Scout on the Interview Show, Cool Dog Dishes, Weekend Fun

By Bradley Lincoln

I’ve had a blast at several of Mark Bazer’s monthly Interview Shows at The Hideout, where talk-show guests from all walks of life, from top chefs to best-selling authors to SNL-tapped comedians to fashionistas have walked the boards... Read more

What the Sell?! Poster Sale, Ugly Couch Contest

By Bradley Lincoln

The venerable International Vintage Poster Fair returns to town for the 20th year this weekend, with dozens of dealers from around the world unrolling more than 10,000 original posters at the Chicago Cultural Center... Read more

The Hi-Tech Home, Daniels Antiques Reopens, Jayson’s Petit Flea

By Bradley Lincoln

Advances in technology have made these very exciting times to live in, but with the constant introduction of got-to-have-it gadgets and call-in-sick-to-line-up-for iWhatevers they can be more than a little overwhelming... Read more

Steve Schapiro at Edelman, Blu Dot Swap, Flower & Garden Show

By Bradley Lincoln

In 1975, the journalistic lensman Steve Schapiro was invited by Robert DeNiro to become the exclusive on-set photographer for Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, and given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Jodie, Marty, and Bob, as well as the production... Read more

Rima Suqi, Artists Frame Service Sale, Architect Barbie

By Bradley Lincoln

The fashion and home design worlds often swing in the same circles, and there’s a stylish meeting-of-the-minds event coming up this month at the Alexis Bittar jewelry and accessories store in Bucktown that I’m pretty excited about. Read more

Free chairs, LaGrange Antique Show, Sacred Art Bday

By Bradley Lincoln

The Blizzard of 2011 has mostly melted away, so it’s increasingly rare to see furniture/placeholders sitting on the street, holding dibs on parking spots for commandeering shovelers (and we saw a lot of them last month, huh?)... Read more

Best Gear’s winning lantern, Revision Home sale, Bentwood opens

By Bradley Lincoln

Every year, Travel + Leisure magazine assembles a panel of taste-vetting arbiters to pick the best-designed new products and buildings for its design awards... Read more

Epoch Pop-Up, Bring it Home TV, Urban Folk Circuit

By Bradley Lincoln

Chicago florist Mike Hines has been creating artistic, atypical, not-your-grocery-store-variety arrangements for private clients and upmarket hotels for the past ten years, at his lofty Epoch studio on the West Side... Read more

Heady Beds, Bradley Hughes Opens, Fort Pitt Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

Nebraskan HGTV buff Marilyn Wilson noticed a lot of chirpy television personalities struggling to maneuver unwieldy headboards up narrow stairwells and into bedrooms, and thought that there ought to be an easier way of spiffing up a boudoir... Read more

Aaron’s Apothecary, Homes of the Stars, Bellini Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

For decades, the independently owned Parkway Drugs served the pharmacy and shopping needs of Chicago residents with style and personality, providing a fine selection of gifts, magazines, and housewares to peruse while waiting for those curative creams and pill prescriptions to be filled... Read more

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