Mark Prior has sold the Lincoln Park townhouse that he bought in 2002 several months after arriving in Chicago to great expectations. Prior left the Cubs in December 2007, but he didn’t put the four-bedroom townhouse on the market until..." /> Mark Prior has sold the Lincoln Park townhouse that he bought in 2002 several months after arriving in Chicago to great expectations. Prior left the Cubs in December 2007, but he didn’t put the four-bedroom townhouse on the market until..." /> Mark Prior has sold the Lincoln Park townhouse that he bought in 2002 several months after arriving in Chicago to great expectations. Prior left the Cubs in December 2007, but he didn’t put the four-bedroom townhouse on the market until..." />
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September 2009
Ex-Cub Mark Prior Sells His Lincoln Park Townhouse
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $695,000
Sale Price: $676,000
The Property: The pitcher Mark Prior has sold the Lincoln Park townhouse that he bought in 2002 several months after arriving in Chicago to great expectations. Prior left the Cubs in December 2007, but he didn’t put the four-bedroom townhouse on the market until... Read more
Who Shot J.R.?

 

Wait a minute… that’s not the question. The question is, who decorated the Green Room for the Daytime Emmys? Of course you know from reading this blog that Chicagoans Christopher Michiels and Sheri Zeman did! They just sent this snap of Sheri (left) in the room with Bobby Ewing and an associate. They’re standing in front of Sheri’s textural art panels. Toto, we’re not in Southfork anymore!

—JAN PARR

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Major League
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Urban Wowboy
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.899 million
The Property: Among the sharpest buildings from the city’s recent years of condo buildup is the five-year-old Contemporaine, a modern 15-story concrete and glass design by the estimable Ralph Johnson. Read more
Green Goodbye
 

The eco-friendly Roscoe Village shop A Cooler Planet, part of our green shopping round-up is closing its doors at the end of the month and offering deep discounts on organic bedding, mattresses, bed frames, and more. It’s so sad to see a passionate independent shop with such good values say adieu. Stop in for healthy, earth-friendly good deals.

—GINA BAZER

PHOTO: ERIC HAUSMAN

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This Old Pontiac Is No Clunker
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby
Neapolitics in Downers Grove
Parkers’ Restaurant & Bar  (1000 31st St., Downers Grove; 630-960-5700), a new farm-friendly American revamp of Parkers’ Ocean Grill, also happens to serve Neapolitan pizza so serious that it received Naples’ treasured VPN (Vera Pizza Napoletana) certification. “We had a wood-burning oven since we opened as Parkers’, but we didn’t really utilize it... Read more
Greatest Mistake
Don't-miss picks for 09.02.09 through 09.08.09: An Oscar nom comes home … poets pay ode to the fair dino … Burnham goes celluloid … Plus, a Million Dollar Broadway nod and more Read more
Pagoda Red Happening, Fun in Buchanan
By Bradley Lincoln
Hobnob with the ninth Earl of Spencer (that would be Charles, brother of the late, lovely Diana, Princess of Wales) at Barrington’s Honquest Furniture for Living, this coming Tuesday, September 8 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Charlie is in town to meet and greet fans... Read more
We Scream For…
 

These porcelain cones ($20 each) from Grasshopper 510 are so cute, whether used for display or a vase or serving ice cream. The non-toxic, lead-free glaze makes them good for kids, too. Of course the kid will be bummed he can’t eat the cone.  And you’ll be bummed if he drops it. Size is approximately 2¾  inches by 2¼ inches.

—GINA BAZER

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Turret Syndrome
By Dennis Rodkin
Christopher Kowalski’s home may not be his castle, but his guesthouse sure is. A three-bedroom castle complete with turrets, gargoyles, and rooftop battlements, the guesthouse stands about 50 yards away from the four-bedroom Tudor home where Kowalski and his wife, Grace, have lived since 1990... Read more