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My Best Restaurants, Bars and Taprooms of 2021

December 31, 2021 Beer, Food

It’ll take travel guide books a while to catch up with all the restaurants and bars closures caused by the COVID lockdowns. To help fill that gap, here are the best places I’ve ate and drank at during my 2021 travels. I’ll update this after each trip, so keep it bookmarked. Chicago NoodleBird at Fat…

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Glass of Beer Next To Sign Saying The Table Has Been Sanitized

Podcast #178 — What Remains from Pandemic Times; Best Restaurant and Bars

August 24, 2021 Beer, Food, Podcasts 27:16

Last month’s travel got me wondering what travel changes are going to stick after the COVID pandemic begins to recede. With all the restaurant and bar closures caused by COVID lockdowns, I’m updating my recommendations list based on recent travels. And I’m way overthinking our first post-lockdown international trip. All this and more – click…

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Podcast #46 – Long-Distance Guilt; Overheard in Bars

October 6, 2006 Podcasts

Recorded in the TravelCommons studios after a 3-day Chicago-San Francisco-Boston triangulation, I left behind some torrential rains in Chicago, which flooded our basement, causing me a good bit of long-distance guilt as my wife was left cleaning up the mess solo. We continue the thread on solid toiletries — even with the recent relaxation of…

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