July 2011
By Penny Pollack
By Bradley Lincoln
People, are you watching Bravo’s new design show, Million Dollar Decorators? It’s one of my favorite guilty-pleasure summer TV treats, with all the elements of what makes for reality-show success... Read more
By Carol Felsenthal
Willard Mitt Romney—most recently in the news for out-fundraising his fellow GOP presidential hopefuls candidates in the second quarter—was named after J. Willard Marriott, the famous hotelier (and fellow Mormon) who was also best friends with Mitt’s father, George. But the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president owes his middle name to George’s cousin, Milton “Mitt” Romney, who was a quarterback for... Read more
By Whet Moser
An Obama senior adviser previews his boss's 2012 campaign for Bloomberg, indicating that they know as little about our motives as voters as we know about theirs as pols. Read more
By Bryan Smith
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price:$5.995 million
The Property: Now, in high summer, is the time when we most want our homes and gardens to mesh together as one enlarged living space. In Lake Forest, the architect Howard Van Doren Shaw executed that idea splendidly in a country estate he designed in 1909 for Hugh and Mary McBirney... Read more
The Property: Now, in high summer, is the time when we most want our homes and gardens to mesh together as one enlarged living space. In Lake Forest, the architect Howard Van Doren Shaw executed that idea splendidly in a country estate he designed in 1909 for Hugh and Mary McBirney... Read more
By Jan Parr
What a bright idea! GE sent me a sample of its new energy smart LED bulb, which uses 77% less electricity than a 40 watt incandescent, and lasts 22.8 years (when used three hours a day; it will last 25 longer than incandescent)... Read more
By Bryan Smith
Chicago has learned that Cook County authorities on Thursday will charge a Los Angeles man with the 1993 murder of Glenview teenager Tricia Pacaccio, ending a nearly two-decade quest by the girl’s family to bring their daughter’s killer to justice. Michael Gargiulo, 35, was a primary suspect... Read more
By Whet Moser
Attendance at the Taste dropped 300,000 over last year, the lowest level since 1986 and over one million attendees off its mid-2000s highs. Which mirrors broader trends in the food industry. Read more