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Marketing for winning businesses and artists in travel, food and culture.

We believe in the power of connection and in food, travel and culture to rekindle our earliest sense of wonder, place and identity. We’re a complete marketing agency built for where the world is going, grounded in relationships and measured by real results and ROI.

03/06/2026

At La Grande Boucherie Chicago, the philosophy of joie de vivre moves beyond the artwork, beyond the architecture and into the experience itself. Set within a restored Belle Époque landmark, every detail, from the French-sourced racetrack bar to the artisan-crafted interiors, was designed to turn ordinary evenings into occasions.

The celebration captured as it comes to life.

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29/05/2026

No. 1 in North America.

For and and Karen Urie Shields, that title means a lot more than a ranking.

It represents ten years of constantly refining, rethinking and pushing forward. Thousands of services. Relationships with farmers, fishermen and producers operating at the highest level of their craft. A team that shows up every day asking how the experience can be even better than it was yesterday.

Now, as Smyth celebrates its 10th anniversary, has named it the best restaurant in North America. Proof that extraordinary things happen when talented people dedicate themselves to a shared craft.

We’re honored to help tell the story.

08/05/2026

Some memories don’t feel big while they’re happening. They look more like this: sunset over the Pacific, s’mores by the fire and a quiet moment on a 150-foot bluff above Salt Creek Beach at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, opened in 1984 and still deeply tied to Dana Point’s surf culture, right down to the vintage boards displayed throughout the resort.

We helped preserve it as it unfolded.

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05/05/2026

Inside Andaz Savannah, Alfredo Martínez’s mural, born from Savannah’s First Friday art scene, moves through the stairwell in a mix of local plants, sea life and shifting, almost origami-like forms. It’s the kind of piece you don’t just look at, you move through it.

Set in the heart of Ellis Square, it’s a stay that brings Savannah’s creative spirit to life, sometimes more literally than expected.

01/05/2026

Good beef doesn’t just happen. It starts at R-C Ranch, founded in 2010 by Ryan Cade and Blake Robertson, where American Wagyu is raised slow (26–30 months) for the kind of marbling chefs chase. You see the care out there and it sticks with you. Then it shows up at Fearing's Restaurant, where that same respect carries through every cut, every plate.

A lot of hands. One outcome. We just helped tell the story.

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29/04/2026

The Riverwalk doesn’t just sit outside at Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk. It shows up everywhere, from the views to a pool that feels like it flows right from it. Since opening in 1992, the hotel has balanced its scale with a real focus on its environment, cutting emissions by over 40% along the way.

28/04/2026

Even a simple “Do Not Disturb” has a way of spilling over at The Kimpton Gray Hotel, into slower mornings, clearer heads and a kind of calm that sticks. Housed in an 1894 landmark by William Le Baron Jenney, with its original Georgia gray marble carefully restored, it’s a space built to last and to give something back.

We helped show how it grows.

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24/04/2026

Nick brings the pizza: Giordano's Pizza, 1974, South Side, double crust, extra cheese. Renato brings dessert: Oberweis, 1915 roots, glass bottles and ice cream that doesn’t mess around (18% butterfat, if you’re asking).

Naperville’s about to get both at once. And we helped capture the move-in.

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20/04/2026

Chef Jonathon Sawyer brings his Chicago roots and live-fire obsession to Kindling Chicago, featuring a 14-foot grill and wood-fired dishes that balance smoke, simplicity and play. It’s all in the name: Kindling, the start of something bigger.

Featured in Forbes, where that spark reaches further.

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Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomhyland/2025/08/11/kindling-makes-its-mark-in-chicagos-south-loop/.

17/04/2026

Inside each room at Thompson Chicago , artist Jenny Vyas’ work explores the beauty of complex human emotion: a woman at ease in her own skin. Just steps from Lake Michigan, that sense of calm and confidence carries beyond the canvas and into the entire experience.

Stories don’t always stay inside the frame, so we captured it as it moved.

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13/04/2026

Hosted by Stock Mfg. Co. at Camp Wandawega, this annual jamboree brings together chefs from across Chicago, trading ideas and reconnecting with the kind of food that started it all. Between the live-fire cooking, lake swims and late-night bonfires, it’s less about the menu and more about the people behind it.

Put a group of great chefs in the woods and something special happens. We just helped capture how it all comes together.

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10/04/2026

Tulips take over the facade at InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, a building that’s been evolving since 1929, when it first opened as the Medinah Athletic Club with a junior Olympic pool and a gold-domed tower once imagined as a mooring mast for blimps.

Growth here isn’t seasonal, it’s continuous. Captured as it blooms, then shared far beyond it.

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09/04/2026

On the plate at Tiya, Chefs Sujan Sarkar and Pujan Sarkar bring together Hokkaido scallops, Goan balchoa and Bengali uni malai curry, honoring Indian culinary heritage while grounding it in California’s seasonal lens, where even the ocean feels present.

Recently featured in FineDiningLovers and still evolving, it’s a reminder that some dishes carry where they come from in more ways than one.

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Read more: https://www.finedininglovers.com/explore/lists/san-francisco-tasting-menus.

07/04/2026

At Sepia, Pastry Chef Erin Cobbler revisits a French classic, her Sourdough Crepe Cake, reworking something old into something entirely new. It mirrors the space itself: a former 1890s print shop, where history is preserved, then reimagined.

Turns out, the best ideas don’t disappear, they just evolve.

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03/04/2026

Written in flame.

Chef John Asbaty and Co-Owner Alain Uy carry the spirit of The Golden Ox forward at Ox Bar & Hearth, where fire shapes the menu and a legacy takes new form. The identity we crafted follows that same thread, built from the hearth up.

🔎 Kinship Studio → https://www.kinshipcompany.com/studio.

02/04/2026

What rises evolves.

At The Phoenician, a Luxury Collection Resort, Scottsdale, the next chapter builds on what came before: from Jokake Inn, the early “mud house” at the base of Camelback Mountain that welcomed travelers over tea, to a new era of residential luxury with The Villas at Canyon Suites. Designed for complete seclusion, they reflect how the resort continues to rise, redefining itself with each iteration—a story now featured in Travel + Leisure.

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Read more: https://www.travelandleisure.com/the-phoenician-scottsdale-arizona-resort-adds-new-villas-11936920.

30/03/2026

Before the cafe, there was already a story.

Named for Chef Zach Engel's youngest daughter, with murals by his sister, Cafe Yaya has always been about what’s passed down, shared and built together. You can feel it in the hands behind each pastry from Mary Eder-McClure and in a team close enough to pass a baguette “mic” and call it normal. One year in, it shows: what’s created together tends to last, captured in motion as it happens.

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27/03/2026

Here, traditions grow into entire worlds.

Washington D.C.’s cherry blossom season began in 1912 with a gift of more than 3,000 trees from Tokyo, a symbol of friendship that still shapes the city each spring. At The St. Regis Washington, D.C., Executive Pastry Chef Karen Yang translates that story into the Cherry Blossom Tea, an experience shared through our channels.

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25/03/2026

Some cafés serve coffee. Others open a portal.

Featured by National Geographic on the Route 66 “Mother Road” menu, Chef Sujan Sarkar’s SWADESI brings India’s chai culture to Chicago’s West Loop. The name SWADESI means “from one’s own country,” and sometimes a single pour is enough to take you there.

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Read more: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/where-to-eat-on-route-66-diners-restaurants.

23/03/2026

Rooted in place. Grown through people.

At Burl Evanston, Chef Tom Carlin and Rachel Canfora-Carlin's Rule of 80 means at least 80% of the menu comes from Midwestern farms and makers, an ecosystem that shapes both the food and the identity system we designed to reflect it.

🔎 Kinship Studio → https://www.kinshipcompany.com/studio.

13/03/2026

Every dish starts as an idea.

With MiamiFruit's passion fruit as the spark, Chef John Shields builds something entirely new at Smyth: a kombu and pistachio tart layered with green tea, kombu jam and pistachio praline—imagination made edible, documented from process to plate.

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20/02/2026

💫 Legacy written along one axis. Father and son David & Josh Zadikoff carry hospitality from a childhood spent in hotels and global leadership into a next chapter shaped by Josh’s rise through the brand.

Cornerstone Restaurant Group has been making people H.A.P.P.I. since its founding in 1993, launching Michael Jordan’s very first restaurant, partnering with Chef Bill Kim on Asian-inspired concepts and bringing Crate & Barrel’s first full-service restaurant to the table.

18/02/2026

💫 Three decades, one philosophy. Husband-and-wife Chefs John Shields & Karen Urie Shields bring shared craft—from Alinea, Tru and Trotter—into a collaboration defined by precision and generosity.

From three Michelin stars at Smyth to the cult-famous OG burger at The Loyalist, this duo proves fine dining and pure crave belong in the same orbit.

17/02/2026

💫 A family chart ruled by community. Lou, Julie, Emily & Adam Rubin turn daily ritual into connection—hometown ties make neighbors regulars and relationships are built to last.

Founded in 2018, Hometown Coffee & Juice transformed Lou & Julie Rubin’s 20+ years of Glencoe roots into a true home-sweet-home café, right down to a custom Hexe Coffee Co. blend.

13/02/2026

💫 Celestial balance, in life and partnership. Owners Chef Chris & Kate Thompson blend Telluride inspiration and global kitchens, offering elevated, approachable dining shaped by travel and a return home.

Housed in a historic Main Street building once known as The National Club, among the first to feature electricity and a telegraph for live sports scores, The National Telluride carries mining-era energy forward.

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