Paris Shopping Tips
I just got back from a trip to Paris and thought I would pass along some of my favorite shops and general design-oriented observations…
Year: 2011
New to Chicago: Chimney Cake Island in Rogers Park
SINGLED OUT: The treat is part doughnut, part coffeecake, pure guilty pleasure
Take an Anti-Spring Break in Guanajuato, the Thinking Person’s Mexico
THE ESCAPE ARTIST: Surrounded by the Sierra Madre, the central Mexican city is a colonial city rich with lore
Friday Favorites
A giant model of the Mississippi, in which Chicago plays a resonant role; an essay on infantile anorexia, or what happens when you are born without hunger; and more.
An Uphill Runoff for Cuahutémoc 'Témoc' Morfin in the 25th Ward
Cuahutémoc “Témoc” Morfin is making his second run at unseating incumbent Danny Solis in the 25th Ward, which encompasses parts of the Near West Side—Pilsen, Chinatown, University Village, Little Italy and Tri-Taylor. Morfin, 39, who also challenged Solis in 2007, managed to force the 61-year-old alderman into a runoff…
Their City Was Gone: Detroit, Disaster Porn, and the Decline of the Middle Class
Pictures of Detroit’s beleaguered neighborhoods and crumbling buildings are guaranteed web-traffic boosters, and now there’s a lavish coffee-table book devoted to them. How are pictures of decrepit infrastructure competing with celebrity gossip?
Time is Money at Homaro Cantu’s Ing
HOUR TOWN: The chef describes his new lab of gastronomic imaginings
Fashionable Rain Gear: Hunter, Burberry, and more
LIGHTNING JOLT: So April brings showers. It doesn’t mean your style has to wash away. This spring, runway-worthy coats and boots top our list of desires
Hang Time
Hip hand-felted birdhouses are highly functional shelters for our feathered friends (who may pluck fibers from inside to include in their nests) and jolly objets d’art for us. They’re made, using naturally dyed wool, by a women’s micro-cooperative in South Africa, and while they’re good outdoors in any season, we might hang a few inside, … Read more
Best of Both Worlds
He likes wide-open modern spaces; she likes creaky floors and “real rooms.” Their ingeniously redone house in a historic district pleases them both