Welcome in to episode 4 of the House of the L podcast. I'm your host

Lauren's Homes and I'm excited about our guests for today.

Today's guess is Mark Shunowski from NBC Sports Chicago.

And I'll get more into explaining what our conversation is about

in just a minute.

Before that, I wanted to welcome our new sponsor of the

podcast, Meli Cafe. I'm glad that they jumped on board because it's a place that I

actually go to. It's a place that I actually go to.

It's a place that I really like.

And one of the things that I want to make sure I do

on this podcast is if I'm gonna bring advertisers into it,

I want to bring in advertisers that I genuinely have a connection with.

So that's kind of the goal is to partner up with people that you genuinely have a connection with.

And Meli Cafe has been great.

They got three locations, Halston Jackson, Grand and Wells,

and Dearborn in Congress.

Halston Jackson is the one where Mel and I are probably most likely to be at.

But because they're so close to DePaul's Loop campus, I spend a lot of time at the Dearborn and

Congress location as well that location also has dinner so just keep that in

mind follow them on Twitter at Meli M E L I Cafe Chicago.

That's also their Instagram tag and you can see some of the incredible food that they

have for you. They've brought food over at the score. They're really, really

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