The excitement over the Bulls and Blackhawks, and the mediocre performance of the city's baseball teams, has overshadowed a nicely developing story: Starlin Castro's hot start after a promising rookie campaign. Read more
There’s car-free celebration in Iowa on Saturday, April 30th, as five towns in the Des Moines area— Ankeny, Sheldahl, Slater, Madrid, and Woodward—host a daylong celebration in honor of the opening of the High Trestle Trail, a 25-mile, $15-million route that connects them... Read more
An extremely modest proposal by the state of Illinois to start noting when and where bicyclists get doored by parked cars brings out the usual chest-puffing from the anti-bike brigade. Read more
Story highlights from the May/June 2011 issue of Chicago Home + Garden magazine, including getaway homes designed for relaxing, tips for outdoor entertaining, and the latest in modern wallcoverings. Read more
The ReBuilding Exchange was cited as a great DIY resource in two of the stories I wrote for the May/June issue of our mag (on newsstands in a couple of days), so I had to check it out... Read more
“It’s called The Ace Bar, like the bandage, because the place was broken, and I came in and fixed it,” says Brad Cousens, the owner of a new bar-slash-live-music-venue in the Lincoln Park address formerly home to Hoghead McDunna’s (1505 W. Fullerton Ave.; 312-970-1505)... Read more
List Price: $2.85 million Sale Price: $2.3 million The Property: Andy Bluhm, the son of JMB Realty’s Neil Bluhm and an investor in his father’s three casino projects, has sold his contemporary-styled ranch house in Glencoe... Read more
Today is Shakespeare's birthday, and lots of people will be talking in iambic pentameter to celebrate. But if the play's the thing for you, check out Alan Bennett's play at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, the basis of the movie "The Madness of King George." Read more
Where did Ikram Goldman, the most important figure in Chicago fashion, get her start? At Ultimo, the elite boutique run by her mentor, Joan Weinstein. Read more
