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Now that the celebrating is over I find myself wondering what now? I let the whole month of January slip away without really diving into my goals for the year. In my defense it was a busy work month and I was finishing up an online UX Design class, but now I should take the time to focus more on myself. So Dany and I have decided to take the month of February and challenge ourselves to be more mindful and healthy with what we eat.
Let me set the record straight; we are NOT unhealthy people. But on the weekends we give in to our temptations so easily and we are guilty snackers, anything salty of covered in chocolate are the first to be brought to the couch with us. So for better or for worse we are giving up the snacking and sweets, we are also cutting alcohol (we already have a few cheat days counted in), cutting back red meat (this one’s for Danny) and making sure we have one meatless day a week.
I am pretty excited for it, like a mini cleanse and a challenge for sure, it will help us eat better and not order out on the weekends, which we are regular offenders of. I already have lots of exciting recipes to try! I’ll keep you posted how they turn out.
Anyways, so we woke up early Saturday morning to hit the grocery store before the Super Bowl crowds, yes it is that snacking weekend of the year and we are not partaking in it. Our cart was fully loaded up with fresh veggies and fruit, a beautiful rainbow. While out and about we stopped in to check out DropShot Coffee, located inside the super new FieldHouse Jones Hotel.
This would be very hard place to randomly wonder into, unfortunate for them but lucky for me! This means less crowds, but one the word gets out or during the warmer months I can only imagine the masses of people that will flock here.
First, here is a quick rundown for background insight into the FieldHouse Jones Hotel. The building is a 150 year old Chicago Park District building breaking all the traditional hotel rules. They are breaking away from the lonely self-centric way of travel to a more team-like atmosphere were guests and locals can come and socialize, collaborate and hangout together. The hotel itself offers a lot to the community with a race car track, tennis courts, and game rooms. As a local this sounds like an awesome way to spend an afternoon just hanging and playing around.
Naturally they need to have an equally as appealing coffee shop for really bring the people together and that is where you will find me, at DropShot.
Walking in the interior is absolutely paying tribute to the old history this build holds and the fieldhouse theme with old tennis rackets hanging from the ceiling, cort lines painted on the floor, wooden bleachers and distressed leather seating. Need I say more, you instantly feel like you walked into an old fieldhouse so they already are living up to the hype.
The barista was EXTREMELY welcoming and friendly, instantly striking up conversation and joking around with the guest and Danny and I. Just a fun and welcoming personality! The menu look delicious, everything, all the drinks from coffee and teas to the food, salads and pastries. It was hard to say no to the empanadas on the menu, but it’s February and we are not eating anything fried, so we had to resist and just ordered a cappuccino for Danny and a Dirty Chai latte with oat milk for me.
Yes, oat milk. Weird sounding I know but when looking at the milk alternatives they had to offer they had all the staples you now see everywhere but then oat at the end. I asked the barista what he thought of the milk alternative and to sum up the long spiel I received all the barista really liked and would recommend it.
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Our drinks came out quickly and hot! Looking and smelling delicious! I went for hot sip right away, couldn’t resist! Ahhh so delicious, one you have to like chai tea to of course like this but the oat milk addition gave it a noticeable different taste than when I order with skim milk. It did not have any of the creamy texture milk would give but it still cut the acidity of the espresso shot I added in. So delicious and of course the chai flavor shone through and was the main flavor for this drink! Delicious and the best I have had in a very long long! Wishing I already had another, I also need to look up where to find oat milk cause now I’m intrigued.
Overall experience was amazing I would love to come back and actually try their food menu because all the salads and sandwiches sounded amazing, everything made fresh to order too! Aside from the food I would love to come back and play some indoor tennis, I am absolutely no good at tennis but just think it would be fun to goof around.
Have any of you heard of or tried oat milk before? Where can a girl find a good brand and what do you think of the flavor?
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