Magazine archive: Outer Drive

Three's a Crowd

Three’s a Crowd

My wife is pregnant again. What could we possibly be thinking?

Are Police Sketch Artists Becoming Obsolete?

Are Police Sketch Artists Becoming Obsolete?

THE EYES HAVE IT: If police sketches help nab crooks, why are they a dying art? And how do sketch artists make heads or tails of witnesses’ memories anyway? I launch an investigation to find out

Meet the Doughnut-Craziest Family in Chicago

Meet the Doughnut-Craziest Family in Chicago

THE HOLE THING: One obsession, a million opinions.

A Desperate Man Road-Tests Trunk Club

A Desperate Man Road-Tests Trunk Club

MY SHARP-DRESSED PLAN: Jeff Ruby tries out a style consulting start-up that offers an alternative to shopping

Following a Freak Accident, a Father Faces a Grueling Choice

Following a Freak Accident, a Father Faces a Grueling Choice

AFTER THE FALL: When he's fit for a prosthesis in December, life will start over for the 37-year-old dad of two.

One Hoarder’s Last Hope: Asking a Stranger to Move In

One Hoarder’s Last Hope: Asking a Stranger to Move In

1-800-CLUTTER-BUST: Attention hoarders, pack rats, nostalgists: Help is here, and she's coming to live with you.

Beer Tips From Steve Hamburg, Chicago’s Cask King

Beer Tips From Steve Hamburg, Chicago’s Cask King

BREWS CLUES: One of America's foremost cask cellarmen offers advice

Mutt Versus Jeff: One Animal-Ignorer’s Experience with the Wild New Family Dog

Mutt Versus Jeff: One Animal-Ignorer’s Experience with the Wild New Family Dog

I didn’t want to disappoint my wife and kids, but their peeing, barking irritant of a dog needed to go

Anonymous Restaurant Reviewing: Journalistic Gold Standard or Antiquated Parlor Game?

Anonymous Restaurant Reviewing: Journalistic Gold Standard or Antiquated Parlor Game?

MISSION: INCOGNITO: I’m a card-carrying member of a dwindling species: anonymous restaurant reviewer. Is the ruse still crucial? Or is the jig up?

Lousy Parenting: One Family’s Experience with Head Lice Removal

Lousy Parenting: One Family’s Experience with Head Lice Removal

Nothing sends a family into a fury like Pediculus humanus capitis—a.k.a. head lice