In October 1933, a plane bound to Chicago from Newark via Cleveland exploded in the skies over Chesterton, Indiana. It’s cited as the first incidence of American airline terrorism… but it’s still a mystery.
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FROM DECEMBER 2005: He was an eager young man fresh from Urbana when he started reviewing movies for the Chicago Sun-Times more than three decades ago. His intervening years have featured unimagined success, abiding friendships, too much booze (for a time), the death of a colleague, bouts with cancer, and (rather late) lasting love. His passion for film has made Ebert a bigger star than many of the people he writes about.
Skipping President Obama’s speech last night, Rep. Joe Walsh hosted a small-business forum at Schaumburg’s Prairie Center for the Arts. Yesterday, I posted part one of my Q&A with the 8th District congressman. Here, part two of our conversation, in which he talks about growing up in an Irish Catholic family, why he switched his stance on abortion, who his closest friends are in Congress, and …
Where “pop” becomes “Coke,” “crayfish” becomes “crawdad,” and other fine questions of American regional dialects. Plus: the origins of the “word, schmerd” tic.
A conceit that works: Yuzu pie @eatatunion plays off Key lime goodness—creamy and tart—and achieves can’t-stop-eating-it status. UNION SUSHI : 230 W ERIE; 312-662-4888
This too-cute tofu sprinkled with rice puffs @eatatunion undoes itself with too much curry sauce. UNION SUSHI : 230 W ERIE; 312-662-4888
The mushroom soup @eatatunion almost hit the spot. Wonderful variety of fungi, but the broth was way salty. UNION SUSHI : 230 W ERIE; 312-662-4888
@pennypollack: The sticky sweet buffalo duck wings @eatatunion are so big, I wondered: Are there such animals as buffalo ducks? UNION SUSHI : 230 W ERIE; 312-662-4888
On a recent visit to A Lamp and Fixture Shoppe, I discovered these beautiful filigreed steel light fixtures…
