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The Pink Wishbone Project
By Elizabeth Frantz
Just like the Chicago Skyline these days, the famed Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair—featured in our most recent color issue—is going pink... Read more
Terzo Piano Team More Modern Than Ever
By Penny Pollack, Kaitlin Petersen, Lena Singer, and Jeff Ruby
Modern Times Balcony Café, on the second floor of the Art Institute's Modern Wing, will be reborn this Friday as Caffe Moderne (159 E. Monroe St.; no phone yet), with the team upstairs at Terzo Piano taking charge... Read more
Running on Empty: Postmarathon Drinking
By Amalie Drury
The Chicago Marathon—which begins this Sunday, October 10th, at 7:30 a.m. in Grant Park—has taken over my life, and I’m not even running it. The Creative Director is, though, and over the course of his seven months of training I’ve found myself engaged in the following activities... Read more
New in the Loop: IPO Opens (Quietly) at the W
By Penny Pollack, Lena Singer and Kaitlin Petersen
Going Public Hitting white-collar LaSalle Street for a cross-cultural urban experience would be like going to Brooks Brothers to buy gold fronts. But IPO (172 W. Adams St.; 312-917-5608)—which opened quietly on October 4th in the W Chicago-City Center hotel—will attempt to bring the two seemingly disparate elements together. Read more
"Macbeth," Muti, and Mutter: Season-Opening Drama at the Lyric and CSO
By Nora O'Donnell
It was a big weekend for floor-length sparkly gowns and penguin suits—some accessorized with swooping capes, torn from the racks of Phantoms ‘R’ Us. On Friday, the Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its season with Verdi’s Macbeth, and on Saturday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra honored its first official year with Maestro Riccardo Muti at the helm with a one-night only performance and ball." Read more
The Discreet Charm of RL
By Amalie Drury
From its fumbling start just off the Mag Mile, the first and only American restaurant in the Ralph Lauren empire has evolved into the dining room of choice for Chicago’s local celebrities and society elite. Its secret? To paraphrase Marshall Field: Give the diner what she wants Read more