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May 2010
Alexi G's Basketball Diaries
By Carol Felsenthal
Many stories about Alexi Giannoulias, the candidate for the U.S. Senate seat once held by Barack Obama, mention that the two are basketball-playing buddies. Not recently: They haven’t played since Obama won the White House. In a phone interview, Alexi attributed this to the President’s busy schedule, but reports suggest that Obama’s advisers want their man... Read more
CVS's Prescription for Foreclosure Relief
By Dennis Rodkin
In a cluster of south suburbs hard hit by the foreclosure crisis, a coalition of towns is working to clean up and stabilize their devastated neighborhoods. Now the CVS pharmacy chain is lending some vital support to that effort by trying to create a pool of potential buyers for homes reclaimed by banks. In late April, CVS announced that it would bring its employer-assisted housing program to the south suburbs... Read more
Dish Flash: Golden
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
Already the site of the recent openings of Aldino’s and Davanti Enoteca, Little Italy will soon get a new paired restaurant and bar. The restaurant, One.Six One (1251 W. Taylor St.; 312-226-1611), is named for the golden ratio (a.k.a. phi or 1.618 and so forth)... Read more
The Life and Death of Blago Aide Christopher Kelly
By Bryan Smith
THE LONG FALL: Christopher Kelly operated in the top circle of the Blagojevich administration, using his tough-guy style and disdain for rules to raise piles of money for the governor. Then the feds got on Kelly’s trail. Last September, he swallowed a deadly mixture of pills and poison. “Tell them they won,” he said with his dying breath Read more
Marionette cocktail at Sable
Next Round “The Violet Hour had the Marion, and this is the Marionette,” says Mike Ryan, the onetime Violet Hour cocktail whiz and newly crowned head bartender at River North’s just-opened gastrolounge Sable. Read more