I don’t like Dibs. Saving your parking spot with a folding chair or a cone or a box of diapers may be part and parcel of winter here, but the whole practice strikes me as a very un-Chicago thing to do. It is basically saying to your neighbors, the people with whom you are presumably … Read more
Like jewelry for your wall With its dizzy constellation of emerald-finish crystal cabochons surrounding an antiqued convex looking glass, Jean de Merry’s Ramo mirror is an artful take on traditional sunbursts. It’s 28 inches wide and 34 inches high. $5,625, at Kara Mann, 119 W. Hubbard St., 312-893-7590, karamann.com
Groupon’s self- and audience-satirizing ads have upset a lot of people, even if their intent was charitable. What went wrong: the medium or the message?
In case you haven’t noticed: The hearts and flowers marketing machine is in full force this week. Whatever your attitude toward the day of St. Valentine—love, despair, or indifference—here are three ways to have fun on the holiday known for fat flying babies armed with arrows…
Snow shoveling is one of those guy-pride things, but it inevitably leads to snow shovel-phobia, especially if heart problems run in your family: the fear that clearing your car or walk will cause you to suffer one of the heart attacks that inevitably follow a big blizzard.
You think hipsters don’t care about football? Wrong. It’s the Black Eyed Peas they can take or leave. An easy-going crowd gathered Sunday for Rory Lake’s Super Pot Luck Bowl Full of Dreams at the Empty Bottle, and our photographer was there to document the alternative game day action in all its indie glory…
We have long admired Milk Design’s modern staircases and railings…
FROM JUNE 2001: Donald Rumsfeld mended an old family feud to join the Bush Administration as Secretary of Defense, quickly emerging as one of the most powerful figures in Washington. Still, this smart, aggressive, hugely ambitious Chicagoan (New Trier ’50) probably never dreamed that his career would end in the same office he had occupied 25 years ago. Maybe it won’t.
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The Property: From its rooftop widow’s walk to its lacy front-porch railings, this Italianate Victorian home in Naperville may look like a holdover from the 19th century—but its story is very much of the 21st century…
@pennypollack: The whole organic chicken @ Bistronomic is designed for two. I guess I forgot that detail. BISTRONOMIC: 840 N Wabash; 312-944-8400
