Damen Avenue scores the boutique store Von Z, LA-based Splendid opens its first shop in the city, Jayson Home holds a big semi-annual sale, and more. Read more
Rocky Levy and his team find unique ways to use old car hoods, timber, and discarded granite. The results are pretty enough to dream of taking home. Read more
On a quick grab-and-go lunch run to the new Clark Street place, butterscotch sticky buns stole the show from some nice, fresh sandwiches and salads. Read more
Good schools. Big yard. Quiet street. This cute $309,000 three-bedroom in Mount Prospect would have sold in a flash if it weren't for that little one-car garage. Read more
This is what North Clark Street looked like as midnight approached on June 24, the night Chicago won the 2013 Stanley Cup. Screaming insanity. Manic celebration. A madhouse. And a surprisingly well-made DIY scale model of the cup itself, sculpted in aluminum foil. Read more
The newest additions to Chicago's hot hotel scene have something for locals and out-of-towners. Plus: Apps to help you travel better, and a new boutique hotel in the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. Read more
The pick to replace wealthy businesswoman Penny Pritzker is investment banker Deborah Quazzo, a charter-school advocate and advisor to education companies. Read more
