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Italian Spa-Boutique Arrives in the Loop
Twice as Nice
Meaning “downtown escape” in Italian, Fuga Centro (8 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-332-3842, salonfuga.com) is the sister location of Lake View spa and salon; both offer hair, nail, facial, body, waxing, and enhancement treatments using products from Italy... Read more
Kathryn Kerrigan Opens in Bucktown
By Bridget Maiellaro
Super Shoes
Three years after launching her first brick-and-mortar location in Libertyville, the designer Kathryn Kerrigan is offering her vintage-couture inspired shoes in Chicago... Read more
Baby and Maternity Stores in Chicago
Babydreams (448 Central Ave., Highland Park; 847-432-4704, 1858 N. Damen Ave., Chicago; 773-486-9445, babydreams.info) Gifts and baby clothes, toys, and accessories, as well as crib bedding. They also create custom gift baskets for special events. Be By Baby (1654 W. Roscoe St.; 773-404-2229, bebybaby.com) Carries everything parents need to prep for baby, from maternity and breastfeeding bras, and cloth diapers to some furniture. Read more
Where the Experts Shop: Index of stores
This index is arranged alphabetically by category. To save space, we omitted the web addresses, except for online-only stores and in cases where the website is difficult to find even when using a search engine. Read more
The Sun Also Rises
Two Floors of Japan

After a year of business, Farmerie 58 (58 E. Ontario St.), a massive Gold Coast space with an identity crisis (farm-oriented bistro? Raw bar? Pub?), has closed. The current plan calls for the ground level to reopen later this fall as a sushi bar with Ming San (formerly of Rise) as the sushi chef. If all goes as expected, the upstairs will eventually unveil as a Read more
USDA Certified Organic Wellness Facility
By Bridget Maiellaro
Giving green a new name

Born and raised in Yugoslavia, Lillian Ostojich says she has spent most of her life developing ways to encourage healthy ways of living. A doctor who has dabbled in business, Ostojich created Zoetica (1250 N. LaSalle Dr.; 866-963-8422, zoetica.net), an organic health and wellness facility certified by the USDA—perhaps the nation’s first. “We really did everything possible to make it as pure as possible,” says Ostojich, who spent nearly four years planning... Read more
Casual and Affordable in Lincoln Park
By Katherine Lee

One Fish, Two Fish

Founded in 2007 by the husband-and-wife team Mandy and Tal Moise, the Chicago-born clothing brand vfish is known for comfortable styles that are reasonably priced. Recently, the couple opened their Lincoln Park flagship store (2937 N. Clark St.; 312-423-7839), also serves as their atelier and showroom. We love the preppy-chic Tara Jacket ($120) as well as the sleek Ava...

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Earth-Friendly Baby Gear in Andersonville
By Rebecca Little

Kids Need Their Greens

Get ‘em started while they’re young and green your baby at the new Andersonville shop Green Genes (5111 N. Clark St.; 773-944-9250, green-genes.com), a baby store that compiles style and eco-friendliness with its selection of baby clothes, toys, diapers, bottles, and other items. The baby clothes, for example, are made of organic cotton, including a onesie emblazoned with “V is for Vegetables” from WonderToast Organics ($30) or canvas pants for toddlers ($23). You’ll also find PVC-free diaper bags from Kalencom, such as the olive green with an orange design ($85), and other practical items, such as SIGG water bottles, bamboo bowls, and Erbaviva baby soaps, lotions, and...

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An Italian Newcomer on the Gold Coast
By Rebecca Little

Ciao, Bella

The Italian sportswear brand Dismero (50 E. Oak St.; 312-380-6590, www.dismero.com), opened its United States flagship store in Chicago (the other locations are in Munich, Germany and Verona, Italy) after its owner and designer Andy D’Auria fell in love with the city on a recent trip. The white, refined space creates a neutral backdrop for the luxury line, which is known throughout Europe for a fit that keeps a woman’s curves in mind, particularly in its stretch jeans. The color palette sticks to basics such as navy, taupe, white, and black, with an infusion of...

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Housing Bulletin—X/O, Lakeshore Athletic Club, and Two Former Blog Homes
By Dennis Rodkin

The fates of two controversial Chicago real-estate projects were decided over the past week—and both decisions involved freshmen aldermen. The first bit of news concerned X/O, the pair of sinuous towers, designed by Lucien Lagrange, slated to go up in the South Loop at 18th Street and Prairie Avenue. Reacting to residents’ fears that the tall buildings would overwhelm the landmark Glessner House and other historic residences nearby, Robert Fioretti, the newly elected alderman of the 2nd Ward, had proposed an ordinance that would have cut the site’s allowable building height in half, from 450 to 225 feet. Fioretti’s proposal would have essentially repealed the Planned Development Ordinance for the property that the Chicago City Council had approved in October 2006, before Fioretti was elected.

But then came the report late last week that Fioretti had withdrawn his ordinance, thus giving the $300-million project the green light. According to Keith Giles, who is developing X/O with his partner...

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