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June 2011
Olivia Castellini Is One of the 20 Gorgeous Singles You Can Meet This Friday at Summer Lovin’
By Amalie Drury
It’s a rite of summer—the night Chicago’s singles come out to play at the MCA—and it’s happening this Friday: Summer Lovin’ (details below) is your chance to mingle with the city’s 20 most eligible men and women over drinks and bites from local restaurants (M Burger, The Purple Pig) while supporting stroke therapy and research at Northwestern Memorial Hospital... Read more
Investigation Shows Obama Bundlers Land Cushy Jobs
By Carol Felsenthal
A must-read investigation shows President Obama is appointing top funders to prestigious posts at a rate greater than his predecessor. Missing from report: two former Chicagoans with the best jobs of all. Plus: startlingly low test numbers from the school system Jean-Claude Brizard most recently ran. Read more
What Penny Eats: Portland Diary
By Penny Pollack
Penny puts Portland's restaurant reputation to the test. Is the hip West Coast city a culinary comer? Actually, it's even better than that. Here's a photo tour of the evidence. Read more
Kraft Foods’s Brand New World
By Victoria Lautman
Sanjay Khosla learned to woo customers the old-fashioned way—by selling soap off a handcart in the countryside of India. Now at Kraft Foods, Khosla is hailed as a globalization guru. His biggest win so far? Translating Oreos into Chinese Read more
Getting Wright Right
By Dennis Rodkin
Brown like the nearby tree trunks and terminating in a raised porch that blends indoors and out, the George Millard house in Highland Park exemplifies how well a residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright can coexist with its surroundings. Now the family that has spent 19 years restoring the home is ready to move on. Read more