What’s Up with Down Payments?
Savings, gifts more frequently used as housing down payments as proceeds from prior home sales slide
Year: 2011
Longtime Kenilworth Owners Take a Real Estate Loss
AN UNEXPECTED LOSS: Holding onto their house for 12 years didn’t prevent a neurosurgeon from taking a near-half-million hit
Walgreens’s CEO Talks Business
WHAT I WAS THINKING: Greg Wasson on his company’s hits (fresh food), misses (four or five kinds of hammers) and transforming into a retail health destination
Jose Thenee
One of my favorite booths at the recent Antiques + Modernism Winnetka show featured drawings by José Thenée…
Weekend Photos: Beer Hoptacular at Aragon Ballroom
Fall’s hottest accessory in Chicago? A pretzel necklace. On Saturday, a sold-out crowd packed the Aragon Ballroom for the second annual Beer Hoptacular…
Subzero-Wolf Showroom Event
October 20, 2011–Chicago Home+Garden partnered with Subzero-Wolf showroom to discuss what to do, and what not to do, in kitchen redesign. Guests enjoyed a presentation by Jan Par, editor of Chicago Home+Garden as well as an exquisite food demonstration from the Subzero chefs. Guests were able to explore the showroom while the enjoyed great food, conversation, and company.
Did a $1 Million Foreclosure Help the Glenview Market?
List Price: $999,000
Sale Price: $1 million
The Property: The agent who sold this foreclosed 12-room house in a very desirable east neighborhood in Glenview thinks that the sale helped nudge the town’s real-estate market upward a smidge, rather than hurt nearby sellers, as many foreclosures have been shown to do…
Dwell Studio’s New Collection
Edited by Gina Bazer Over the years, Dwell Studio has ascended gradually to home decor greatness, starting out with a fantastic line of modern-patterned bed linens, then moving on to other accessories, among them nursery linens, pillows, throws, window coverings, and an entire line of fabrics. The company’s latest foray, into furniture, is its most … Read more
Chicago Budget: Mayor Emanuel Gets Pushback, and Gives
After criticism from the public and a healthy number of aldermen, the mayor cuts back on some of his cutbacks and spreads the sticker-fee pain a bit.
Salade Méditerranéenne @ Toni Patisserie
The salade méditerranéenne w/buttermilk-dill dressing @ToniChicago has a lot going for it: romaine, tomatoes, Kalamata olives, feta. TONI PATISSERIE: 65 E WASHINGTON; 312-726-2020