June 2006

Features

The Road to Summer

The Road to Summer

Warm-Weather Getaways for Fun, Romance, and Adventure

Vince Vaughn in Love

Vince Vaughn in Love

Yes, there is his paparazzi-hounded Friend. But here he talks to us about growing up in Lake Forest, buying a home in the city, and why he insisted that The Break-Up be shot in Chicago

The Quiet Billionaire

The Quiet Billionaire

After an idyllic Midwestern upbringing, Joe Mansueto founded an enormously successful financial information company on the simple premise that people might like an easy-to-use guide to mutual...

The Ex Files

The Ex Files

Over the years, many of our local public officials have capped off their careers with a stint in the pokey on corruption charges. Here’s how a few of them are faring today as ex-cons

Lighten Up

Lighten Up

The plan for the renovation of this Gold Coast row house was contemporary, with a European sense of style

Back on Pointe

Back on Pointe

This June, after a turnaround so remarkable that it has become a business school case study, the Joffrey Ballet celebrates its 50th anniversary—and its 11th year in Chicago. Behind the revival...

Departments

Departments

Cash Crops

Cash Crops

Chicago and organic food; most charitable states; the midwest loves botox

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Dining Out

The Small Plates Club

The Small Plates Club

For some three years now, Chicagoans have been hooked on mini dishes for dinner. Time to look at the newcomers and give the original a fresh once-over. PLUS: On Wine

The Closer

Second Looks

Second Looks

Six Art Institute curators weigh in on the unsung heroes of their respective departments

Arena: Page Two

The View from My Window

The View from My Window

Looking south from my 11th-floor office in the Tribune Tower, I can see Pioneer Court, the Michigan Avenue Bridge, and a string of stylish skyscrapers. But perched above the spot where Chicago...

Start Your Own . . . Franchise

Start Your Own . . . Franchise

Help Wanted

The Perfect: Mayor

The Perfect: Mayor

Chicago facts, figures & findings

Cheers

The Inn Bar

The Inn Bar

J Bar; Avenue M; Celebrity Beat

Show Business

Tracks of Tears

Tracks of Tears

A legal dispute over the rights to some of Kanye West’s earliest recordings sounds a sour note on the local hip-hop scene—and offers a glimpse of a young unknown bound for megastardom.

Arena

Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman - Julia Glass

Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman - Julia Glass

Word Up

Word Up

A puzzling idea sparks a film

The Short List - June 2006

The Short List - June 2006

A Fall Out Boy taps talent in the ’burbs; a culinary crime caper; chick lit and the law, Sudoku, more

Style Sheet - June 2006

Style Sheet - June 2006

Royal Blue

Royal Blue

A design duo gambles on America’s fashion staple—denim.

Rock 'n' Rockford

Rock 'n' Rockford

Why in the world is Cheap Trick still putting out CDs? Music, the band says, is what it does best.

Laissez-Faire Be a Lady

Laissez-Faire Be a Lady

UIC economist Deirdre McCloskey talks freely about capitalism, the fallout from Enron, and her sex change.

Indie Rocks

The perfect fit for booming Logan Square: a shop that encourages emerging local designers and aims to inspire a crop of new ones.

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

A crossword puzzle for film lovers

Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen

Katrin Schnabl designs draping, wrapping clothes that reflect her appreciation for movement.

Culture Dot Com

Culture Dot Com

The British sexologist Havelock Ellis once said that every artist writes his own autobiography. Ellis died six decades before the advent of the Internet, but time—and the rapid expansion of the...

Critical Mass

Critical Mass

Noteworthy new book releases for June

Banishing Baby Phat

Banishing Baby Phat

The glow of new motherhood faded when I stepped on the scale. Now I had three months to lose 42 pounds.

Deal Estate

Leaving Rose Ridge Manor

Leaving Rose Ridge Manor

Charles Walgreen’s estate features a “fairy tale” house designed by Stanley Anderson and a five-acre lot with a prairie, a pond, and a tiny Wrigley Field.

Deal Estate Condos

Deal Estate Condos - June 2006

Deal Estate Condos - June 2006

Table

5 Questions - Art Smith

5 Questions - Art Smith

5 questions for Art Smith, cookbook author and Oprah’s chef, who opens Art Smith’s Table this summer on the Gold Coast

Recipe File - June 2006

Recipe File - June 2006

Boka’s Asparagus Milanese Salad

Dining Tidbits - June 2006

Dining Tidbits - June 2006

Budget Beat; Indian; New; Seafood