Chicago Has the Best Junk Food on Earth ~ Polish at Portillo's

            I've been around the world...

and I've lived in a lot of places.

But no matter where I am I miss the flavors and the smells of the food I love the most...

the taste of Chicago.

Everything's big and bold and unpretentious.

In Chicago even the 'everyman' food is respected and revered and there's standards which have been set by custom and tradition.

You don't put ketchup on a hotdog.

It's just not done.

This is a Polish from Portillo's.

It's a piece of culinary artistry and it felt so good goin' into my belly.

After that wicked good lunch I met up with Richard Cahan and Michael Williams and had them sign my new copy of 'Vivian Maier ~ Out of the Shadows'.

I can't wait to get all up into that!

Then we meandered all around the Printer's Row Book Fair.

After that we hit Dick Blick's art supply store to pick up twenty five pounds of air drying Mexican clay.

Then we stopped in at a film set where they're shooting a movie called 'Divergent' and watched that action for a while.

Someone said...

'What's the best ice cream in Chicago?'

The smart phones came out and some serious Google searching was done... even Yelp...

it was off to Margie's Candies...

they've been dishin' out the best ice cream in the city since 1921.

We laid into an ice cream feast.

After the inevitable 'sugar crash' we decided to skip hittin' the 'Old Town Art Festival' and headed home to break open that twenty five pounds of Mexican clay and make some coil pots.

It's summertime in the city and baby I was really feelin' the love all weekend long.

Nothin' but good times and smiles and feelin' good.

I hope your weekend was just the same!

A few more days and we're gonna do it all over again!

Taken on: June 9, 2013

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