When in the Windy City you have to grab a Chicago style hot dog.

Oak Park in Illinois is a suburb dense with examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's early architecture.

This basement tiki den was just the tropical escape I needed to escape the frigid winter weather in Chicago.

The "fully dressed guacamole" changed a couple things for me.

Chicago, Illinois

Some reports say this was the biggest in US history. This may also be the most chilling and hostile first day for any US president, ever.

In Oak Park you can tour the place Frank Lloyd Wright once called home and his work studio.

There are three great dives within a half mile of each other in the Ukrainian Village.

After a bar crawl through Chicago's Ukrainian Village Fatso's Last Stand was the perfect end up.

The collection spans all ages and the globe. Captured a few of my favorites here...

Ordered up a single with bacon, egg and cheese.

I have had the great pleasure of staying at a few of the Aman properties around the globe. This one might take the cake.

Happy new year! Let's do this 2017.

New York, New York

Tsuru Ton Tan has its first location outside of Japan right down the street in Union Square in New York City.