Right now in Chicago, you can order a Tiger King Cake, have a Zoom chat from a makeshift Parson’s Chicken & Fish, and drink beer while contributing to a good cause.
Have a Zoom Chat While Pretending You’re at Your Favorite Tiki Bar
The folks from Land & Sea Dept. have created a series of beautiful Zoom background images you can use to jazz up your virtual happy hours. So while you can’t visit places like Lonesome Rose, Lost Lake, Milk Room, or Cherry Circle Room in person, you can at least pretend!
Virtually Explore a Frank Lloyd Wright Site
If you’re eager to get out of your house and into one designed by Chicago’s most famed architect, you sort of can, thanks to virtual tours being hosted every Thursday at noon of 12 different sites. These include Emil Bach House, Fallingwater, Graycliff, and Hollyhock House, put together by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation.
Eat a Tiger King Cake While Watching Tiger King
Inspired by the inescapable Netflix series, Vanille Patisserie has created Tiger King Cakes available for delivery. Similar to a Mardi Gras–style king cake, it’s a marble striped coffee cake with orange glaze, and each one contains a little plastic tiger.
Stream Masque of the Red Coronavirus
Inspired by both Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of Red Death and the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Button Eyes Productions put together a free digital video experience with a variety of artists who recorded remote spoken word, songs, dancing, puppetry, and more.
Watch the Annoyance Theater’s QuaranTeam Together
It’s kind of like Big Brother, but it’s a pandemic-induced quarantine. A cast and crew of nine people spent 10 days living together, quarantined at the Annoyance Theater, and you can watch the livestreamed results online! It’s free to view, but donations are welcome to help support the staff.
Bake Summer House Cookies at Home (or Eat the Cookie Dough)
Some of the best cookies in Chicago can now be baked at home, thanks to Summer House Santa Monica’s take-and-bake cookie dough packs of chocolate chip, peanut butter, apple oatmeal, and funfetti. You can also snag pints of ice cream while you’re there, in flavors like Oreo and coffee. Call 773-634-4100 to place an order.
Stay Well With Hopewell Brewing’s Newest Delivery Beer
Smooth and sippable, Hopewell’s new Stay Well Pale Ale is as refreshing as it is altruistic, with proceeds from the beer going directly to the brewery’s employee relief fund. Order delivery here.