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Amalie Drury
The Great Escape: Icy Cocktails, Cool Hangouts
By Amalie Drury
Feel free to remind me of this throughly ungrateful statement sometime in mid-February, but at this very moment I can't help it: I've had it up to here with the heat. I want to take a break from sweating while waiting for a patio seat, sweating while making small talk, sweating while sipping a warmish beer and sweating while eating a link of encased meat... Read more
Strange Barfellows (Plus a Booze Cruise for Beer Fans)
By Amalie Drury
When most people think of Duke of Perth, a Scottish bar in Lake View with more than 75 types of single-malt whiskey on its menu, they think of the following: 1. whiskey (duh), 2. endless fish and chips, 3. green peas, and 4. the back patio, with a pretty cherry tree (or at least what looks like a cherry tree, but I'm no dendrologist) in the middle... Read more
Summer Hot List: Luxury & Pampering
By Amalie Drury
A PAMPERED PURSUIT: Coco Chanel said elegance is refusal—but your decision to spend summer in Chicago is no hardship. Luxury is all around, if you know where to find it. Read more
All the Single Ladies (and Gents): Ready for Some Summer Lovin'?
By Amalie Drury
We all turn to the usual sources for potential dates: bars, Match.com, Jdate, bars, CTA platforms, the produce section at Whole Foods, bars, the elevator at work. But when all these fail (as they so often do), why not just pick someone you like from the pages of a magazine, then place yourself directly in the path of true love at a charity cocktail party where his or her attendance is guaranteed? Seems like a solid strategy to me... Read more
Hawks Hangout: The Pony owner dishes on the team's post-Cup party
By Amalie Drury
Before the elated Blackhawks boarded their Philly-to-Chicago plane on Wednesday night, they put in a call to Roscoe Village bar The Pony. The next morning, the bar got a big shot of fame when it became known as the downtown starting point for the team's two-day victory lap around the city. Bar owner Mark Domitrovich recaps the moment... Read more