Thursday, October 11, 2007
(From left to right: Spiegelau vinovino Chardonnay wine glass, Riedel O Chardonnay wine tumbler, Bodum So Long Stemless red wine glass, Crate & Barrel wine tumbler) I was rummaging through my kitchen display cabinet today and noticed that I have more stemless wine glasses than traditional ones — eight Riedel O Chardonnay, six Riedel O [...]
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Tatine Candles is holding an open studio sale in the Flat Iron Building as part of this year’s Around the Coyote arts festival. Candlemaker/owner Margo Bresnik’s husband Dean Schlabowske owns Cellar Rat Wine Shop just down the road, and the two of them will pair up for this event. Margo will open her production studio [...]
This past Saturday, we took a tour of Intelligentsia Coffee‘s roasting facility in the West Loop, which just might be one of Chicago’s best-kept secrets. There are few tours that engage all five of your senses, and it was a really enjoyable and informative experience — viewing the huge, colorful cast iron roasters, touching the [...]
Celebrate Day of the Dead with decadent chocolate skull truffles by D.L. & Co., pictured above. From left to right: scorched caramel, bitter white brandied cherry, curious chili. (I’m not making up these names, folks.) At an outrageous $100 for a set of three, the price alone will kill you. Vosges offers three types of [...]
Thursday, October 4, 2007
There’s a current backlash against bottled water in some circles, but how can any design junkie resist the sleek, elegant shape of the Evian Palace Bottle? (I couldn’t help falling in love with its bold, minimal simplicity during an eight-hour Top Chef marathon — that’s some good product placement there.) The luxe packaging is fit [...]
