At the Housewares Show this week, I spotted these fun coasters made in suburban Elmwood Park... Read more
When Rafik Boughadou, a native of Algeria, moved to the United States 11 years ago, he quickly fell in love. “When I went to Fashion Week for the first time, it really changed my life,” he says... Read more
Today Rahm Emanuel announced two of his transition teams, including his education team. Since the Chicago Public Schools, teacher contracts, charter schools, and school turnarounds will all be major issues for the new mayor, here's a look at the people he's appointed to help him. Read more
THE SOCIAL NETWORKER: He lunches with Desirée Rogers—weekly—and has the Midas touch for fundraising among his gilded circle of friends. Take a lesson, Mark Zuckerberg: When it comes to making connections, the Chicago entrepreneur and philanthropist Neal Zucker is the paradigm of gracious chic Read more
The Girl & the Goat chef is planning on opening an old-school diner called The Little Goat, a super-casual restaurant inspired by Mel's Diner of TV fame and the diners she went to as a kid. Read more