Stepping Out
Let Arlene Matthews, shoe buyer extraordinaire, be your guide to the season’s cutting edge footwear.
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Peoria, Sit Down
What does the Gap’s latest venture reveal about Chicago as a retail incubator?
Music Man
Accomplished drummer Kevin O’Donnell scores himself a new career as a composer for theatre.
Model Students
Meet five top prospects from Chicago’s fashion institutes.
Master Builder
The Art Institute is carving new space for architecture and design. Now it has found the man to fill it.
How to Make a Killer Apple Pie
Elizabeth Stegner, who bakes the superlative pies at Prairie Grass Cafe, showed us how it’s done.
Candy Land
Chicago is suddenly awash in places to feed a serious chocolate addiction. We find the best treats in town.
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Features The Best of Chicago, Our annual review of the things that make Chicago great-the city’s best in drinking and dining, playing and primping, stopping and shopping, including restaurants for a romantic dinner or a power lunch; venues to find the date of your dreams; cool spots to get jacked on java or tranquil with … Read more
Guilty Pleasures
Keeping constantly to the straight and narrow can turn life into a dreary poison. To provide an escape, our confessional correspondents reveal their sinful secrets, forbidden fantasies, hedonistic hideaways, and diet-damning indulgences—everything from a luxurious lunchtime spa visit to a wild night of WhirlyBall to some sexy lingerie and eye-opening erotica. What’s your pleasure?
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Features On the Road, by Matthew Gilson, Geoffrey Johnson, Jeff Ruby, Cassie Walker, and Deborah Wilk Time to hit the highway for five fun summer road trips. Sample the cuisine of Indianapolis and Cincinnati; scour the antiques shops of Iowa and Wisconsin; catch a movie at one of the Midwest’s last drive-in theatres; visit Louis … Read more