The Urbanologist

The challenge of cooking Chicago-style hot dogs in Boston is that, well, some ingredients are only available in Chicago! So, in a quick supermarket run, I made some executive decisions No Vienna beef? I’m using Nathan’s all-beef dogs.
My ingredients:

Step One:
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Step Two: A crisp garlic pickle spear
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It’s the second year for this fine feature, and I have selected a few albums that are great ways to start out the New Year. Now that I think of it, they will sounds fabulous on January 2, March 23, or even August 15.
Here they are, in no order whatsoever.
1. Count Basie. “Broadway and Hollywood… [...]

Dear all-
Well, the moment is finally here, and I’m glad to announce that my walking tour guidebook to Chicago came out this week in Britain, and it looks great. AA Publishing did a great job with the photos (with a few from yours truly), and I’m excited to see it in print. Take a look [...]

At the conclusion of the calendar year, many magazines, websites, and television programs offer up their top “travel picks” for the coming year. Frequently these picks are either painfully obvious (Example: Washington, D.C….really? Never heard of it. Wonder if they have any museums?) or questionable in terms of their relative safety (Example: Cartagena, Columbia. Hmm.)

It’s [...]