About

I was born in Milwaukee, grew up in West Bloomfield, MI and studied Marketing at Michigan State University before transferring to Columbia College Chicago where I graduated with a Journalism degree. I am half Greek and half Italian, which is why I love authentic, bold and inventive foods. I am a fitness enthusiast and am very active so I like to reward myself with delicious meals and fresh little treats! I love to travel and have been blessed with many opportunities in the past to try foods from all over the world and country. Also, having a Greek mother and Italian father has made it very easy to familiarize myself with culturally diverse foods and desserts. I love my mother very much and her baklava is pretty killer. But authentic baklava and Almond Kataifi in Athens….may take the cake! I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend, Marcus, for four years. He also grew up in Michigan. He has traveled and moved around the country with me. Luckily, we both share the passion of enjoying and searching for unique, authentic and creative dining experiences. I also have a three-year old Lab mix, Brody. He also loves to eat well and dine often. After college, I spent four years as a Publicist with Playboy Enterprises in Chicago before accepting a position out west as the Manager, Corporate Communications for the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Best Mexican restaurant in the US was in Phoenix…Jalapeno Inferno! And that may have been the only good thing we found in Phoenix….other than cheap rent, warmer winters and good friends!) Needless to say the desert was not for us. After only a short year working in baseball and living at Chase Field, I decided to jump ship again. I took a position in Silicon Valley as the Communications Manager for Trion Worlds, a video-gaming publisher and developer. Think Grandma’s Boy! The food in San Francisco was really a treat. We had the freshest seafood in Half Moon Bay, the best cioppino I have ever had at Sam’s Chowder House, amazing Michelin star restaurants downtown like SPQR and Coi and some gems in Napa Valley and Yountville, including Bottega and French Laundry. Growing up in the Midwest with four seasons, made living in California comparable to living on another planet. It was a fantastic and unique planet but definitely different. It is beautiful out there and we have every intention to move back….when we can afford to live there! After two wonderful years in the Bay, we moved back to Chicago after I accepted a job with the Big Ten Network as Media Relations and Communications Manager. Since moving back last March, I have been on a mission to eat well and find the best spots in the city. Next’s Sicily is probably the front runner right now. MK is also one of my all-time favorite restaurants. Not to mention the newly opened hot spots Carriage House (Amazing Praline Sundae), Trencherman (The cocktails are like little meals!) and the delicious brunch service at Storefront Company (The tomato water in the bloody mary’s is made in-house and it makes the cocktail pretty spectacular.) Until the next meal…..Salute!