Journalist and novelist Gioia Dilberto discusses the new edition of her biography of Hadley Richardson Hemingway, the legendary writer's first wife, which brings to life the couple's passionate Chicago courtship. Read more
Did Rod Blagojevich seriously think he could track down the al-Qaeda mastermind? It's not as farfetched as it sounds: it wouldn't have been the first time the former governor had come face to face with a notorious villain on the world stage. Read more
The Haymaker Shop, an ambitious new furniture and home accessories store devoted to Chicago- and Midwestern-made goods, opened yesterday in Andersonville at 5507 North Clark Street, and from what I’ve seen so far, it looks like a knockout... Read more
List Price: $750,000 The Property: A onetime corner candy store in Chicago got a very hip update when its corner-wrapping windows were replaced with a quirky mosaic of glass block. It’s a visual embodiment of what’s happened throughout the Roscoe Village neighborhood over the past two decades, as that former working-class community got an infusion of contemporary cool... Read more
