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« GEMINI WADLEY JORDAN WILLIAMS » AGE: 23 OCCUPATION: marketing director HOMETOWN: Lake View LIVES IN: Wicker Park Related: IN THE MAGAZINE » PHOTOS: BEHIND THE SCENES » VIDEO: GET TO KNOW COVER BOY PATRICK SHARP » POLL: FAVORITE COVER—HUDSON OR SHARP? » BACK TO ALL 50 » Pascale Wellin grew up in Lake View, … Read more
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« AMY GUTH TONIA KIM » AGE: 29 OCCUPATION: singer and actress HOMETOWN: Chicago's South Side Related: IN THE MAGAZINE » PHOTOS: BEHIND THE SCENES » VIDEO: GET TO KNOW COVER BOY PATRICK SHARP » POLL: FAVORITE COVER—HUDSON OR SHARP? » BACK TO ALL 50 » The life of the singer and actress Jennifer Hudson … Read more
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The Alinea chef’s moment of gastronomic time-travel is due to present its first menu, a tribute to the legendary French chef drawn from his “Le Guide Culinaire,” on April 1. But it’s not the first time Achatz has served up Escoffier’s recipes.
Mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle says he declined an invitation from Rahm Emanuel to co-chair the mayor-elect’s transition team. Del Valle told me in a phone interview that he turned the position down because—after his term as City Clerk is over on May 15th—he will work on other projects “organizing around progressive issues in the neighborhoods.”…
Truth is, when The Creative Director first alerted me to a newly opened bar somewhere in the vicinity of North Center and Irving Park, he did so with a smirk. “You should see this place,” he said. “They have their name cast in concrete over the door, and there’s this huge LED sign out front…
