Jessica Lardizabal is a school nurse, artist and model here in Chicago. A Superwoman of sorts, if you will. She’s very passionate about everything she does and loves pouring all her energy into her activities. If there was a term for a woman who is a Renaissance Man, that would be the best way to describe her. gothmilk@yahoo.com

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Episode 149: Jessica Lardizabal

Monday Munchies Episode 043: On these episodes you will be sitting shotgun on my adventures of exploring restaurants in the past few weeks. Albeit, I am not a certified food critic but I do love to eat and some would say that I do have a certain set of skills… I’m not sure what those are nor am I a “yelper” like the majority of residents in South Park, Colorado. But I do love trying new restaurants and food. So enjoy: Butchers Tap - http://thebutcherstap.com/ Vintage Brewing - https://vintagebrewingcompany.com/ Half Shell - https://halfshellchicago.com/ Chengdu Impression - https://www.chengduimpression.com/ Piccolo Sogno - https://www.piccolosognorestaurant.com/

Monday Munchies Episode 043

Victoria Ng is a full-time software engineer by day and a pageant mama by night. She participated in 8 pageants and ended up starting her own in 2018 called Miss Chinese Chicago. In 2019, she also started Asian Fashion Show Chicago, which featured a full lineup of Asian designers and models. Her vision is to give a platform to Asians in Chicago who are giving back to the community and showing that Asians have a voice at the table. Learn more about her at victoriamng.net or her social handles victoriang555. She can be reached at victoria@chi-awe.org! Learn more about our impact on the community here: https://www.chi-awe.org/community-impact Hear from some of the young women we've impacted: https://www.chi-awe.org/female-voices

Episode 147: Victoria Ng

Epicurean Chronicles We are a digital media and marketing agency specializing in social media, experiential marketing, and events focused on food, beverage, and hospitality. What first started as a blog chronicling food adventures, Epicurean Chronicles® has quickly evolved into a trusted voice and marketer in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry. Our vision is to provide a fun, fresh, and authentic approach to telling a story, something that is hard to find in today’s market. We’re a diverse group of people who love what we do, do what we love, and get things done. Sit back and enjoy Chris's adventure in finding the best cheese curds in Wisconsin! Hi@epicureanchronicles.com https://blog.eatstreet.com/2019/10/29/best-curds-wisconsin-curd-nerd/

Episode 146: Best Cheese Curds in Wisconsin - Chris Attaway

Monday Munchies Episode 042: On these episodes you will be sitting shotgun on my adventures of exploring restaurants in the past few weeks. Albeit, I am not a certified food critic but I do love to eat and some would say that I do have a certain set of skills… I’m not sure what those are nor am I a “yelper” like the majority of residents in South Park, Colorado. But I do love trying new restaurants and food. So enjoy: Output Lounge - http://outputlounge.com/wps/ Riccardo Enoteca - http://riccardoenoteca.com/ Murray Bro’s Caddy - Shackhttps://mbcshack.com/ Little Bad Wolf - http://www.littlebadwolfchicago.com/ Trattoria Demi - https://trattoriademi.com/ Pilot Project - https://www.pilotprojectbrewing.com/ Sunset Pho - https://www.sunsetphocaffe.com/ Tanners - http://www.tannersbarandgrill.com/ Laurel - http://www.thelaureltavern.com/ Paul’s Pel’meni - https://paulspelmenimadison.com/39592

Monday Munchies Episode 042

Sara https://theblondebliss.com/ A blogger, fashion editor, hat designer, and entrepreneur, sharing her life and love for fashion. Sara always wears a hat if possible, because this is a statement piece with which she expresses herself, plus the fact that every hat she wears is designed and made by her! She’s trying to share her love for life because nowadays we often search for things that we already have, but don’t seem to see or appreciate them enough. Her goal is to create a life that feels good on the inside, not one that looks good on the outside. Everything she does, she does with her heart!

Episode 144: The Blonde Bliss

Sana Fatema Sew By Sana @SewBySana IG caprizone7@gmail.com Sana Fatema of SewBySana is a fashion designer here in Chicago. Her brilliances comes from how she handmakes every piece that can fit multiple body shapes and sizes, is simple, yet elegant. She’s taking the fashion industry’s stance on sustainability by storm with her garments!

Episode 143: Sew By Sana

Julianna Bautista is a Fashion Show, Event, and Photoshoot Producer. Her journey through the fashion industry has included producing her classmates fashion shows senior year of college to becoming Executive Producer to Project Runway Season 13 /Project Runway All-Star Season 2’s Kini Zamora that following summer. Born and raised in the East Bay of San Francisco, California, she discusses her time in Hawai’i, her new home here in Chicago and the ups, downs, and in-between of a producing a fashion show and of course life. blackboot.julianna@gmail.com

Episode 142: Julianna Bautista

ReyesMorenoDesigns @ReyesMorenoDesigns David Moreno was born and raised in Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods. David has been designing and actively involved in fashion since about the age of 7. He enjoyed sketching and learned sewing skills from his mother, Amparo Gonzalez, who became the head seamstress in 1982 for The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago. At an early age he was exposed to a variety of fashions, from the company’s costumes that involved authentic and colorful wardrobe to the modern high fashion that was in style at that time. David also engaged in fanatically watching Mexican “novelas” typically known as soap operas. He cared little for the storyline, but instead paid close attention at what the actresses wore during each episode. On September 4 2011, David happily married Rafael Reyes. Rafael was born in La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico. Rafael is a creative and self-motivated individual. He is an admirable hard worker with a positive perspective on life who never sees anything as impossible. In 2012, Rafael started learning basic sewing skills from his mother-in-law, Amparo Gonzalez. David and Rafael started assisting Amparo in mending costumes. Both yearned to learn as much as possible, always motivated by their passion of putting garments together and restoring them back to their original state. It was then that they were given the chance to create new costumes for the dance company’s anniversary performance. This unique learning experience gave them the opportunity to take their passion to another level. In 2014, Rafael was asked to work with a local designer and this provided him with more hands-on experience. David and Rafael frequently spoke about their shared goal, and that was to one day create their own fashion line, ReyesMorenoDesigns. In 2015 their dream came true and David and Rafael founded ReyesMorenoDesigns. Their work consisted of creating unique and detailed pieces for drag performers both local and throughout the United States, as well as for women who looked for unique dresses for social events. In 2017, they were again asked to design and manufacture the costumes for The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago’s 35th year anniversary performance. Then in 2018 Reyes Moreno designed and created its first ranchero style wedding and “quinceañera” collection. This collection is on sale at a local shop located on the famous 26th street in Little Village, Chicago. ReyesMorenoDesigns was also given the honor of designing a dress for one of Mexico’s top folk music performer, Beatriz Adriana and continue to work with rising artist and daughter of Beatriz Adriana and Marco Antonio Solis, Beatriz Solis by ebing asked to design gowns for her upcoming Ranchero album release. ReyesMorenoDesigns is seeing an increased demand for all types of affairs, both artistic and social. Their styles fit the modern demands of not only their community but also other regions. One of their famous most requested styles includes the ‘ranchero” fashion. This fashion is a variation of folk wardrobe applied to evening, wedding, and quinceañera gowns. Their 2019 prom collection can be described as modern, exceptional, and incomparable. The collection meets the demands of today’s youth by creating garments with glamour, charm, and high fashion. ReyesMorenoDesigns continue to work towards making their clients feel amazing by wearing exclusive designs, tailored to their fashion taste, modern demand and created to enhance their natural beauty.

Episode 141: ReyesMorenoDesigns

Windy City Cosmo Amanda Elliott Windycitycosmo@gmail.com https://windycitycosmo.com/ Welcome to Windy City Cosmo, a lifestyle blog that looks at city life in an artistic light. Amanda Elliott seeks to draw connections and capture Chicago’s flare through ambiance, food, and conversations at professional and creative events. When she came to Chicago, she wanted to live the chic, cosmopolitan, Carrie Bradshaw-esque life that is totally possible in the city! So, she created Windy City Cosmo, to learn from women who are building their own business as Chicago female entrepreneurs, but also learn about adulting as a freelancer and growing in her career as a marketer through events at General Assembly, NextDoor, 1871 and conferences like TechWeek. She’s not looking to sip and dip at events (although sometimes it can be awkward), she really believes that meeting people in person is important, and she hopes to build connections whether it’s by finding new friends (because everyone tends to leave after a year or two), creating partnerships or finding the next best cocktails to take a date. Her blog is a place where you can find that chic restaurant or happy hour bar, talk about your unexpected lover, and be inspired by entrepreneurs and the savvy social media socialites meeting and greeting, and most importantly building a better version of themselves and the world. Sip a cosmo, read a cosmo, and live a cosmopolitan life on Windy City Cosmo.

Episode 140: Windy City Cosmo

Monday Munchies Episode 041: On these episodes you will be sitting shotgun on my adventures of exploring restaurants in the past few weeks. Albeit, I am not a certified food critic but I do love to eat and some would say that I do have a certain set of skills… I’m not sure what those are nor am I a “yelper” like the majority of residents in South Park, Colorado. But I do love trying new restaurants and food. So enjoy: The Madison - https://eatatmadison.com/ Low Country - https://www.lowcountrychicago.com/lowcountry Summer house Santa Monica - https://www.summerhousesm.com/chicago/ Herb - https://www.herbrestaurant.com/

Monday Munchies Episode 041

8 Hospitality Is… a restaurant, hospitality, development, and management company specializing in food and beverage marketing, branding, promotions, public relations, and operations. We see food and beverage as a lifestyle that is maintained through valuable experiences and mutually beneficial relationships with the community. https://www.8hospitality.com/

Episode 138: 8 Hospitality

Episode 137: Runway LatinX RUNWAY LATINx A new platform for top Latinx designers Join us for RUNWAY LATINx – Your Fashion Week Runway Latinx (RLx) has created a platform that allows local designers and vendors as well as those in the fashion industry to express their creativity and expand their market- without limits. The event showcases top Latinx designers from around the world. Produced by Arabel Alva Rosales, J.D., who has been a co-founder of Latino Fashion Week (LFW) for the last twelve years. This year’s theme, The Phoenix, also exemplifies Arabel’s forward transformation with RLx, which will now be in place of the former LFW. Latinx is a term that is more inclusive and considered general neutral.The multi-day branded entertainment environment provides opportunities for fashion designers and sponsors to come face-to-face with celebrities, musical talents, media, and major consumers. Transforming and Elevating Fashion Join us Thursday, October 3rd through Saturday, October 5th for “The Phoenix” Fashion event at the Space Stage Studios in Chicago, IL. Join over an estimated 5,000 people throughout the weekend to transform and elevate fashion. Participation of most major media and Spanish TV stations; Newspapers; Social Media Event and Fashion Bloggers supporting the event; including the largest community-based organizations as supporters.

Episode 137: Runway Latinx

Monday Munchies Episode 040: On these episodes you will be sitting shotgun on my adventures of exploring restaurants in the past few weeks. Albeit, I am not a certified food critic but I do love to eat and some would say that I do have a certain set of skills… I’m not sure what those are nor am I a “yelper” like the majority of residents in South Park, Colorado. But I do love trying new restaurants and food. So enjoy: The whale - https://thewhalechicago.com/ Macello - http://www.macellochicago.com/ Triple Crown - https://www.triplecrownchicago.com/

Monday Munchies Episode 40

https://ti.to/asian-fashion-show-chicago/2019-asian-fashion-show-chicago About Founded by Victoria M. Ng in Feb, 2019 and produced by Victoria M. Ng Productions, LLC Chicago is a growing fashion hub and we want to showcase Asian designers and models. We believe that fashion is universal and Asians can be even more successful in this field if there is unity and a platform. August 31, 2019 would be the inaugural show. It will be hosted at Block 37, a chic downtown Chicago mall. Designers: * Sew by Sana * Frayley Le - * Bhavy J Designs * Jane X. Pearl * Lisa Ruan * KP Maison * Air Raid Material * Borbon-Aube by Edith b * HHH * Grey

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