Claire Bidwell Smith
Claire Bidwell Smith is 30 years old and lives in Chicago. She has a Master's degree in clinical psychology and a Bachelor's degree in creative writing and works as a bereavement counselor for hospice.
Claire writes the award winning blog Life in Chicago and also blogs regularly for The Huffington Post. Her work has appeared on Chicago Public Radio and in Time Out New York, Citysearch, Yoga Journal, Daily Kos, Student Traveler, Travel Age West, American Eagle's Latitudes, Jax Fax Travel Marketing, Ideal Bite.com, Road & Travel Magazine, and Bicycling Magazine.
With her husband, writer Greg Boose, Claire edits the Chicago BlackBook Guide to restaurants, bars and hotels, and together they write the blog She Wrote, He Wrote.
Claire has lived in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and she has traveled to over 20 countries.
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Daily Kos
The Grieving Room: The Other Side of Grief
Daily Kos
Bonsoiree Chef Shin Thompson on Chicago's Underground Dining Scene, Cooking for the James Beard Foundation and What's Next on Chicago's Plate
The Huffington Post
From Right to Left
Chicago Public Radio
Blogs
Life in Chicago
(Named one of the best blogs in the world by the Sydney Morning Herald and featured as a blog of the week by the San Francisco Chronicle.)
She Wrote, He Wrote
(Co-written with Greg Boose.)
Press
Sydney Morning Herald Review of Life in LA
San Francisco Chronicle Review of Life in Chicago
MediaBistro interview about the process of writing my first book
All-Natural Taitung County
Travel Age West, November 9, 2007
A Taste of Taiwan
Travel Age West, October 26, 2007
United Hotel, Tapei
Travel Age West, September 28, 2007
Swimming with Thresher Sharks Seems Like the Obvious Choice When You Decide to Give Yourself Up to the World
The Nervous Breakdown, July 12, 2007
Breaking Leather: Two Co-Ed Grad Students Go on a Ride-Along with the Inglewood PD
The Nervous Breakdown, March 29, 2007
Big Discoveries on a Small Island in the Philippines
Student Traveler, December 12, 2006
Rolf Potts Speaks Out
Student Traveler, December 3, 2006
Red Eye Editor's Letter
Student Traveler, December 3, 2006
The Study Abroad Numbers
Student Traveler, December 9, 2006
The 2:40 Ruckus and the 4 O'clock Smiles
826LA Blog, June 22, 2005
The Busiest Week We've Had Yet
826LA Blog, April 25, 2005
Sharp Pieces
826LA Blog, March 29, 2005
If I Go On Like This I Will Never Be Well
826LA Blog, March 17, 2005
Getting Out of Your House
826LA Blog, March 11, 2005
Locando del Lago
Citysearch, September 1, 2003
Saddle Ranch
Citysearch, August 15, 2003
Julie Taught Others to Live
Rediff.com, March 1, 2001
Daily Kos
The Grieving Room: The Other Side of Grief
Daily Kos, May 18, 2009
Bonsoiree Chef Shin Thompson on Chicago's Underground Dining Scene, Cooking for the James Beard Foundation and What's Next on Chicago's Plate
The Huffington Post, May 5, 2009
Charlie Trotter's To Go
BlackBook, April 6, 2009
The Oprah Store
BlackBook, April 5, 2009
A Cooler Planet
BlackBook, April 5, 2009
Trousseau
BlackBook, April 2, 2009
Guise Chic
BlackBook, April 2, 2009
Women & Children First
BlackBook, April 2, 2009
Quimby's Bookstore
BlackBook, March 29, 2009
Reckless Records
BlackBook, March 29, 2009
Myopic Books
BlackBook, March 29, 2009
The Pressure to Heal Ourselves
The Huffington Post, March 18, 2009
Belly Dance Maternity
BlackBook, March 18, 2009
T-Shirt Deli Co.
BlackBook, March 18, 2009
The Spice House
BlackBook, March 18, 2009
Haberdash
BlackBook, March 18, 2009
Souped Up - Whip it Up (June Restaurant)
Ideal Bite, March 9, 2009
p.45
BlackBook, March 5, 2009
Pivot Boutique
BlackBook, March 5, 2009
Down to Earth (Sweet Earth Organic Farm)
Ideal Bite, March 2, 2009
Milwaukee Talkie
Ideal Bite, February 25, 2009
Beauty and the Feast
Ideal Bite, February 18, 2009
Tiny Lounge
BlackBook, February 9, 2009
Sugar Pie, Honey Brunch (Green Zebra)
Ideal Bite, February 4, 2009
Madpoison Ultralounge
BlackBook, February 1, 2009
Farmerie It Out (Farmerie 58)
Ideal Bite, January 26, 2009
Faith & Whiskey
BlackBook, January 26, 2009
Whine and Cheese (Pastoral Cheese Shop)
Ideal Bite, January 21, 2009
Bull and Bear
BlackBook, January 18, 2009
Trattoria del Merlo
BlackBook, January 12, 2009
Holy Chow (Winter Farmer's Market)
Ideal Bite, January 7, 2009
Cafe Des Architectes
BlackBook, January 5, 2009
Animal House
Ideal Bite, January 2, 2009
Sweeten the Meal (Katherine Anne Truffles)
Ideal Bite, December 23, 2008
The Lucky Lady
BlackBook, December 21, 2008
Crocodile
BlackBook, December 15, 2008
It's a Wrap
Ideal Bite, December 10, 2008
Monticchio
BlackBook, December 8, 2008
A Real Stumper
Ideal Bite, December 5, 2008
Graham Elliot
BlackBook, December 1, 2008
Eve
BlackBook, November 16, 2008
Mantou Noodle Bar
BlackBook, November 9, 2008
Costa Rica: Still Some of the Greenest Travel Around
The Huffington Post, October 31, 2008
The Zest of Both Worlds (Zest Restaurant)
Ideal Bite, October 30, 2008
Province Charming (Province Restaurant)
Ideal Bite, October 30, 2008
The Century Public House
BlackBook, October 24, 2008
When $605 Million Isn't Enough: Going Door to Door in Indiana for Barack
The Huffington Post, October 20, 2008
From Right to Left
Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight, October 7, 2008
Custom Ride and Feast
Bicycling Magazine, October 1, 2008
Going to an Oprah Taping is High on Everyone's List: Why Not Mine?
The Huffington Post, September 23, 2008
Mado Market & Eatery
BlackBook, September 15, 2008
Home on the Mat,
Yoga Journal, September 15, 2008
What Does it Take to Make a (Great) Chicago Restaurant?
The Huffington Post, September 10, 2008
After New York & Los Angeles, What Does Chicago Have to Offer a Girl Like Me?
The Huffington Post, September 5, 2008
Province
BlackBook, September 1, 2008
Feel-Good Travel: Giving Back Never Felt Better in Negril
Travel Age West, August 16, 2008
Going Green in Chicago
Road & Travel Magazine, August 1, 2008
Sixteen
BlackBook, August 1, 2008
Accident or Design
Ideal Bite, July 24, 2008
Bet the Farm
Ideal Bite, July 22, 2008
Fit to Be Tied
Ideal Bite, July 17, 2008
Hot Latin Lover
Ideal Bite, July 2, 2008
Berried Treasure
Ideal Bite, June 25, 2008
Chef for a Day
Ideal Bite, June 13, 2008
Local Lotion
Ideal Bite, May 14, 2008
The Reel Deal
Ideal Bite, May 6, 2008
Clean Up Your Act
Ideal Bite, April 9, 2008
The Ziploc Ritual
Waiting Room Magazine, April 1, 2008
Tricks of the Trade
Ideal Bite, March 27, 2008
Keep Your Shirt On
Ideal Bite, March 20, 2008
The Ripple Effect
Ideal Bite, March 19, 2008
Island Hopping in the Grenadines
JaxFax Travel Marketing, March 15, 2008
Open Wide
Ideal Bite, March 3, 2008
At Home in Bequia
American Eagle's Latitudes, March 1, 2008
Knitty Gritty
Ideal Bite, February 21, 2008
Weighting Game
Ideal Bite, February 19, 2008
Election A La Mode
Ideal Bite, February 4, 2008
Trashy Treasure
Ideal Bite, January 31, 2008
A Clean Sweep
Ideal Bite, January 29, 2008