Festive Fringe

Happy New Year, my friends! I hope you had a great weekend ringing in the New Year. Should we play a game and see who suffered through the highest Uber surcharge? A casual 7.4x the usual rate, right here… Or something like that; you know how it gets a little hazy. Wink! Who else? (I read that it got to 9.9x in some areas. Crazy!) More often than not, I’m not a huge fan of New Year’s Eve. There’s just so much hype, you know? This year’s exceeded expectations, though. I spent the weekend toasting to 2016 at Chi-Town Rising , the city’s first-ever outdoor celebration hosted at the Hyatt Regency in...