Lovie Smith on Keeping His Cool
THE QUIET MAN: Bears head coach Lovie Smith doesn’t shout or otherwise show emotion, which may be why Chicago fans haven’t warmed to him. But being the anti-Ditka has its advantages
Year: 2011
The Arrest of Sam Hurd and the Trials of Drug Sentencing
The Bears’ receiver and special-teams captain faces a maximum of 40 years and a $5 million fine if he’s convicted of drug trafficking. But if his football predecessors in the drug trade are any indication, expect a lighter sentence.
The Illinois Pension Crisis: Stop Calling it a Time Bomb
A new Tribune report on Illinois’s underfunded pension systems shines a light on how it got so bad—it took a long time, and a lot of bad legislation—and offers a different way of looking at the crisis.
Lori Franks Custom Furniture
Custom Furniture Interior designer Lori Schroud is as much a regular at New York Fashion Week as she is at the Chanel boutique on Michigan Avenue, so it’s no surprise that the fledgling line of furniture she’s designing, called Lori Frank, has runway roots. “Fashion-conscious people want to buy statement pieces,” she says. Thus … Read more
Bill Wrigley Sells Three Properties in One Day
Lake Forest
List Price: $6.9 million
Sale Price: $5.6 million
Gold Coast
Sale Price: $6.7 million (for 2 condos)
The Properties: On Thursday, Bill Wrigley closed on the sale of his 16-room lakefront mansion in Lake Forest and on two of the three pieces of his unfinished penthouse space at 65 East Goethe.
Wrigley’s 11,000-square-foot Lake Forest home went up for sale informally in May 2009 priced at $16 million…
Margherita Pizza @ Eduardos Enoteca
Eduardos Enoteca is this generation’s Edwardo’s & there’s no stuffed pizza in sight. The Margherita? Nice topping, generic crust. EDUARDOS ENOTECA: 1212 N DEARBORN; 312-337-4490
Ceasar Salad @ Eduardos Enoteca
The caesar salad @ Eduardos Enoteca has all the right stuff, but too much of something—maybe lemon? EDUARDOS ENOTECA: 1212 N DEARBORN; 312-337-4490
Spaghetti @ Eduardos Enoteca
@pennypollack: I added shrimp to the limone e pepe nero spaghetti @ Eduardos Enoteca—a good move—but wished for less rosemary. EDUARDOS ENOTECA: 1212 N DEARBORN; 312-337-4490
Twice Pet Beds
You’re not forgetting your four-legged friends for the holidays, are you? Kelly Rausch of Twice has a new line of pet beds…
Will Regrowing Your Teeth Replace Fillings?
THE SUPERTOOTH SQUAD: Researchers at the UIC College of Dentistry are trying to turn fillings, crowns, bridges, and dentures into relics of the past—by harnessing nature to grow and implant new teeth