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The Victorian House was a restaurant located on Belmont Street in Chicago, IL. The restaurant is reviewed under American Cuisine. The Victorian House has since closed and has been replaced by Furious Spoon Ramen Lakeview at the time of writing.

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Cream liqueurs were a huge hit in the early 1980s in the United States of America. The first to be sold was Bailey’s Irish Cream in 1979. It sold so well that many other distilling companies attempted to cash in on the success. In the early 1980s, The Creamery Co. in Syosset, New York, ran an advertising campaign in New York and Chicago area newspapers. The advertisement stated that if you bought a bottle of Dunphy’s Cream Liqueur, Cara Mia Amaretto Cream Liqueur, or Droste Chocolate Cream Liqueur and mailed in the label to prove it, you would be sent $3.00 in return.

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The Hilton Riverside and Towers is located in the Warehouse and Arts District in New Orleans. The hotel was built along the Mississippi River in 1977. It was the first major development project that utilized a riverfront location for purposes other than shipping. It hosts events, conventions, and meetings and is located within walking distance of the French Quarter.

Chez Nous was a fashion show event in the 1980s that showcased several items from well-known French designers including Christian Dior and Yves St. Laurent.

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Pitman Moore was a former animal health company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company started up in response to the rise of cholera in hogs in 1914, making a serum to what would be a small crisis for farmers. At the time, it was one of the few companies making a commercial serum. Eventually, the company would go on to expand to other products included eye shields to protect and speed healing of pets’ corneas, vaccines to protect cats from leukemia, test kits to detect lyme disease, and insecticide and insect repellant for use on livestock and pets. Through mergers and acquisition, the ownership of Pitman Moore would change many times as the company began to grow to be one of the top animal health companies, becoming the largest producer and seller and such products in the world. The company would eventually be bought out by Schering Plough in 1998, changing its name to Schering Plough Animal Health before shutting down on January 28, 2000.

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"Go fly a kite" is an idiom that is used to tell someone to go away because they are annoying or have done or said something irritating. The phrase is no longer commonly used. It was believed to have first arose in the 1940s, when it was popular on shows and other forms of entertainment for a few decades. The phrase may have originated from its literal meaning: if person were to go fly a kite, they would have to walk away to do so. 

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“Get fresh” is an expression that means to treat an individual, typically an authority figure, inappropriately or with disrespect. It can also mean showing aggression, being impolite, or behaving arrogantly. Talking back or being sassy can also classify someone as being fresh. Cheeky, saucy, and flippant can be considered synonyms, as well. The phrase has German roots but was adapted in America as slang during the 1840s.

Phrases having the word "fresh" were repopularized in the 1990s through 2010s by fast food chain, Subway. The sandwich retailor, whose colors are green, white, and yellow, focused their marketing on the freshness of their ingredients and promoted variations on the slogan, "eat fresh."

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In 1890, Judge & Dolph began as a pharmaceutical company in St. Louis. In 1933, the end of prohibition, the company incorporated in Illinois as a wine and spirits wholesaler. Judge & Dolph was purchased by the Wirtz Corporation in 1945. In 2009, The Wirtz Corporation changed the name of Judge and Dolph to Wirtz Beverage Illinois in order to better fit in with the parent company’s identity.

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The Chicago Bears are a professional football team for the NFL that was founded in the year 1920 as the Decatur Staleys. In 1921, the team changed their name to the Chicago Bears. They have won 9 championships, including Super Bowl XX in 1986. 27 Bears players are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the team has won over 700 games. The Bears played at Wrigley Field for 50 years until they moved to Soldier Field in 1971.