What Penny Eats: Washington, D.C., Diary
In our nation’s capital, the food is as delightfully diverse as the nation itself—and the pizza’s pretty good, too.
Year: 2011
Chicago Home + Garden Announces New Design Book, 'Chicago Spaces: Inspiring Interiors'
Chicago Home + Garden magazine, the city’s leading publication for design, proudly presents Chicago Spaces: Inspiring Interiors.
Tips for Better Sleep
Related: RUSH SLEEP CENTER DOC: FEWER PEOPLE GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP » SLEEP IN A DARK PLACE. To fool Mother Nature, shift workers need to use blackout shades, says Charmane Eastman. KEEP THE BEDROOM CHILLY. The body sleeps best when it’s colder, says Eastman. And avoid hot showers right before bed. “Your brain and body like … Read more
Rush Sleep Center Doc: Fewer People Getting Enough Sleep
SNOOZE ALARM: While Chicago maintains its status as a pioneering center for sleep research, fewer folks, young and old, are getting all the shuteye their bodies require
How’s Mayor Emanuel Doing on Housing?
This week’s flurry of analyses about Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s first 100 days in office culminates with a WBEZ taping tonight of a forum slated for broadcast Friday morning on the station’s Eight Forty-Eight program. Emanuel and top city officials will attend the taping, and I will be there to toss in a few ideas about the mayor’s efforts on housing. Time permitting—and there are a lot of other pressing topics to consider—here are the subjects I’d like to touch on…
Classical Music Gig Poster Design: Finally the World Listens to Me
Small steps towards saving classical music: booze, cheap tickets, diverse programs, and poster design. Thanks, Spektral Quartet.
New Wilco Album, 'The Whole Love,' Coming September 27
UNCHARTED WATERS: The musical nonconformists set off on a maverick course
Fashion and Shopping Festival Debuts on Mag Mile
Mile of Style
In-Fashion: The Magnificent Mile Shopping Festival, a two-week event, launches Friday, August 26 with celebrity appearances, designer meet-and-greets, discounts, trunk shows, concerts, cooking demonstrations, and more…
DC Earthquake? NYC Earthquake? Both, Really
Much of the East Coast just took a hit from a 5.9-magnitude earthquake near Washington, DC, centered between Charlottesville and Richmond. Here’s why it was felt not just in the nation’s capital, but in New York City as well. Plus: why the East Coast’s less frequent, less intense earthquakes affect the region more than on the West Coast.
Why Millennials Don't Know How to Use Google
A recent study conducted in Illinois colleges finds the usual: students don’t know how to research stuff. Only now, they don’t know how to research stuff using Google. They were just born too late.