The Queen of Media was social media before Facebook ever existed, giving us permission to be our authentic selves before we had even realized we weren’t being either authentic or ourselves. But as her show ends after 27 years, we have to ask: will we ever know who Oprah Winfrey is?
Dustin Byfuglien, a key player on the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup–winning squad who now skates for the Atlanta Thrashers, on Monday closed on the sale of his former Roscoe Village home. The sale price was $1.08 million—14 percent less than the $1.265 million Byfuglien paid for the newly built 12-room house in December 2008…
The Belgium-based beer giant took over the beloved Chicago beer institution today. Lots of people are skeptical that it spells the end of a local company that balanced quality and quantity, but there’s reason to hope. And if that doesn’t work out, there are plenty of other craft bottles in the cooler.
Take a peek at Chef David Beran’s work-in-progress hors d’oeuvres selection
While the Wisconsin collective-bargaining bill winds its way through the courts, Indiana Democrats return from Urbana to their state after having won substantial concessions from the state GOP.
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
IN THE ROCKS: It’s a brave new cocktail world at the high-concept lounge
If you look at where fantasy baseball managers are drafting Cubs players, the wisdom of the crowds suggests they’re in for a rough year. But it’s not all bad news: the zeitgeist is pretty high on youngsters Starlin Castro, Geovany Soto, and Carlos Marmol.
In like a lion, out like a lamb? We’ll find out this weekend, as March comes to a close. One of the best places to get outside and investigate lies about three hours north in southeastern Wisconsin: the 32,000-acre Horicon Marsh…
On Saturday night, our photographer ventured over to 694 Wine & Spirits, the River West spot formerly known as Juicy Wine Company and a little piece of which our resident nightlife guru took home with her—in the form of bacon perfume—following a recent visit…
