about Chicago + Seed Conference + Moto + Alinea

jason fried was so well spoken.. I felt like i was standing next to greatness.. He is one of my top web design idols












Leslie and I hooked up with Evan Williams (blogger + twitter founder) and his wife for the 20 course tasting menu at Moto

Moto












Alinea

Saturday night and I had the 12 (+5) course meal at Alinea. We got a tour of the kitchen and met Grant Achatz (owner, founder, chef). The food was amazing. Alinea is in the same vein of Moto, using powders, freeze drying techniques and the rest. We both agreed that Alinea is the clear winner. Check out some photos on flickr, in a group called "all things alinea" and a great wired profile

it was amazing.



















each colored square was a different sauce experience.. incredible..














Alinea from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.



on Sunday we had a wonderful brunch at Orange. then went to a cool comic book store and a bunch of other fun stores including the threadless store!!!






mexican eggs benedict with chorizon and a basil? sauce.. it was so fun to have bright green sauce on the eggs. it was del.icious!



fruishi :)















it was COLD!



sunday night we went to Kuma Corner, which has the best burgers ever.
the frizzly onions as they call them are thin lovely fried onions.. Magical.





the drake was nice, we were on the top floor and had a decent view of the city!