summer ginger drinks!

  Goose Island spicy ginger beer, yum!

Chicago's own Goose Island makes some of the finest beer around, and now they have extended it to ginger beer, for the fairer folks!  It's kinda like ginger ale with a kick, because its spicy just like me!  Give it try if your in chicago land, you will be pleased!

BeAt ThE hEaT!!!

summer summer time is here!  check out some super hot and super cool places to hit up in chicago this summer!!  Check out the new bucktown hotspot crocodile on milwaukee ave.  (right near the levi's store)  Its just your average trendy looking bar/lounge from the outside.  Then you order your beer.  and they ask you "would you like a free pizza with that?"  FUCK YEA i would like a free pizza with that!  and its pretty good too!  its like a personal size pizza made from scratch, yum!  and for those with a bigger appetite, they are more than happy to give you two pizzas if you are having a couple rounds.  party!  I guess the original crocodile is in new york, and apparently the free pizza thing is a huge hit there as well.  duh.  Word to the wise: go early, it get sooo crowded!  

And, if you need some cooling down after all that hot pizza, head over to salud, an old standby, especially if its a tuesday night, and pick up one of their $5 pitchers of sangria.  you wont regret it!  They don't joke here....its a huge thing of sangria, and its good too!  three of us enjoyed 2 pitchers while we were there relaxing on the patio, and we barely made it home alive!  They also had dj skinny angry and dj bobby lovelock there spinning some rockin beats....especially this remix of the inspector gadget song that i am dying to get my hands on!!   I will find you.  or i will just spend another drunken night at salud!  whatevs!

Definately two places to keep it hot or cool, whatever your preference is!

How to celebrate 4th of july chicago style!!

1.  Taste of chicago!!!  this has been going on long before gingerfoxxx graced this planet, so you can bet its a guarenteed good time, if you don't mind the crowds.  (and the crowds were something else, let me tell you!)  Millions of people visit taste every year hoping to sample some goodies.   Here are some of gingerfoxxx's new and old favs!

-irish corn at the abbey pub stand!  its  tradition!  my year isnt complete without one.  Its even served up by goodlooking guys with irish accents!  here's to you, abbey pub!

-rainbow cone from rainbow cone!  an old standby, yet a first for gingerfoxxx.  (not entirely 

true, i stole a bite of mayas last year.)  anyone who can cram 5 flavors into one cone is A-OK by me!! (stupid neopolitan, you only managed 3!!)    chocolate, strawberry, palmer, pistacio, and orange sherbet!  oh my!!  definately a party in your mouth!

-and the newby at taste, the popcornsicle!  a popcorn ball made of Garretts carmel corn and cheese corn, put on a stick and dipped into liquid nitrogen to flash freeze it.  It sounds crazy, (especially the thought of cheese corn and carmel corn together....so weird!)  but it was actually really good!  the frozen popcorn has a really neat texture....and it smokes non-stop in the chicago heat!  tots bonus points for looking cool!

2.  And after the total overload of food and people down at taste, go for a nice long run along the bloomingdale trail.  This is an abandoned freighter rail line that that stretches from central part to ashland (thats 3 miles each way!)  It's pretty serene up there, except for a few other joggers, but i have a feeling that you would not want to be up there at night.  i only covered 2/3 of the trail, but i definetely saw some squatters dens, as well as a wasteland of pbr cans and used needles.  Maybe not most scenic run, but you get a great view of the city.  And if you live on the west side, you are used to homeless people and needles anyway.  no biggie.  

3.  And finally, fireworks.  Granted the navy pier fireworks are quite the show, but unless you have someone in from out of town visiting, leave the chaos for the tourists.  (unless you decide to check them out from the top of the john hancock building which i am SOOOOO doing next year!  Head on down to the westside, where a simple stroll along any major street will provide you with an even better fireworks show put on by little puerto rican children with their roman candles and bottle rockets.  Double points if you drink an ice cold beer from a paper bag while you celebrate being an american in this manner.  Triple points if you see a gay prostitution deal go down in the middle of this.  (yep, welcome to the city.)

happy 4th bitches, your freeeeeeee!  free to be FABULOUS!

so you want to dance?

gingerfoxxx and co recently went on a venture to sonotheque on chicago ave.  

check it out!

http://www.sonotheque.net/default.php

If your looking to hit up the club scene with out going overboard on pretention, definately check this place out.  Its a classy joint, but the dress code is looser then a lot of clubs.  Most people dressed pretty snazzy, but it was just as acceptable to see a bro in some khakis and a polo, or some hipster chick with boots and a vintage dress.  Totally a nice mix.  The best part was the nerdy dj crowd with their neon sunglasses and high-top 80's classic nikes in bright colors.  Abso-fab!  The dj rocked, and the party was hoppin all night.  Plus its conviently near plenty of 4am bars...if you wanna keep the party going!  Sonotheque is a thumbs up if your looking to impress someone or just dance all night long!

Sorry for the posting drought!  Its hard to be fabulous AND write about it!  Gingerfoxxx is currently exploring the midwest for unexpected weekend party destinations.  Expect reviews on Champaign, IL  and Rockford, IL coming soooooon!

xoxo,

marie the gingerfoxxx!

inside sonotheque!

woes of a scenester...

Its so hard constantly looking fabulous, keeping up with the hottest bars and clubs, and of course, seeing and being seen!  If only there was some kind of social networking site to help the fabulous organize their ever so fabulous lives.

oh wait!  I went to this website on a whim.  (there is a little poster for it in the loop on the brownline that i pass everyday)  beckoning me to go to www.poorlittlerichgirl.com.  and what can i say, i am a true humanitarian.  I had to do it.  for all of you, of course.  Its actually a pretty sweet sight!  get the 24-7 on hot deals for chicago fashionistas, bar and club openings, the best places to get your nails done, get your hair did, shake your booty, or just be seen by chicago's most fabulous.  

its definately worth checking out if your in chicagoland!

gingerfoxxx in the big city!

well, as can be assumed, i am finally homeeee!  there were a few detours (as if i would miss coolio!)  But the summer has started off swinging!  My first weekend back was one of rest and relaxation, seeing as how i was recovering from some mysterious illness and packed full of antiobiotics.

Just kidding!  I was full 

of antibiotics, but it was a weekend of drinking and revelry!  The first night was an adventure in dive bars with my main accompolice ray-ray, katie chris and alex.  we went to a bar that i couldn't even remember the name of if i tried (it was that wonderfully divey)  for some pool and some pbr's!  As glamorous as i may be, there is always that little ginger tomboy part of me that will love pbr, baseball, and other such things.  The pbr's were excellently served by a very friendly bartender, and it was amazing to drin

k pbr without criticism (sweet home, chicago

!)  They also helped my pool game!  for a while....

We ended up moving on to club foot.  Mostly because it was a dive bar i haven't visited before.  It was a blast!  The night ended after we closed down the bar, and hiccupped our way back to ray-ray's for some SLEEP!

Awaking with quite the PBR headache, a prompt hangover brunch was in ord

er.  We went to Dunlays!  one of my old favorites.  No pretention, just brunch.  They also have a wicked bloody mary shoul

d you ever drop in!

The rest of the day was spent lounging, walking through humboldt park, and practicing our softball moves.  That night we headed out to the Do Division fesival to meet up with my very dear old friend Chris.  (i hadn't seen him since LAST summer!)  We caught the flosstradamus (sp?)  show and the kid sister show.  They were great, and mu

ch dancing ensued, but the streets were starting to overflow with garbage and bro pick up lines.

Check out one of my favorite hangover brunch hot spots!

http://www.dunlaysonthesquare.com/

And check out some smokin hot tunes by some of chicagos finest (besides me!!)

kid sister. "don't step to me, get fresh with me!"

and flosstradamus


flosstradamus is so the new girl talk. bitches.

This is my jam of the week. cannot stop listening! i hear you, and i 

must dance. Kid Cudi, i don't know where you came from, but i think i love you.

Finally uploaded some pictures of my adventures. So expect some posts in 

the morning. For now though, my poor ginger soul is weary from spinning class, downtown adventures, and as always, partying.

**Also, Kanye shall be returning to the motherland next week, so i think a clubbing excursion is in order 

to try and share some drinks with him. If you were Kanye, where would YOU go to party in the windy city?