Q&A with Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Our Next 'Off the Grid' Writer-in-Residence
The Northwestern sociology professor’s thoughts on inequality, HIV/AIDS research, writing, and more
Year: 2011
Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff: Victorious in Vegas
After opening Nine and Ghostbar in Chicago, Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff took their restaurant/club sensations to Las Vegas—and kicked off a huge party scene in Sin City. The two former Highland Park classmates, along with a slew of pioneering Chicago restaurateurs, keep upping the ante in a land where hot still trumps haute
Nightlife Photos: A Very Turkey Testicle Time @ Timothy O'Toole's
On Black Wednesday, a debaucherous night of pre-Thanksgiving drinking, revelers gathered at Timothy O’Toole’s in Streeterville to compete in a fried turkey balls eating contest. The prize? A frozen turkey, which has us wondering: Did the winner have enough time to defrost it? Browse our photos below…
From Butter Factory to Spacious Edgewater Glen Home
A century-old butter factory-turned-plumbing warehouse, converted into a single-family home with a spacious deck and lawn in 2005, sells for $915,000 in a sub-neighborhood of Edgewater.
Roundup: Remembering Maggie Daley
A collection of stories, tweets, and tributes chronicling the life and impact of Chicago’s former first lady, including a 1994 article from the Chicago magazine archives.
Chicago's First Lady: Maggie Daley on the Move
FROM OUR APRIL 1994 ISSUE: With good works and a deft political touch, Maggie has quietly carved a special role for herself. Now, the departure from Bridgeport has put her in the spotlight, and she doesn’t like being there.
Three Slices of Goldberg’s Marina City Pie
List Price: $535,000
The Property: Would you like a slice of pie? How about three? This Marina City condo combines three of the buildings’ famously pie-shape studio apartments into a single two-bedroom, two-bath home. And it comes with a delicious topping: three of the distinctive semi-circular balconies, which together provide a crescent of views of the downtown skyline, as well as the Chicago River and its historic bridges…
Dining Room Roundup
TABLE IT: We love how these dining rooms combine elegance and practicality. Best part? None are so formal that you’d worry about spilling
Casa Spazio
A new Italian furniture and accessories showroom has joined the half-dozen or so other European showrooms in River North…
Five Best Things to Do in December
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural shortlist for the month, in order of buzz