12th Annual Christkindlmarket

I love visiting the Christkindlmarket!


The open-air, German-style market showcases handmade ornaments, accessories, clothing and gifts, plus live entertainment. Also features German food and drink such as beer, hot spiced wine, potato pancakes, bratwurst, schnitzel, strudel and more. It takes place at Daley Plaza, 50 West Washington Street.


My favorite vendor is the Sweet Castle...of course, since I have such a sweet tooth! They sell roasted nuts, gingerbread and german cookies. They also have a huge selection of chocolates and candy, popcorn and cotton candy! Yum!!!

The Tasting Room

I attended The Tasting Room's third tuesday tasting last night. Every third tuesday of the month they have a wine tasting feauturing thirty wines for $30.00, form 6-8 pm.

I probably won't be attending another wine tasting at The Tasting Room, because there are much better tastings in the city, and various factors made the wine tasting only so enjoyable.

I arrived promptly at 6 pm, and the room was extremely hot. I could not enjoy the wine because I was overheated. They did not turn on the air conditioning until around 7 pm, after receiving numerous complaints that the room was too hot.

They also mismanaged the appetizer circulation. They had cheese plates spread throughout the room, but removed them at 7 pm. Appetizers were also circulated, but minimally. Besides, the room was huge, and most of the time they were all gone before the servers had a chance to make it to the back of the room. These also stopped circulating the appetizers at 7 pm.

They also needed more people working the wine stations, as it would take forever to get a tasting.

As far as the wine itself, I was unimpressed by most of the offerings.

I'm not saying you should not check it out, I'm just saying there are much better options.

www.tlcwine.com

ComedySportz

This weekend I went to see the ComedySportz show. Basically, it's improvisational comedy played as a sport. Two teams battle it out in various games and are awarded points based on how effectiviely they make the audience laugh.

It was something different to do on a Saturday night, and I did find myself laughing occasionally. However, I found certain portions of the show annoying and corny rather than funny. I suppose many people find this type of humor funny. I was not overly impressed, but it was entertaining.

All in all, if you have never seen the show before, check it out.

http://www.comedysportz.com/