This time next week, we’ll be gearing up for the annual turkey-induced Tryptophan coma that generally hits between the second helping of stuffing and halftime. In preparation, now might be a good time to run, hike, or at least stroll…
Two recent pieces cast light on our inability to deal with the overlap between immigration and criminality, an extension of our bewildering, confused approach to immigration. But there might be hope yet.
FARM TO FREEZER: One man watches the process of preparing the bird for sale—at his own existential risk.
PRESENTS PERFECT: The best gifts are treats for the senses—gleaming, tactile, functional, fun
Story highlights from the December 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.
There’s bromance, and then there’s beermance. On Saturday, more than 2,500 men—and women—made the pilgrimage to Munster, Indiana, to give some love to Three Floyds brewery…
The latest addition to the Grand Avenue design district, the antique shop Artemesia, has landed at 2246 W. Grand Ave…
DARK VICTORY: Three years ago, Baskis, then a 22-year-old U.S. Army infantryman, was permanently blinded by a bomb while serving in Iraq. Since then, his life has been a series of challenges, many of them of his own making—including a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak.
List Price: $1.87 million
Sale Price: $1.55 million
The Property: This 103-year-old Tudor-style home in Glencoe was sold last week by P. Nicholas Hurtgen, a former investment banker involved in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding former governor Rod Blagojevich…
London, ringed with fire; a Nazi terrorist in Chicago; America’s secret war in Africa; when fairyland was the most sinister place people could imagine; and two dispatches from Sigrid Schultz, the Tribune’s longtime Berlin correspondent.
