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September 2010
Who Bought Best in 1994?
By Dennis Rodkin
For the great majority of Chicago-area homeowners, the real-estate charts in Chicago’s October issue (just hitting newsstands this week) reflect the dreary news in the housing market. But there are some people who will get a little boost when they check out how their neighborhood or suburb performed... Read more
Democrats for Brady?
By Carol Felsenthal
A friend called to tell me that Democrats are secretly supporting conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady because they predict he’ll be a one-termer. So they’ll grit their teeth for four years and then run a Democrat (who is not Pat Quinn) who can keep the office for multiple terms... Read more
The Sheet: Back to School
By Barri Leiner Grant
School supplies = cool supplies. Step into class with rubber kicks, recycled-crayon stars, and a pop-art soccerball Read more
Mid-Century Modern Estate Sale
By Jan Parr
This is one estate sale I’m not going to miss. Diane Ostreko of Amazing Space, is conducting a sale for the son of a Danish-American woman who began collecting in the 1950s... Read more
Where to Go This Week: Globe Trotting in Bloomington, Indiana
By Catey Sullivan
As stiltwalkers go, the Dragon Knights are in a class—nay, a world—unto themselves. Erase any preconceived notion you may have of clowns tottering about pointlessly on sticks: The Dragon Knights create graceful flights of fancy using slender pole stilts to shape shift into gigantic, leaping crickets and mischievous griffins (head of an eagle, body of a lion), among other fabulous creatures... Read more
Garden Ridge in Aurora
By Amalie Drury
Good news for Chicagoland crafters and holiday decorating fiends: Garden Ridge will open its second area location in Aurora (a Schaumburg outpost was unveiled in early August) on September 17... Read more