Emmy Rossum sings at the JW Marriott on Monday night Photo: WireImage for JW Marriott Monday night’s lavish grand-opening bash for the new JW Marriott hotel in the Loop reminded me of prerecession partying, circa 2006. Gift bags! A full bar! Lobster on the buffet! Even a celebrity attendee! On a small “red” (actually black) … Read more
MAKING HAY: A Rock Bottom vet plays the beer market with a new brewpub
It’s warmish, it’s flattish, it’s British, and, depending on how seriously you take your brews, it’s authentic. Selections rotate often.
In 1975, the journalistic lensman Steve Schapiro was invited by Robert DeNiro to become the exclusive on-set photographer for Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, and given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Jodie, Marty, and Bob, as well as the production…
Last night Wisconsin Republicans made another advance in their attempt to strip Wisconsin public unions of their collective-bargaining rights. For what’s next, we have to look at how the sausage is made… or how the ingredients for the sausage are made, or even the regulations under which the ingredients are concocted.
Bodum was one of my favorite booths at the Housewares Show this week…
List Price: $1.15 million
The Property: Cue-wielding pool players get some of the best views in this 4,200-square-foot loft in an old West Loop industrial building. Look out one set of tall windows and they get a straight shot of the Sears Tower; look out the other and they see more old industrial buildings and a clock tower…
Tom Carey, 56, has been working for candidates here—from Rich Daley to John Stroger—since he was 25. One day in January, the political strategist received a call from a local lawyer who was volunteering for Carol Moseley Braun. The man told Carey he would pick him up to take him to a meeting, but didn’t say with whom. Carey was soon in the Hyde Park home of Moseley Braun, talking politics with the woman who, at the time, was hoping for a runoff with Rahm Emanuel…
Chef Brian Jupiter offers twists on traditional American suppers at this new 90-seat modern saloon.
Ed Culleeny, formerly of Ben Pao, partners with Shawn Li for a new Chinese restaurant.
