When your husband suggests a restaurant crawl through some of the best restaurants in Albany Park to help the North River Commission and the local business community, remember that it’s nearly impossible to eat 18 “taster portions” of Middle Eastern, Mayan, Italian, Guatemalan, Mexican, Cambodian, Korean and Filipino food without wanting to perform some sort of bulimic purging ritual on yourself afterwards.

—- And no fair rationalizing the calories by biking from one location to the next. —-