Gallery Aesthete Opens This Week in the Gold Coast
Clyde sans Bonnie
Flood damage forced the Wicker Park men’s and women’s avant-garde clothing boutique Bonnie & Clyde’s to shutter back in March…
Clyde sans Bonnie
Flood damage forced the Wicker Park men’s and women’s avant-garde clothing boutique Bonnie & Clyde’s to shutter back in March…
Birchwood’s sandwich-slinging virtuosos consistently wow us with their seasonal menus. This time around, they’ve put a fallish slant on salmon salad, adding subtle notes of squash, red onion, sage, and chopped arugula to the mix and smooshing it inside a buttery, toasted sesame bagel. $10. 2211 W. North Ave., 773-276-2100, birchwoodkitchen.com Previous 7. Lobster Roll … Read more
Flower Power
Chicago’s odors can assault the senses in the best—and worst—possible ways. The smell of freshly-popped Garrett popcorn or the endorphin-inducing aroma of the Blommer Chocolate factory? Good…
Openings and reopenings abound this season on Michigan Avenue, the mother of all Chicago shopping streets
The local artist created two new colorways for a special edition of the popular Nike running shoe
Bo Still Knows
After closing in March for renovations, Nike Chicago (669 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-6363) reopened its Michigan Avenue flagship store last week…
CITY CHIC: Six stylish Chicagoans, ages 28 to 65, hit the streets to show off this season’s top trends. PLUS: 18 must-haves for your fall shopping list
So You Think You Can Design?
Custom design is completely addicting. (As proof, just play around with NikeiD’s sneaker maker or Jonathan Adler’s furniture customizer for a few minutes . . . or hours.) Chicago has its own DIY design enabler in 1154 Lill Studio…
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
Saying goodbye to summer doesn’t have to be all that sad, especially when the women’s clothing designer Cynthia Rowley holds a huge end-of-season sale in Bucktown…
ART EFFECT: This season’s most striking looks echo art history