Excuse Me, Your Purse Is Melting
Edible shoes. Edible jewelry. Edible handbags. This is not the usual direction of a trained chocolatier. But Rieko Wada, a graduate of the French Pastry School, is about to unveil just such a line of chocolates. Wada, along with her daughter, Kasumi Wada, is launching their popular online chocolate store, Chocolatines, as a bricks-and-mortar…
Steve’s Deli, Mantou Noodle Bar, The Century Public House, and Sunda
A goofy-sounding spot in Naperville brings much to the table, while a well-heeled Streeterville restaurant is a trickier proposition
THE BAR OWNER Todd Rubin—of Cabaret and, more recently, Privé in Vegas—is back and opening a new River North bar (name and address TBD) with the team behind English. THE DJS White Shadow and Major Taylor spin together Mondays at Angels & Kings. Turntable duets and Pete Wentz sightings? We’re there. … Read more
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Looking for that special something to pull your room together? Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is holding a rug tag sale in conjunction with Oscar Isberian Rugs Friday, January 30 through Sunday, February 8, from noon to 5 at the auction house. More than 500 rugs will be on display in a variety of prices and sizes.
—Gina Bazer
Oscar Isberian Rugs and Leslie Hindman Auctioneers have joined forces once again for a wall-to-wall winter rug sale at Hindman’s West Loop gallery. More than 500 carpets in an array of sizes and styles will be available for instantly gratifying purchase starting this Friday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 8. We knighted Isberian owners Oscar and Sarkis Tatosian “rug czars” in our Best of Chicago Design issue, and here’s your opportunity to pick up a few of their greatly reduced carpets. Rug reps will be on hand to answer questions and help flip through the plush piles.
On Ridge Avenue in Rogers Park—just north of Touhy Avenue and south of St. Scholastica High School—sits that wonderland of terra cotta called Casa Bonita. Its towers, crests, pediments, and other white clay accents signal that when the building went up in 1928, this wasn’t merely a place to live, but to live large…
No, Not Frank Serpico . . .
After years of selling her clothing and jewelry in local boutiques, online, and at trunk shows, Melissa Serpico Kamhout recently opened her first boutique, Serpico (1514 N. Ashland Ave.; 773-252-5940, serpico-collection.com), bringing Wicker Park a bigger selection of unique formal and dressy casual items. “It’s really different from what’s out there,” says Serpico Kamhout, a lifelong Chicagoan and former graphic designer. “Items are made from leather and silk with…
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IQMatics in Schaumburg just started carrying this very commercial-looking furniture line from a UK– and Poland–based company called Tomek Rygalik. If you sorta like the idea of your living room looking like a futuristic airport terminal seating area, the line, called Tremo, is just the, um, ticket.
—Gina Bazer
The rise of this new approach to self-improvement leads to answers for many—and questions, too
