On the NW corner of Montrose and Clark is an Italian restaurant run by two sisters from our hometown in Italy. Well worth the trip. I spent a lot of time in Uptown, especially before gentrification.

We moved to central Illinois - Bloomington - where I teach. Our families are spread throughout the Southside (Taylor St., Ashburn, Gage Park, and Chinatown), and some in the burbs, but we don't like to think about that often. I mean, they're still family you know. We are home often, and a lot of times we are home to eat and grocery shop. I spent a couple of years of my life - if you add all the time together - at Rezas on Berwyn and Clark. I will let you know when we're home for a few days and have time to connect, or if we're in for a day to run around, which most often has us on the Northside - Lincoln Square, Andersonville, etc.