{"id":878,"date":"2013-02-03T10:12:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2013-02-03T10:12:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T16:12:54","slug":"restaurant-week-2013-ready-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/03\/restaurant-week-2013-ready-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Week 2013: Ready, set…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week, which takes place February 1\u201310, 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s finally here! Restaurant Week technically began on Friday, but my first reservation is for lunch tomorrow at a high-profile place<\/a> that I first tried three years ago, and can’t wait to revisit. Bracing my stomach and wallet, I’ve planned the whole week out<\/a> \u2013 four dinners, three lunches, and a lot more Zumba than usual \u2013 and am ready for the delicious onslaught.<\/p>\n

But as excited as I am for the food itself, I’m just as eager to share each meal with a different person or group of people, for the second year in a row. This year, I’m proud to say that nearly 20 of my nearest and dearest are participating at least once, many of whom wouldn’t call themselves particularly “into food”. Looking back on last year, the most memorable moments were how my friends engaged with each dish, and collectively delighting in (or, in a few cases, critiquing) our food. In fact, I think you can learn a lot about someone that way.<\/p>\n

So, let’s raise a glass to chefs not only showing off their skills, but bringing people together at tables all over the city this week.<\/p>\n

I’ll be posting throughout the week (every two meals or so), and would love to hear about your RW experiences too!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week, which takes place February 1\u201310, 2013. It’s finally here! Restaurant Week technically began on Friday, but my first reservation is for lunch tomorrow at a high-profile place that I first tried three years ago, and can’t wait to revisit. Bracing my stomach and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[269,297,403,502,510,956,969],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-week-2","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-restaurant-week","tag-dining-out","tag-food-memories","tag-foodies","tag-ready-set-go","tag-restaurant-week-2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}