By Rod O'Connor
LUCKY CATCH: A first-time filmmaker scores the elusive actor to narrate a quirky Cubs doc, showing on September 11th at the Music Box Theatre Read more
September 2010
By Jan Parr
You can always count on Alessi for cool, innovative, and whimsical designs... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.15 million
Sale Price: $2.85 million
The Property: Set amid lush landscaping and towering oak trees, this 15-room house with a large wrap-around porch sold for the highest price in Glenview since early 2008. Built in 2000 on an acre and a half of land, the house has five bedrooms and seven-plus bathrooms... Read more
Sale Price: $2.85 million
The Property: Set amid lush landscaping and towering oak trees, this 15-room house with a large wrap-around porch sold for the highest price in Glenview since early 2008. Built in 2000 on an acre and a half of land, the house has five bedrooms and seven-plus bathrooms... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.275 million
The Property: An old triangular brick warehouse, last used as a distributorship for Polish folklore items, became a stylish home in the hands of the developers Bob and Karen Ranquist. The mix of original wood beams and brick with new wooden stairs, steel beams in the kitchen addition, and funky custom light fixtures by Toronto’s Castor design gives the home a warm, hand-honed feeling... Read more
The Property: An old triangular brick warehouse, last used as a distributorship for Polish folklore items, became a stylish home in the hands of the developers Bob and Karen Ranquist. The mix of original wood beams and brick with new wooden stairs, steel beams in the kitchen addition, and funky custom light fixtures by Toronto’s Castor design gives the home a warm, hand-honed feeling... Read more
By Beth Wilson
REVERSAL OF FORTUNE: When the economy slowed, Jake boutique owners Jim Wetzel and Lance Lawson stopped paying their bills. The two are seeking redemption with a new downtown store, but are unpaid designers willing to forgive? Read more
By Elizabeth Frantz
It’s a party in Harbor Country this weekend. Nonpareil in downtown Buchanan, Michigan, takes place on historic Front Street Saturday, September 4 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Denise Peñacerrada
The mobile food trend is about to gain even more traction with the addition of organic, hyper-local Simple Sandwich aiming to launch September 7. As the name suggests, the concept is straightforward sandwiches (such as roast beef, turkey, grilled chicken) paired with sophisticated accoutrements to add complexity (balsamic onion... Read more
By Carol Felsenthal
I thought I had it figured out. The respected good guy Jerry Stermer, Pat Quinn’s chief of staff, resigned the post last week after acknowledging that he inadvertently sent political e-mails using his state account. Next to no one seems to understand why Stermer, who has spent much of his career advocating on issues involving the health and education of children, especially poor children, would leave over such a measly infraction—three e-mails out of some 39,000... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby with Denise Peñacerrada & Kaitlin Petersen
By Bradley Lincoln
If you’re getting out of the city and heading up to Harbor Country this Labor Day weekend, first of all (a) lucky you, I’m jealous, and second of all (b) good timing, as there is a grand opening party on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. for Brandon Nelson’s new Three Oaks venture, Trilogy Antiques and Design. Nelson, a Chicago expat and the owner of quirky antiques shop Ipso Facto, is taking over the old Springdale vintage furniture store space at 19 West Elm Street, and planning to run it as a group shop featuring a select gaggle of dealers, artists, and designers... Read more