Alta Vista Terrace, this row house has many of its original 103-year-old features. But the place has been updated with new baths and with windows that keep the heat indoors so residents won’t feel as if they are inhabiting the dank interiors of Dickensian..." /> Alta Vista Terrace, this row house has many of its original 103-year-old features. But the place has been updated with new baths and with windows that keep the heat indoors so residents won’t feel as if they are inhabiting the dank interiors of Dickensian..." /> Alta Vista Terrace, this row house has many of its original 103-year-old features. But the place has been updated with new baths and with windows that keep the heat indoors so residents won’t feel as if they are inhabiting the dank interiors of Dickensian..." />
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December 2009
Workroom Festivities
 

Workroom, known for outfitting Hollywood movies shot in town with fabulous draperies, upholstered goods and the like (they also sew up a storm for Chicago-area homes), holds two events December 5: an open house starting at 9 a.m., and “wine and design” from 3 to 9 p.m. At the latter, participate in a raffle benefiting Arts of Life, an artistic community that helps adults with developmental disabilities. While you’re there, check out custom-finish rods from Finial Company (50% off), and trims for drapery and upholstery (20% off). I’ve been to a Workroom party; they’re fun!

–JAN PARR

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22 and Counting
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby
Bio-Epic #2
Next spring, David Friedman, the chef-owner of Epic Burger (517 S. State St.; 312-913-1373), plans to open another Epic—this time at 1000 West North Avenue in the former Transitions Bookplace space next to what was once a Whole Foods. Expect the same menu—natural ingredients, hand-crafted burgers—but a look and... Read more
Christmas Comes Early
Don't-miss picks for 12.02.09 through 12.08.09: Someone must have been good this year. This week brings American Buffalo with Tracy Letts, under-the-radar holiday cabaret with Molly Brennan, The Swell Season, tattoo cinema—and then there's the free stuff. Read more
Artemide Sale

The Chicago Artemide showroom at 223 W. Erie is having a big sale this weekend (December 4-6), offering 50 to 70 percent off floor samples and discontinued and overstock lamps. This is your chance to get that Tolomeo you’ve been dreaming of! A portion of all sales will go to Designs for Dignity, which provides pro bon design services and products to underserved communities. Personally, I love the little Eclisse lamp by Vico Magistretti shown above (also available in orange). Regularly $235; on sale for $150. It can be used as a standing bedside lamp or mounted on the wall. Also very cool: the long and lean Cadmo floor lamp (shown above). Regularly $1,490, it’s on sale for $595.

—GINA BAZER

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Where Chicago Golf Began
By Dennis Rodkin
Bluff’s Edge is a handsome Georgian mansion built in 1928 on four acres above the south end of Lake Forest’s town beach. In 1892, the grounds were the scene of what is believed to be the first golf game played in Chicago, which led to... Read more
Contributors
By Graham Meyer
December 2009: Shane Tritsch, Michael Boone, Robert Sharoff, Geoffrey Johnson, Chauncey Hollingsworth Read more
New Gold Coast Boutiques
By Bridget Maiellaro
Double Whammy
The sisters Alexis and Camille Cozzini recently kicked off a dual-business collaboration in the Gold Coast, allowing them to open separate and individually owned boutiques under a shared address at 710 North Wabash Avenue. Read more
Go Vertical!
 

We’re totally in love with this new planter by Kikku from Chicago-based Unison. Four porcelain pots rest on a step-up walnut ladder; it’s $298. It’s meant for indoors but would look terrific on a deck or porch, too.

—JAN PARR

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