went out for Marissa's birthday to Luxbar. The food was standard, but the company was great and I'm really happy that I got to meet a few fellow gold coast girls that are now my going out partners in crime.

Friday I worked again and then Abby and I went to RJ Grunts for dinner!!! Salad bar was so good, we also got a side of fries which were delicious. I honestly don't think that I had had french fries the entire time I have been in Chi so it was a great accompaniment to my overloaded plates of lettuce, pineapple, and tuna noodle. Then we went to say hello to Alinea (passing by in the cab) and to our friend's friends' house on Halsted. We went to Old Town social and then McFadden's which was soooo fun and then we went home for some pizza rolls and I'm sorry to say that's no euphemism. Saturday I woke up hungover and went to work. Got out of work and went out with Marissa and my new friends to Hub 51 and I was WASTED. Way too much hub punch which is so delicious and I was dying. I left early by myself standard in a taxi at 2am.

After being so retarded, I obviously needed to get some brunch on Sunday morning. Abby and her friends from school were out the door at like 430 am to volunteer at the marathon so I met them afterwards for brunch at Nookies on wells. It was really solid I got a vegetarian omellette, which had broccoli, mushroom, spinach, cauliflower, zuchini, and tomatoes. Then we went home to relax and made chili with no "carne in m'pocket are you mad?" and cornbread. It was fine but we made way too much and its grossing me out now. Monday I also had off from work and I met Marly for lunch at Specialty's. I got a sub-standard greek salad but it came with amazing focaccia bread that was really salty and i want some right about now. Then, I went to an interview at RL restaurant just to keep my options open and it went so well. I have a second interview in about an hour I'm bugging out about it. Ok, so then Tuesday I worked nothing special and then yesterday was my birthday!!!! We went to Mercadito which was really good and so buzzy I loved it. We waited a while for our table and Marly and Jamie got a spicy margarita which was cool. For dinner, we ordered the trio of guacs--mango chipotle, traditional, and pineapple. Duo of salsas- verde and this roasted tomato spicy one. Fried plantains, mahi mahi ceviche, this salad with chipotle balsamic dressing that was sooo spicy and amazing. Then we got tilapia tacos which were so good sliced avocado on top spicy sauce inside and the fish was cooked perfectly--grilled with a crunchy crust on outside but not dry at all. Jamie and Abby got shrimp tacos which looked awesome, too. They brought me out caramel flan for my bday but we all know that I don't swing that way. We got in the taxi to go home and the driver told us that he knows Hema, which may have been the highlight of the year. Now I'm off to Ralph Lauren and then to MADISON!!!!

hopefully I make it out of wisconsin alive

----hhh----

kitchen nightmares....

To quote the great words of my most favorite writer ke$ha (no offense to Toni Morrison of course) but.... "I've got a sick obsession!!!" And the name of my new obsession is Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on BBCAmerica. As a former London dweller, I have always been aware of the quality programming of the BBC. I used to only think that this applied to Gavin and Stacey, my most favorite sitcom written by a sassy fat woman, but seriously Kitchen Nightmares is so good and strange I cannot stop watching it. Who gon check me boo? Right now the one I'm watching involves Ramsey redoing a restaurant in Scottland and he makes them all go get kilts to wear while they cook and then they end up taking photos up each other's skirts. muy interesante. and because it is on BBC, they don't have to censor it and they just curse up a storm. I can't take it, I'm loling like I do when I watch the osbournes. I guess I just have this thing for screaming British people. Short post--I just had to get that off my chest. Back with more later after Perennial cocktail partaaaay tonight!

oh weekends

Hi there!

This weekend was really fun...after my Friday night all alone, that is. I'm randomly not feeling well right now, but I just ate some Totino's so I think that I'll have enough energy to complete this post. Anyway, Saturday morning my alarm went off at 8am for yoga and I shut that shit down like the DOH. After I woke up at 11, I met Jamie who was being hipster and studying at Starbucks, we then got gingerfoodie, and went to State to watch the game. We got cheese curds, tuna tartar, and I got the greek salad with avocado that I've been dreaming about. Speaking of dreaming, the other night I had a dream that I was on Captain Hook's boat I wish I was kidding. He was sending people to walk the plank and the way to get out of it was to jump off the boat onto this like wooden board, everyone was going and they were making the jump, but then obv it was my turn and I fell and I was sent to my watery end. All I can say about that is WHAT THE FUCK?! So back to the state, all of our food was good and the greek was as good as I had hoped.

After State, in an incident that can only be described as abroad behavior, Marly and I went to see the social network. However, nothing is ever simple and I know that it was my fault, but we ended up on the wrong side of Illinois and we were wayyy far from the theatre. I hailed a cab as we would have on spring break in shitaly (hipster Batali reference right there) and we made it to the movie, which I thought was as amazing as everyone said. In a similar mode to my obsession with the fool of King Lear, I couldn't stop talking about the movie all night and I proceeded to tell everyone in the bar that they should go see it. standarddd. But seriously, Jesse Eisenberg was so good, like Adventureland good. So after the film, we went home and got dressed, I discovered that I had nothing to wear, and then in a similar shitaly fashion, Marly misnavigated us to BabaReeba and we took the bus two stops and then we had to get in a taxi anyway....and it was pouring pouring rain. After the misadventure, we had a greatttt dinner. Let me give you a rundown of all the tapas Marly, Jessie, Rachel, Jessica, and I ordered:

mixed greens, beets, oranges & goat cheese

ensalada mixta

local tomato salad with arugula & migas

ensalada de tomate con rucula y migas

roast eggplant salad with goat cheese

berenjena asada con queso de cabra

warm potato & onion omelette

tortilla española

goat cheese baked in tomato sauce

queso de cabra al horno

mushroom empanada with porcini alioli

empanada de championes

ahi tuna, shaved vegetable salad

atún y ensalada de verduras

seared salmon, heirloom potatoes, chimichurri

salmón asado con alcachofas y salsa verde

seared scallops, raisins, couscous & pine nuts

vieras salteadas

roast dates with bacon & apple vinaigrette

dátiles con tocino

meatballs with sherry tomato sauce

albondigas al jerez

sdfdpfg, yes....we were full. My favorites were the eggplant salad, heirloom tomato salad, and ahi tuna what a surprise. And we cannot forget my obsession was present--red sangria!!! Marly thinks that I'm obsessed with sangria and I have decided to go with it...I'm not ashamed!

After babareeba, we came home and drank...a lot. Then we went to Benchmark for David's bday and it was really fun and then we went to the bar next door to Benchmark and I met a boy that told me he was 42, 34, and 25. I pray he was 25 because he was a hot tall. While you may think the discovery of a hot tall would be the highlight of the night for me, please have more faith. When we left the bar at 2, we definitely did not go home....instead we went to Tempo Cafe which is 25 (typo, keeping it) hours and genius. I got the morning glory waffle--strawberries, blueberries, bananas solid. So we left tempo at like 330, went home I fell asleep in my clothes standard.

That brings me to today. I woke up, went to hot yoga at 12 during which I sweat out that entire waffle, then I came home and showered, planning on going to forever 21, but instead I fell asleep on the couch for about 3 hours. Let me just assure you that this is easier said than done seeing that our couch is made for a midget. I woke up and went to dinner with David at Riccardo Trattoria which was sooo delicious. Very authentic Italian, they make everything there, etc. Only complaint was small portions, but I think that's good sometimes. I got ahi tuna with an arugula salad and canellini beans. Very up my alley. David got orechiette pesto and then we had panna cotta for his birthday. And that brings me back to the couch, where I am currently sitting.

Goodnight and good eating,

hungry hungry hipster

the many definitions of hungry

hi there everyone,

so maybe I did this subconsciously when I named this site, but the double of hungry perhaps lends itself to the many meanings of hungry in my life. lately, the hungry hungry of "hungry hungry hipster" has taken on a new meaning than the original one intended to reference my gluttonous appetite...hungry hungry for a job. its starting to get really boring all of this doing nothing, and even though i have been keeping busy, i don't think that going to forever 21 every single day qualifies as a rewarding activity when it is done so often.

i've had some interviews at some cool restaurants, though. I went to meet with the manager at DMK Burger Bar which seriously sounds soo delicious. They have veggie burgers, salmon burgers, tuna burgers, and obv hamburgers, best part everything comes with free fries from 5-7...kind of like JD's cart comes with free fries whenever kate's boobs are around. DMK is very alternative and cool in there and i really hope i get the job...but i should hear by tomorrow and i haven't heard yet so who knows what will happen. Being a server would be really fun and easy there oh well. But today, even cooler, I had an interview at Signature Room at the 95th..which is a very high volume fine dining restaurant on the 95th floor of the Hancock building. Sickest views I've ever seen it's like you are floating in there. My ears popped majorly in the elevator going up and I got a little nervous, but after the el it was smooth sailing. The interview went well it was with two girls they said they are only interviewing a few other girls so maybe this will be it? I hope to god it is! The restaurant is verrry old school and in need of renovation but the windows and the view totally distract from that. The bar is on the 96th floor and the restaurant is pretty big, very touristy as you can imagine, but in the end..it would be a very cool place to work. So busy and we're about to go into fourth quarter so holidays will make it even busier, wow it would be perfect.

I've literally sent out a million resumes EVERYWHERE and I need to find something soon because then the hungry hungry is fast ecoming hungry like starving because I have no money. In other news, Abby and I got five faces for late night last night. so ghetto, so quesadilla, so solid. we went to mcfaddens and then just took a little detour into the shack..it was well deserved after immersive yoga of the day. for dinner tonight i had my absolute fave cranberry tuna from whole foods on seeduction loaf. tomorrow we go back to state for wiscoooo game then benchmark to partayy. until then, I'm watching a few good men...YOU CAN"T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

-h.h.h

carinvaleeee

Hi,

Just got back from Carnivale's 5th anniversary party...such a hungry hipster scene, might I add. Jamie was nice enough to invite me with her parents and we had ourselves a hipster chic time. Aside from the fact that this was indeed a Brazillian Bar Mitzvah, complete with photo booths, jugglers, fire eaters, and identical twins from the east bank club that Jamie's mom has taken a liking too, the food was really delicious. We got the double order of Kleiner's guac, which was refreshingly spicy and came with unconventional tortilla chips--ie they were not from the tostitos bag like at fridas. We followed that up with the fish tacos and the tasting of 5 ceviches. The tacos were good but the portion size was a bit meager, I guess that's understandable seeing that they were an appetizer. I wish there was some more slaw on top of the fish as opposed to just under it, but the hot sauce that they gave on the side kind of made up for it. The ceviches--tuna, salmon and grapefruit, whitefish, mixed seafood, and shrimp--were presented on ice and in cute little bowls. The tuna was obv my favorite because that's my jam, but I liked the hiramasa one, too. we had mojitos, which normally a hipster would never order in public but I had to because it was Carnivale and it seemed appropriate, and the first one I got was great, the second was a little sweeter and watered down. All in all though, I'm glad that Jamie was nice enough to invite me and I got that restaurant under my new Chicago belt.

Yesterday, I met up with my friend Marissa that I literally haven't seen in five years but who coincidentally lives down the block from me now. We went to Luxbar--another place that I've been dying to go to. We went for lunch...you could probably guess, but I got the seared tuna salad. It was pretty good--I liked that it had ginger on top and some other asian veg, but the waitress got a little sassy with me when I asked for the sesame dressing because the balsamis was actually just oil. Oh well...we're going back next week for Marissa's birthday so maybe dinner will be more exciting.

Something kind of cool---I've been frantically applying for jobs around Chi and I went to an interview for The Florentine, which is a restaurant that BLT is opening here. I didn't know it at the time, but Todd Stein--head chef of Cibo Matto that just left there to open this place--was the one interviewing all BOH positions so I was sitting like right next to him. He's kind of a big deal around here, which is pretty legit of this Hungry Hungry Hipster to be in his direct company. Hopefully I get the job and I'll be able to get on the inside of the operation. Although, it's not looking soooo good because they gave me this insane in the membrane written serving test about italian wines and their prime grape varietals. At Bensi I am able to suggest a bottle of Citra Pinot Grigio to the Marlboro japs, but I could never recite off which is the main grape in each bottle. yikes...there was a question about what food blogs you read daily, and let's be honest I got that question in the bag bitches.

hmmm, what else? I had my real training session on Monday after recovering as much as possible from the fat roll exam, and let's be honest it was difficult! The trainer had me doing circuits which didn't sound so hard, but after a few times through I was dripping in sweat. LIke, I am not kidding, I almost had an illness. THe poor trainer was probably embarrassed for me once he saw how much I lack stamina and endurance (in the gym and the gym only winkface) so he began to do the exercises with me as a basic personal trainer move to keep me going. THe best part though was at the end when he full blast stretched my legs over his shoulder and we got into some compromising positions and I was dying of laughter and he told me to relax. so standardddd. yoga's been going well...someone even asked me how long I've been doing it for because she wanted to be good like I am! (her words not mine...for realz)

About to watch top chef just desserts...let the gay cryingfest recommence. Until next time....

-hhh

contaminated bathrooms

Hi everyone,

A big eating and drinking weekend just occurred so let's get to it. Friday night I picked up RA--this time with a more appropriate outfit--and then we started to drink. And by drink I mean an entire bottle of high class $5 wine from whole foods...aren't I so hipster chic? It was mediocre and I was drunk so we went to Old Town Social which was really really fun. I wanted to stop at Butch McGuire's on the way, seeing that they were playing Blah Blah Blah by Ke$ha and it was sucking me in like a magnet, but Jamie quickly pulled me away and set us back on track. The Social was really well decorated with high ceilings and dark wood and I felt like I was right back at Angelic in Wisconsin--there were two floors, we were doing laps, everyone was staring at each other and per usual I was the only one dancing. I may or may not have thrown myself at an architect because I told him that it was hot when boys are carrying blueprints and he was definitely scared of me. I had two more drinks at the bar and then the lights came on. The second we got home I fell asleep in my tiny tiny dress on top of my bed and woke up at 7am to change.

Saturday morning, Marly came in from the burbs and we went to State in Lincoln Park to watch the Wisconsin game. Basically we won 70-3 and I was not feeling my best, so I consumed an entire order of delicious cheese curds to ease the pain. We then got tuna tartar which was delicious and a nice big portion. We got home and MArly and I slept for a while, then we went to dinner at Feast in the gold coast. It was pretty good, nothing amazing. We then went home, pregamed while talking about toothpaste, and then we went to Hub for the North Shore High School reunion party, or so Marly and Jessie said. It was so weird to be in a place that everyone knows everyone but I knew no one. I kind of liked it like that. I was getting a hub punch which was sweet and solid when the manager of Hub walked past me and I almost died from how sexy he is. Something about his position of power, the earpiece in his ear, and the fact that he was in MArly's math class make him so sexy. As RZ says, I die. So we get home at 230 am, I made some kick ass TOTINOS and apparently fell asleep on the couch because this morning I woke up with the couch pillow under my face in my own bed. Marly then informed me that she had been throwing up all night. This gross fact compounds the amount of grime in my bathroom thanks to the sex that was had in the shower by my roommate...and now I always wear shoes in there. GREAT.

This morning ginger and I went to Orange for brunch. We had to wait half an hour so we went to the Austrian Bakery to pass the time. Orange was pretty solid--very Sunroom-esque and alternative. My favorite part was definitely the homosexual latin host that strut up and down the restaurant, his scarf flailing in the wind behind him. So Marly got the pancake flight, which has three silver dollars of four different kinds, including carrot and raisin, apple, and sweet potato. Yum. I got a scrambler with mushroom, tomato, and leeks. The restaurant uses all natural ingredients and plays Pandora over the loudspeakers. So hipster, I felt cool. I'm falling asleep right now and I have to go to the follow up to my fat test tomorrow/aka my free personal training session.

Talk to you then,

hungry h hipster

fitness testing

Hi,

I accidentally skipped a day whoops. But something so demeaning happened to me today that I think this might make up for it. So I joined Equinox on Michigan where the immersive yoga is occurring and when you sign up they give you a free fitness assessment and then an hour personal training session...great! not so much....because today I went for the assessment and the trainer was very nice but in order to fully assess how out of shape I am--technically a body fat composition--he used a primitive tool that you only see in horror movies in which a pinching mechanism is protracted and then retracted around your fat. Yes...I guess I volunteered myself to have my fat professionally pinched by this poor trainer who was trying not to be awkward and I was dying of laughter and it was sooo funny I'm loling thinking about it. So after all was said and done...you know, my shirt was lifted for a pinch of my stomach, which I'm not going to lie I think it's kind of tight because of a strict regimen of yoga, core crunch, and sour patch kids (imagine if they pinched me during passport era!) And then the Jewish girl's nightmare...my arm fat! oy Jewish arms bedamned this tool should be outlawed I seriously cannot believe that such an elitist gym--"the owner of 900 North Michigan is a member here!"--has this in their arsenal.

Okay, so for the hungry hipster part of this, lets go through the past two days and figure out exactly where those "fair range" skinfold test results came from...yesterday after immersive yoga taught by a man with braces way too concerened with moola bunda aka pubic bone clenching core work, I ate the rest of my cranberry tuna from whole foods--how hipster? I'm so organic! Then for dinner, Abby Jamie and I went to Penny's Noodles in Bucktown so hipster chic love that area...I wasn't properly decked out with my glasses and acid wash, but when Jamie and I return to Big Star I will have ample alternative accessories. Penny's brought me back to my college days seeing that it is very reminiscent of Rising Sons in Madison--cheap prices, big portions, thai-ish food. yum. I got a vegetable pho soup with rice noodles and raw veg on the side that you drop into the soup. There was a lot of cilantro, but I pushed through it, added some chili oil, and got down to bizness. For lunch today, Jamie and I took her infant child to FreshChoice on Wells St. It was nice and cute in there. We both got tuna, but I got a wrap which proved to be a mistake seeing that Jamie's sandwich was at least TWICE the size of mine and I was jealous. Food envy I have such a problem.

I put together the rest of my furniture and it looks great!! THe lime green desk was an amazing decision and by the time I put that together I was a seasoned pro at Target furniture assemblage. Right now I'm watching Thintervention with Jackie Warner and her stomach is so cut wow. She definitely doesn't need her fat pinched.

Tomorrow night we're going to the HAnggee Uppppeee! Can't wait to shake my shit like Jones and then we're having many a houe guest. Brothel part 2? you'll just have to wait...but I'd prob bet on it winkface..happy birthday brooke!

xx,

hhh

Hi,

I know the suspense was killing all one reader of this blog, but I did not meet Rick Bayless today. Nor did I go to Frontera. I'm going to try and get a res for my bday mark it down Oct 13, but apparently I've got no shot.

Anyway, the gingerfoodie and I went to Sunda....http://www.sundachicago.com/ on Illinois and Clark for some happy hour after work and furniture assembly specials which were very good. Trendy yet corporate atmosphere, solid sushi--we each got a golden child roll- white tuna, mango, avocado, tempura flake, and mango creme-and then marls got a spicy tuna and i got the spicy "tail of two tunas" which believe it or not were very different.

Today I immersed myself in yoga taught by a man with braces and lululemon pants on which I can't seem to escape. I looked around while holding dancer for what seemed like forever only to notice that every single member of my gym wears lulu. I must go buy some even though I am in no position to be buying 100 $$ workout pants seeing that I am jobless.

After my so called immersion practices, I returned to my roots and ate fake hot dogs in a sandwich thin which tastes a little less bad than it sounds. I bought this insane Deli mustard which should have read: DELI MUSTARD ON CRACK on the label because it has so much horseradish in it I almost choked. After the cracked out lunch special I made myself, I watched about two hours of Arrested and then my new queen size arrived--lets thank Pamela for reminding me that I will need a queen in order to have "ample room" (her words not mine). I then proceeded to assemble a nightstand from target while listening to Kesha radio on pandora, which took me about 2 and a half hours give or take. I then went to meet gingerfoodie at Sunda, which is where I began this tale. Time for some funfetti to drown my sorrows, which I baked on Sunday night when I got the news about school in order to really really drown my sorrows. Tomorrow, it's on to assembling the dresser. Wish me luck bitches!

-HHH

It was the best of times...it was the worst of times

So, it's about time this actually started. I'm almost all settled (minus furniture) into my new apartment in Chi-town (can I say that if I'm not Kanye?) and I'm half asleep on my "couch" (standard) trying to figure out how to use Twitter. You're probably saying to yourself: enough with the parentheticals! I definitely agree with you there. So anyway, from now on this HungryHungryHipster, officially recovered from being very hungry hungry hipster on Yom Kippur, will write all about her Chicago food discoveries and corresponding feelings.

I never thought I would have so much time on my hands, seeing that I was supposed to start grad school today, but that didn't exactly go according to plan; hence the title of this self loathing blog post. But, when life gives you lemons...look at that food metaphor!...we're going to turn it into an online forum dedicated to my gluttonous ways. To offset the hours upon hours that I will have to wander the Chicago streets looking for good tuna all by myself, I will be engaged in what I want to call an immersive yoga program, ie the only thing I have to do, which will most likely turn into an immersive Forever 21/Arrested Development reruns/yoga when hulu cuts me off plan. Hipster, right?

To include some quick notes about food, the most important part of this website and of my life, let's go through what I've eaten in Chi...want to call it Chitown again but I won't...cago. Last night when I got the news that school wasn't happening, I did the most obvious thing I could and baked a 13x9 inch pan of funfetti with frosting. soliddd. I've also humiliated myself at RA Sushi on state st. by ordering take out and going to pick it up post immersive yoga, unaware that you pick food up from the bar so instead of a chic martini glass I was holding a yoga mat looking like a homeless person. It was delicious though. My first night in town we went to Quartino which was Italian tapas and pretty decent until the zeppoles came out which made it a whole lot better. Our waiter was wearing some sexy standard A pocket sevens, but even his nice taste in denim couldn't distract me from the tiny tiny (I like repetitive adjectives) penne vodka. At Bensi of Old Bridge, my former place of employment complete with the most mediocre food, that paltry plate of pasta is smaller than a side dish. If you're going to eat penne vodka, then you want it to be hearty. hmm...I went to whole foods today on Huron, which I have to say was not very hipster at all. I think I'll try the one in Boystown on Halsted next time.

Tomorrow night, I'm going for dinner and drinks with the gingerfoodie herself. Will I finally get to meet Rick Bayless at Frontera? Or will I be kicked to the curb at the end of a three hour wait list like last time? Stay tuned........