Listen to me perform this poem by clicking here.

monarch tattoo dances up her calf

lick Mario’s Italian Lemonade

cantaloupe her choice

twist your rubber neck down Taylor

for a marble doughnut glazed with 50 years

of Scafuri fingertips

pop down Loomis

the 157 keens your stop

lean forty-five degrees into Davanti’s Pizza della Terra

Taleggio tangling your tongue

leeks taunting taste buds

shrooms singing ballads

if I could marry you in Vegas

there’d be nothing left but crumbs

It’s time for Chicago’s Festa Italiana August 14-17!

Check out some of my favorite stops:

Davanti Enoteca– 1359 W. Taylor Street

Mario’s Italian Lemonade– 1068 W. Taylor Street

Scafuri Bakery– 1337 W. Taylor Street