The city of Chicago, especially the guests at my spot, Sunda, was all up in arms last night as the cast of Glee paid us a visit & dined late night. The cast were all super nice, approachable, generous and even were the ones that suggested taking this pic w/my sunda general manager aeron lancero when he mentioned his kids were fans (Sure ur “kids” are the fans aeron.. Haha).. Great sports.. Even took more pics w our guests and signed autographs… Must like us chicagoans!?

Actually, they must love us, they said usually eat room service when travelling, but said no way to that when hit chicago! I hear they’re in town while on their national tour and performing tonight and tomorrow night at Rosemont. I’m not too familiar with the show but it’s apparant a lot of you are – someone even told me you call yourselves “Gleeks?”

For those of you totally in the dark, Glee is a show on Fox that’s still relatively new, been on for just 2 seasons now but has take the world by storm and has totally transformed the way people think about high school glee choirs! The cast does all their own singing and dancing and I guess that’s the best part, the fact that they are all extremely talented!

Anyway, I hear they loved the food and atmosphere so much, they might be coming back again tonight? If you can’t catch them at Sunda or attend their concert, Glee is on Fox tonight with their most talked about episode yet – all Lady Gaga songs….I can only imagine!

If follow me on twitter you saw all my pics last night from the chicago theatre “pit” where I was just feet from the stage where conan o’brien was performing live! This pic of him licking labamba’s face is my fav… just shows the love he had to be back with the gang & his fans, and how ridiculously funny it all was!

Got a lot of feedback from friends asking me not to blow tonight’s 2nd sold out show they had tickets too, so let me cut it short saying I loved the opening where showed him 4 mos ago all washed up at his house with no work, loved that he referenced his days living in chicago/wrigleyville, surprised to see him play the guitar & sing so much, loved all his old characters again, fun to see new local surprise guests, and I’m psyched to see him on tbs soon!

I love creative, helpful, simple and super effective ideas that Chicagoans come up with everyday that continually make chicago the best city in the world- and I’m psyched today to highlight one that an old friend of mine named scott Goodrich is heading up called Bin Donated!  Bin donated specializes in free residential and commercial donation pick-up.  Meaning…large 55 gallon bins are placed around the Chicagoland area in apartment buildings, offices, stores, schools etc and are there to collect donations of everyday goods that are easy and accessible to most, but that many can’t obtain for themselves. They gather anything from food and cell phones to toiletries and school supplies. From there, Bin Donated delivers those goods to their partner charities such as Camp of Dreams, Chicago Public Schools, Interfaith House and the YMCA. Love it.

It’s amazing to hear what has been “bin donated” thus far – 535 lbs of food, 2,826 lbs of books, 2,117 lbs of hygiene products and so much more. Think of all the things in your pantry, in your garage, up in your attic that you’re holding on to for no real reason, and then picture all the people you could be helping by donating those items. check out www.bindonated.org for more info, facts and where you can bin donate… and thanks for your support!