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Year: 2011

From Krasnodar with Love

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As the editor of Chicago magazine, I am pleased to announce that we have just published our first Russian edition! Just kidding. But a Chicagoan might be entitled to wonder, if he or she happened to be visiting the south Russian town of Krasnodar and picked up the local city magazine. Witness above the basis for confusion: Our “40 Reasons to Love Chicago” cover from December 2010 and Krasnodar magazine’s “30 Reasons to Love Krasnodar” dated February 2011. The striking similarity was first brought to my attention by Olga Smolkina, a…

Defy Bags

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Whether you are a guy in search of a man purse or gal in need of a rugged go-everywhere satchel, I defy you to find a more durable option than the locally made Defy Bags…

Totally Cool

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Sub-Zero’s new 27-inch column refrigerator (left); three pieces, including a wine storage unit (right) Sub-Zero and Wolf opens in LuxeHome at the Mart this month. That’s big (look for live cooking demos, a wine grotto, and a section devoted to outdoor living), but Sub-Zero is showcasing small: new 27-inch column refrigerators and freezers bring big-shouldered … Read more

Rock On

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Think of stone tile and panels as your secret weapon for adding depth and warmth to any space—bath, kitchen, foyer, living room. For maximum effect, look for interesting veining, multiple heights of stone (premounted on hard backing for easy installation), and coarse-textured finishes

Dave Duerson, Concussions, and the NFL Players' Union Battle

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The latest development in the tragic death of the Bears’ great is that Duerson’s brain will go to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy so that it can be studied for trauma. It’s another chapter in a story that’s been haunting the NFL for a decade, and an issue that looms over a pending lockout.

What to Do This Weekend: Warm Up in Wisconsin

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A glass of wine (or two) and a fuzzy sweater. Such are the survival tools for February. There’s plenty of both in the Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin this weekend, where you can sample the wares of Wisconsin’s oldest licensed winery and get up close and personal with alpacas (and the cozy sweaters they provide)…