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Win, Place, or Show: Rating Kentucky Derby Parties at Chicago Bars
By Amalie Drury
While I’m delighted to know that people outside my hometown of Louisville find the Kentucky Derby exciting enough to celebrate, even hundreds of miles away, I’m skeptical as to what outsiders think a Derby party looks like—and today’s Cinco de Mayo bashes haven’t exactly eased my anxiety. Premixed Mint Juleps? No thank you... Read more
How Bad Has Chicago's Spring Weather Been?
By Whet Moser
An attempt to give a quantifiable, data-based answer a well-worn but extremely important question, especially to all Chicagoans: so how about this weather we've been having lately? (Hint: it's as bad as you think.) Read more
Frank Galati Sells His Lakeshore East Condo
By Dennis Rodkin
On Monday, Frank Galati, the Tony Award–winning Chicago director and actor, and his partner, Peter Amster, who is also a theatre director, sold their condo at 340 on the Park, which overlooks Millennium Park... Read more
British Consul General Hosts Official Chicago Royal Wedding Party
By Lena Singer
As royal wedding fanatics counted down the final hours before Prince William and Kate Middleton’s walk down the aisle, the happy couple was toasted in the Chicago home of British Consul General Robert Chatterton Dickson at a party that merged English pomp (ladies in hats; men in ties and tails) with Midwestern circumstance (coffee mugs immortalizing the... Read more
A Vintage Lake View Greystone With Room to Grow
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $985,000
The Property: When making their coffee order, some people ask for the drink “with room”—space at the top of the cup for adding cream or sugar. Here’s a 124-year-old greystone in Lake View that comes with room: about 1,000 feet of unfinished walk-up attic space with 12-foot ceilings that could become a master suite or an enormous family room... Read more
Geno Bahena Returns with Danzón Restaurante
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
A Stroke of Geno
Geno Bahena, the well-traveled veteran of Los Moles, Real Tenochtitlán, Tepatulco, Deliciosoy Sabroso Grill, Chilpancingo, Ixcapuzalco, and Frontera Grill, is on the verge of another opening: Danzón Restaurante... Read more
Does Chicago's Old Housing Stock Lead to High Carbon Emissions?
By Whet Moser
Cook County is the third-largest producer of CO2 emissions in the country by county, according to the Vulcan Project out of Purdue. Why? Our emissions are pretty well-balanced, but old houses and apartments mean that it takes more fossil fuels to live here than in similar cities. Read more