food

• curry
  • indian garden
• sashimi
  • everywhere
  • Sushi-Ai is closest
  • Mitsuwa Chicago is pretty close... a good japanese grocery and restaurant (Algonquin & Arlington Heights)
  • (fishguy market is the nearest place to buy sushi-grade flash-frozen fish for home consumption... go on ten-buck tuesday)

hobbies

• saltwater aquariums
  • beyond the reef
  • advanced aquatics (do they have any saltwater stuff?)