I heart hockey! Coming off the excitement of the Olympic games where our Women's team led by four time medal winner and Apprentice Amiga- Angela Ruggiero took Silver and our men -well our Chicago Hawks players took home Gold and Silver and competed in one of the best games I have seen!! (sorry to my 5 year old nephew Ben making his hockey debut and a CONGRATS on winning his first game). Last Friday, I attended the taping of "Game Time Dine" and caught up with Adam Burish who assured me our Blackhawks were looking strong going into the end of the season and would be well refreshed after the break. Now is as good a time as ever to hit up Stub Hub, Craig's List, or your boss for tickets to see the Hawks in action at the United Center. The next best option is to catch the game at WEST END, in the West Loop-the best hockey bar in the city (jerseys everywhere and players show up post game on occasion) and they offer ridiculous weekly dining specials and a roundtrip bus to the United Center for free! I am a huge fan of $5 salad nights but still cannot refrain from drinking beer, so much for saving calories!As a fan of hockey and all things delicious, I will be at STARFRUIT CAFE on Halsted this Saturday, March 6, from 4:00-6:00pm to meet Blackhawk Defenseman, Brent Seabrook. Starfruit offers frozen kefir and smoothies that contain local produce, Vosges Chocolate, Swirlz Cupcakes, as well as other tasty and healthy add ins. Todd West, VP of Store Operations, told me that another store is in the works for The Merchandise Mart this Spring in addition to the stores at Block 37, 1745 W. Division, and my favorite-2142 N. Halsted. Starfruit is also open late, so it is the perfect stop off after the gym for a low calorie, DIVA smoothie, so I am not stuffing my face at 8:30pm- negating my 10 mile run, pilates class, and hour of weight lifting.
I like this meet a Blackhawk player once a week thing I have going....See you at Starfruit!
(Note:Starfruit Hours vary by store location, Division and Halsted are open later than Block37)
Labels: Burish, Kefir, Ruggiero, Seabrook, Starfruit Cafe, West End
