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June 2012
Week 35: Freaks and Leaks
By Jeff Ruby
Hello, Week 35. I remember you. You are the week when I have to start tying the wife’s shoes because she can’t bend over... Read more
Pete Cosey and My Favorite Album Cover
By Whet Moser
In the late sixties, Chess drafted guitar Renaissance man Pete Cosey to hep up the sound of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. The result was deeply influential, and also deeply resented by both blues greats, which led to a classic and oddball bit of music marketing. Read more
Rahm's Role on Obama's National Security Team—Who Knew?
By Carol Felsenthal
In a new book that offers dramatic details on Rahm’s time as Barack Obama’s chief of staff, our mayor comes off as more of a heavyweight on national security issues than I ever imagined. So much so that one could credit him with a key role in killing Osama bin Laden, not to mention in promoting the drone strikes that have been eliminating top al-Qaeda’s terrorists at a steady clip... Read more
Harbor Country Home Tour
By Gina Bazer and Alice Oglethorpe
If driving to Harbor Country is on your bucket list for the summer, then grab your keys and a copy of the summer issue of Chicago Home + Garden—which has a nice little guide to shopping in Harbor Country—now... Read more
In Lincoln Park, Something Suburban This Way Comes
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.85 million
The Property: Although it’s now jammed with strollers and baby boutiques, west Lincoln Park wasn’t nearly as family-friendly 20 years ago, when Jonathan Peabody and Lindsey Stewart decided they didn’t want to move to the suburbs to raise their kids... Read more