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Celebrity Beat: Politicking with Pete Wentz
Fall Out Boy bassist and Wilmette native Pete Wentz hosted a fundraiser for presidential hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday night at Lakeview Broadcasting Company. "I've been an Obama supporter since he announced he was campaigning," Wentz told me. "I was aware of him as a senator, but I wasn't as engaged as I probably should've been." Read more
Rabbit Stew, Guinness Stew, and Pink Ladies
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Unlucky Rabbit

Paul Fehribach, the chef-owner of Andersonville’s upcoming Big Jones (5347 N. Clark St.), has a defined focus for his new restaurant, bowing in early April: “It’s contemporary coastal Southern—cuisine from low-country Carolinas—a little bit of Florida and Caribbean,” he says. “And a lot of Cajun and Creole, more of the urban Louisiana cuisines.” Fehribach, an Indiana native who created the recipes for the Hi Ricky noodle chain during his lengthy stint with the company—and learned to appreciate Southern food during five years in the kitchen at Harmony Grill (3159 N. Southport Ave.; 773-525-2508)—will bake his own bread, brew his own Worcestershire, and make some of his own cheeses. Also, look for a menu of classic prewar cocktails like pink ladies and...

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Something Sketchy

I've been wrestling with the whooping cough, so Coda has been silent. (No one, I'm sure, wanted to read my musings on Ellen reruns and French existentialist writers--my main activities when I was bedridden.) Fortunately for you, Web editor Esther Kang and her pal, local writer Jackie Ostrowski, hit the annual Sketchfest in my absence and came up with a must-see: a local group called Bri-Ko. Read the review, view the photo gallery, and catch Bri-Ko again this Friday, January 11th, at 11 p.m...

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On the Market—A New Home in Lake View’s Instant Neighborhood
By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2,275,000

The Property: Situated in a neighborhood of new, high-end homes on a parcel of land in Lake View that was, until six years ago, entirely industrial, this 11-room house has a clean-cut limestone façade, bamboo floors, steel and glass stair rails, and a super-sleek kitchen. But what really grabs the eye is the solid-core wood doors faced with a vertical-striped zebrawood veneer that are used throughout the house, providing a dark accent to an otherwise light interior.

The house has five outdoor decks on four levels, including a spacious party deck atop the garage and two more private decks on opposite sides of a third-floor den with outdoor stairs up to the rooftop. Glass walls extending out to the decks and lots of...

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This Week on Spike—November 14 – price cuts
By Dennis Rodkin

Dennis Rodkin appears regularly on WGN's Spike O'Dell Radio Program sometimes discussing properties not mentioned in the Deal Estate blog. Check back here each week to find links and information for those listings.

From the November 14th show - Price cuts in the Chicago region:

AURORA
List Price Now: $575,000
Original List Price: $649,500		 GURNEE
List Price Now: $389,000
Original List Price: $439,000
LAKEVIEW
List Price Now: $489,000
Original List Price: $570,000 		PALOS HEIGHTS
List Price Now: $699,000
Original List Price: $759,000
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Battle of the Ages
By Geoffrey Johnson
For decades, the Henry B. Clarke House on South Indiana Avenue enjoyed the uncontested honor of being called the city’s oldest home. But over the past few years, a contender for that title has quietly emerged: the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in Norwood Park. Read more
Design Within Her Reach
By Carrie Napolilli
The Art Institute's new design curator, Zoë Ryan, discusses her own art collection, good luck charms, current obsessions, and more Read more
Drawing a Crowd
By Jeff Fleischer
The Art Institute's astounding collection of prints and drawings deserves a closer look. Read more