The Life of a Server Lifer
In his decades of working in restaurants, the author has served celebrities and deployed sass. He’s also found fulfillment.
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Instagram Handle:@mrcrim3 Followers:117,000 Who’s behind it: West Pullman native Ernest Crim III, 35 What it is: Videos on Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and other Black historical figures — with a contemporary take. (Wells “was a G … fearless enough to call white women out.”) Crim also highlights unsung heroes such as Barbara Johns, who organized a … Read more
A Very Daley Tour of Bridgeport
The Daleys liked to keep it in the family and in the neighborhood.
Bill Zehme Feels Your Pain
Men have gone soft, Vegas has gone Disney, and the pickings are getting slim in the fields of fame. Fortunately, writer Bill Zehme — who has peered inside the psyches of Letterman and Leno, gotten naked with Sharon Stone, and teased life’s secrets out of Sinatra himself — is still out there searching for answers.
Revisiting What Has Disappeared
On his podcast, Vanished Chicagoland, Pete Kastanes records memories of businesses that have faded into history.
Bikes vs. Business
A hardware store’s closing in Logan Square brings to a head the rising tensions over protected bike lanes.
Youse Hear About Inclusive Language?
Once considered an unsophisticated term, “youse” may be one of the most gender-neutral ways to address others.
