Nothing weekends forever.
0.2 inches. That’s how thin this handsome, ingenious, Dutch-designed wallet is. Now grab a ruler and try to figure out how such a wallet could still manage to hold up to 10 bills and four credit cards or IDs. Actually, that seems like a pain. Just take a look at this.
Here’s how Earl’s Drive-Thru BBQ works. You and some other hungry people get in a car. You drive to Earl’s. You head through the drive-through and order a platter of freshly smoked, Memphis-style BBQ and a few made-to-order old-fashioned donuts. Then you drive home and eat. Don’t forget to eat.
Have we reached peak Nashville hot chicken? What does that even mean? Are we just asking ourselves that because the Budlong has opened in Lakeview, with four levels of Nashville-style spice? And buttermilk biscuits? And spudnuts? Is life nothing but a twisted menagerie? How’d that last question get in here?
To coincide with Ferris Fest, the Virgin Hotel is hosting a Bueller-related celebration of its own...
Tomorrow: Attend a screening with critic Scott Lucas.
Saturday: Tour an exact replica of Ferris’s bedroom.
Sunday: Enjoy Miss Ricky’s special Sausage King of Chicago Roll.
Your call on when to twist and shout.
For brunch this weekend, you can...
A) Enjoy fried chicken, bocce and mai tais at Saint Lou’s Assembly’s new backyard patio.
B) Do biscuits and pastrami gravy, maple-glazed bacon and custom Bloodys at Sodikoff’s 3 Greens
Market.
C) Stay home.
Nice try, C.
The first Chicago Cocktail Summit begins this Sunday. What you’ll learn: the art of punch making; the science behind food and cocktail pairing; how best to concoct delicious drinks with eggs; other stuff about booze. What you won’t learn: the socioeconomic effects of climate change. Different summit.
