Chicago Home + Garden Magazine's Kitchen and Bath Issue Hits Newsstands June 30th
Story highlights from the July/August 2011 issue of Chicago Home + Garden magazine, including 17 pages of tips, trends, and fabulous finds for kitchens and baths.
Year: 2011
Six Decades After His White Sox Debut, Minnie Miñoso Still a Fan Favorite
At 86—or perhaps 88—the team’s first black player (one-man charm offensive) can often be found at the park surrounded by beaming fans.
Pharma Family Sells Searle Estate
The druggist’s digs come with the original icebox
In Libertyville, SchoolStreet Is in Session
A little more than a year ago, the developer John McLinden announced plans for SchoolStreet, a collection of traditional-looking homes—think big front porches—on the site of an unfinished condo development near the shopping district in Libertyville…
Gaia&Gino Exhibit at I.D.
If you haven’t been able to make it to I.D. for the store’s exhibit of the Gaia&Gino collection, you still have time—until July 10, to be exact….
Mom-Daughter Lifestyle Boutique Arrives in Lincoln Park
Cool, Calm, and Collected
A few years ago, Melanie Thomas, a marriage and family therapist, sought to create a shop that sold products to soothe the body and mind. In June, Thomas achieved her goal with help from her daughters…
5 Secrets of The Office, Grant Achatz’s Uber-Exclusive Speakeasy
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more difficult to snag at table at a Grant Achatz/Nick Kokonas joint (Alinea, Next), now there’s The Office: a clubby VIP bar filled with art, antiques and only 14 seats, tucked behind a locked door beneath the Fulton Market cocktail lounge The Aviary…
Chicago Asperatus Cloud Update
Those clouds that made Chicago look so apocalyptic last week? The process to declare them a new variety of cloud, as made official by the International Cloud Atlas, continues.
Weekend Photos: Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive
For those lucky enough not to be scrambling out of town for the holiday weekend, Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive was the perfect spot to spend a Friday evening—with a game of bags and some patio drinking…
A Post-4th Treat: R. Kelly Sings the National Anthem
Chicago’s infamous R&B genius gives “The Star-Spangled Banner” the cheeseball R. Kelly treatment. Plus: Lou Rawls shows us how it’s actually done.