We're a few days into Fashion Week, and I've been seeing Chicago model Karlie Kloss (featured in our March issue) everywhere! This is the 15-year-old rising star's second season of shows, and editors are chatting about the certain flair she brings to her walk (they're calling it "The Kloss"). The Kloss is slow, with little upper body movement, ribcage canted back, and chin tilted far down, which apparently makes her look like a...

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We're a few days into Fashion Week, and I've been seeing Chicago model Karlie Kloss (featured in our March issue) everywhere! This is the 15-year-old rising star's second season of shows, and editors are chatting about the certain flair she brings to her walk (they're calling it "The Kloss"). The Kloss is slow, with little upper body movement, ribcage canted back, and chin tilted far down, which apparently makes her look like a...

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We're a few days into Fashion Week, and I've been seeing Chicago model Karlie Kloss (featured in our March issue) everywhere! This is the 15-year-old rising star's second season of shows, and editors are chatting about the certain flair she brings to her walk (they're calling it "The Kloss"). The Kloss is slow, with little upper body movement, ribcage canted back, and chin tilted far down, which apparently makes her look like a...

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We're a few days into Fashion Week, and I've been seeing Chicago model Karlie Kloss (featured in our March issue) everywhere! This is the 15-year-old rising star's second season of shows, and editors are chatting about the certain flair she brings to her walk (they're calling it "The Kloss"). The Kloss is slow, with little upper body movement, ribcage canted back, and chin tilted far down, which apparently makes her look like a...

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Coming Soon

Briejo (211 Harrison St., Oak Park), a promising spot in Oak Park's arts district, is slotted to open in early May, with a helping hand from Jody André (Speakeasy) and Nicole Parthemore (She She). André and Parthemore are developing the menu for Brigette Lytle's "American eclectic" restaurant. "It'll be fine dining but a lot of comfort food," says Lytle. "Like a center cut pork chop seared in a butter brandy. A truffled risotto. Also very thin-crust pizzas as well. Maybe five a night."

Quotable

"Any time a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread...

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The cover story in our March issue is a guide to the best stuff for kids, parents, and moms-to-be. We provide a field guide to birds and critters to take along with you on your next hike, advice from Chicago's reigning baby-sleep specialist, and even a taste test of birthday cakes from the city's top-tier bakeries.

With all of these new adventures to capture in photographs, your usual blurry, dark, red-eye-filled photos just won't do. Photographer Katrina Wittkamp shares some tips on how take fabulous pictures of kids...

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Thanks to some cool upgrades that launched last week, Dreamtown.com is now my pick for the most useful and informative Web site in Chicago for shopping for real estate.

Like countless other real-estate sites, Dreamtown provides access to all the properties listed for sale on the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois (MLSNI); offers tips on how to buy and sell in today's market; and purports to provide tips on how to do a "sale by owner"—while actually making the not-very-subtle pitch that you would much rather go through an agent.

But Dreamtown sets itself apart with...

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It could have been due to the snow—or perhaps the subject matter—but the audience at last night's Heat Wave opening was a little … sparse, which is sad and a little ironic. In July of 1995, our city failed to take responsibility for more than 700 heat-related deaths. It was a complete societal breakdown where everyone (the City of Chicago, the media, and civilians) was accountable for one of the worst meteorological disasters in the history of the United States. It's a story worth remembering. So, why all the empty chairs?...

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Just got off the phone with Sarah. Very excited. Still no baby, but here's a transcript of the call—which I pray no one overheard:

Me: Hello?
Sarah: You sitting down?
Me: Yeah. What's up?
Sarah: I passed my mucus plug.
Me: (excited) Really? Your mucus plug? What did it feel like?
Sarah: I didn't notice. I went to sit on the pot, and...

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A Good Pair

Two suburban stores have opened a shared space in Bucktown at 1858 North Damen Avenue: Kinga European Children’s Shoes (1858 N. Damen Ave., 773-342-7724; 777 N. York Rd., Hinsdale, 630-321-1399; 1891 Tower Dr., Glenview, 847-724-1049, kingashoes.com) and Babydreams (1858 N. Damen Ave., 773-486-9445; 448 Central Ave., Highland Park, 847-432-4704). Kinga, which first opened in Hinsdale seven years ago, has opened its first city boutique in the former Red 21 space. “We had a lot of clients in the city who wanted us to open...

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Bless can't be found in Chicago yet (although I could imagine a few of the accessories—cool jewelrey, "sock boots"—at Hejfina), but I go to the show because it's so much fun. It's artistic, quirky, and unlike anything you'd see during Fashion Week.

Bless dabbles in a bit of everything—beauty products, books, jewelry, fur wigs—often in collaboration with other artists. And their way of staging shows is full of the same surprise you would expect from an art collective based in Berlin and Paris. Last year, they staged a soccer match. This year, invitees entered a large...

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"I miss playing with my band," Ashlee Simpson, 23, confessed to me on Thursday night. I caught up with the younger Simpson sister at The Underground, a local stop on the club tour promoting her latest single, “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya),” from the upcoming album I Am Me. The club-tour format, popularized recently by pop stars...

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