Best Breakfast Views Ever

Can't recommend this breakfast spot enough!  Eric and I had one of our best dates at the Silver Fork Lodge.

Tweet

Tweet was the latest Breakfast Joint on our bucket list.  Originally, we were planning on staying in Des Moines until Monday morning, but ended up having to leave Sunday night so my brother could get back to work.  Well, Eric and I had already requested the morning off of work so we decided to check out Tweet.  It was probably my favorite morning date ever and it was the perfect start to my week.  We ate outside on the patio underneath colorful umbrellas and I couldn't get enough of the adorable tablecloth.  The food was excellent and yelpers agree giving it four out of five stars.  Definitely put this on your to do list.  Cheers to Monday mornings not spent at work.

Cafe Jumping Bean in Pilsen

My Perfect Date

My newest thing - if we are going out for drinks, to study/read, or out to eat... it must have a fireplace (or at least until this city decides to warm up)!  So cozy.

Waffles

A new brunch place as moved into the South loop!  Waffles recently opened up on South Michigan Avenue and is already getting a lot of buzz.  Although I am not a huge waffle person, I must admit, they do a great job.  We are hoping some friends come and visit us soon so we have an excuse to go back - I need to try the red velvet waffles!

Sweet W -

Cute date -

I'm probably the only one you know who would take a photo of the doormat, huh?

Outside -

Brunch with a Great Friend

Last Sunday, I got to have brunch with the one and only Jane O'Brien Godfrey. Jane and I worked together at the American Cancer Society and I can say with full confidence that she is the most genuine, compassionate, and happiest person I have ever met. It is impossible to be in a bad mood around her and she brings out the best in people. I miss working with her and seeing her smiling face every day.

For brunch we tried m.henry's. It is a very popular place in the city and has been on my Chicago Bucket list for breakfast joints to try for quite some time. It has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on yelp and one of my good friends says it is her "favorite restaurant in the city." Now, full disclosure here, I have known to be quite the picky eater, but I really didn't think it was that great. It certainly wasn't anything special this time around. For anyone that is following my breakfast joints posts, Yoke is still my number one with Ann Sather's as a close second.

However, I do have to give them a 5 out of 5 rating on their business model. They know that people will wait in line for a very long time for a table on a weekend morning. Check out this line as we were leaving the place. What do they do to keep all those future customers happy while waiting? They offer them bottomless coffee for free! So smart, well done m. henry's.

And yes, I am that creepy girl with a camera who will take a photo of you pulling your three-kid wagon on a Sunday morning. It was too cute to resist. The littlest one definitely caught me red-handed.

Rents Weekend

Guess who's in town this weekend?! The rents!

My dad LOVES cinnamon rolls, so we had to take them to Ann Sather's (one of the best breakfast places in the city).

Took them on the L -

Go Alzheimer's Ad!!!

We took them to The Scout, a new restaurant in the South Loop that we've been waiting to open up (also very good). The photo pretty much sums up everything I love about my dad (he's the one waving).

We took them to my favorite look-out point in the city...

And saw yet another amazing show at Chicago iO -

Also not shown include couple rounds of darts at Mullen's and a 1am visit to Ian's Pizza in Wrigleyville for a slice of macaroni pizza and bacon cheeseburger pizza (total necessity). My mom absolutely LOVED all the drunk Cubs and Cardinal fans enjoying themselves, very entertaining.

Sunday Brunch in the City

One thing I've noticed about Chicago that is different from a couple other places I've lived is their emphasis on good breakfast joints. It seems like everyone here loves a good Saturday or Sunday morning brunch. We live really close to a couple places, but haven't been willing to wait the typical hour it takes to get a table for two at The Bongo Room at 9am on a Sunday morning. Well, this morning, we walked the two blocks to The Bongo Room and put in our name, then went across the street for a Starbucks where we chilled watching the rain fall and the lollapalooza crowds start to pour in for a good half hour before returning the the restaurant just in time.

It was well worth the wait, they are known for their "red velvet pancakes" but have a rotating menu so didn't know if they would be available. They were definitely there and I only got a third of the way threw before throwing in the towel completely stuffed. Definitely a very good place and worth trying, but so far, I'm going to have to give the best breakfast trophy to our usual - Yoke. I will admit we have many more places to try though, so stay tuned...

(Excuse the camera phone photos)