Haberdashery Accessorizes the Gold Coast
When Rafik Boughadou, a native of Algeria, moved to the United States 11 years ago, he quickly fell in love. “When I went to Fashion Week for the first time, it really changed my life,” he says…
Year: 2011
Amalie Drury: Finding the 'Most Beautiful Chicagoans'
Amalie Drury visited the set of CLTV and WGN Evening News last week to promote Chicago magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans’ issue. She reveals who made the list and offers an insider look at the selection process.
Nora O'Donnell: Items Every Woman Must Have for Her Spring Wardrobe
Senior Editor Nora O’Donnell visited the set of WGN Morning News last week to talk fashion. Just back from New York Fashion Week, Nora discusses must-haves for spring 2011 as seen in the March issue of Chicago magazine. Spoiler Alert: Things are looking groovy!
Meet Rahm Emanuel's Education Transition Team
Today Rahm Emanuel announced two of his transition teams, including his education team. Since the Chicago Public Schools, teacher contracts, charter schools, and school turnarounds will all be major issues for the new mayor, here’s a look at the people he’s appointed to help him.
Meet Neal Zucker (But You Probably Already Know Him)
THE SOCIAL NETWORKER: He lunches with Desirée Rogers—weekly—and has the Midas touch for fundraising among his gilded circle of friends. Take a lesson, Mark Zuckerberg: When it comes to making connections, the Chicago entrepreneur and philanthropist Neal Zucker is the paradigm of gracious chic
Dish Flash: Five Questions for Stephanie Izard
The Girl & the Goat chef is planning on opening an old-school diner called The Little Goat, a super-casual restaurant inspired by Mel’s Diner of TV fame and the diners she went to as a kid.
Weekend Photos: Chicago Poetry Brothel at the House of Blues
Think Dungeons and Dragons, except way sexier: If performing a poem for a live audience is scary, then doing so as a scantily clad Vaudevillian—essentially, role-playing a Victorian-era character while baring one’s soul—makes it less so…
What to Do This Weekend: Wright There in Wisconsin
The Milwaukee-area is all about Frank Lloyd Wright this month. Want to spend the day immersed in the iconic architect’s work and the night sleeping in a home he designed? That can be arranged…
Undecorate
I am a huge fan of the bedding company DwellStudio and love the company president Christiane Lemieux’s blog…
Coming Soon: A New Generation of African-American Candidates?
Hermene Hartman, publisher and editor in chief of N’DIGO, angered some members of her African-American community when she endorsed Rahm Emanuel over Carol Moseley Braun. She told me recently that the black political/business/religious leaders who selected Moseley Braun had better move aside, or, at least, rethink their strategy. “We are not training people to run for office,” she laments. Her case in point: LeAlan Jones…