“Let’s Move!” campaign for healthy eating and exercise. It’s an important issue and worthy of the her attention, but it seems small-bore compared to other First Ladies'..." /> “Let’s Move!” campaign for healthy eating and exercise. It’s an important issue and worthy of the her attention, but it seems small-bore compared to other First Ladies'..." /> “Let’s Move!” campaign for healthy eating and exercise. It’s an important issue and worthy of the her attention, but it seems small-bore compared to other First Ladies'..." />
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January 2011
Nightlife Photos: Hearts
It’s been a long time since Mark Farina shared DJ duties with fellow hometown spinner Derrick Carter on Northwestern’s WNUR, but the now San Franciscan still maintains a loyal local following... Read more
A Lake View Developer Capitalizes on a Sagging Market
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.99 million
Sale Price: $2.7 million
The Property: This new English-accented home in Lake View’s esteemed Blaine School district is the first project sold by a developer who came into the struggling residential real-estate market with a strategy of capitalizing on sagging prices... Read more
What the Sun-Times' Rahm Endorsement Doesn't Say
By Carol Felsenthal
It was no surprise to me that the Sun-Times endorsed Rahm Emanuel today, the first day of early voting. The paper was a strong supporter of Rahm’s right to stay on the ballot, and the editorial board seemed to be strongly in his corner. There’s a line in the endorsement that caught my eye... Read more
Classic Remix
By Gina Bazer
The last time we checked, Grand Avenue Living, the pop-up shop opened by Mary Garvey James of Geneva’s 610 Home was supposed to close its doors at the end of December... Read more
Some Unanswered Questions in the Mayoral Debate
By Carol Felsenthal
The City Club/Chicago Tribune-sponsored mayoral debate at the WGN studios Thursday was lively enough, but some of the more interesting exchanges happened afterwards, off camera, when each of the four participants took five minutes of questions from the press. I asked the first candidate up, Miguel del Valle, why he hadn’t... Read more
Like a Moth to a Flame: The Chaser Goes to Story Hour
By Amalie Drury
I have made a Discovery, with a capital D. Well, it was a discovery for me, but if any of the many Moth regulars among the 700 or so in attendance at last night’s Grand Slam at Park West are reading this, they’re probably thinking, Yeah—“D” as in “Duh.”... Read more