Chicago Magazine Who: Jonathan Drubner, 34, L.A. Job: Stand-up comedian; TV writer, producer, and hostStatus: Single Despite feeling under the weather, I attended the Heineken Premium Light party Monday at Green Dolphin Street for Boom Boom Room, the 15-year-old alternative-house dance party that attracts everyone from grown-up club kids to exotic dancers. So much for getting to … Read more
List price: $1.399 million The Property: Designed by the great North Shore architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, this home was built in 1913 as one half of a pair of twin gatehouses for a lavish lakefront estate on Sheridan Road. When the present sellers, Tierney Danehy and Tom McNulty, bought the place in 1995, it … Read more
Last week, two real-estate projects in the Chicago tradition of “make no little plans” took some giant steps forward, as both plans won approval from the city’s Plan Commission. One is the ongoing proposal to build a twisting 150-story condo tower-the architect Santiago Calatrava’s Chicago Spire-just north of the Chicago River and west of Lake … Read more
I succumbed to peer pressure this weekend and tried Stone Lotus hosted Cocaine’s local launch party Friday, and despite plenty of negative buzz, the drink’s appeal doesn’t seem to have taken a hit. "If we lost five customers, we gained 20," says Brian Winshall, the exclusive Chicago distributor of Cocaine, which can be found at … Read more
Sarah is feeling a bit under the weather today, but she’s determined to make tonight’s Park West event. Check back tomorrow for more from our Last Girl Standing. —– EXCERPT:
List price: $224,900Sale price: $220,000 The Property: On April 11th-the day before this five-room house sold for $220,000-the National Association of Realtors (NAR) forecast that the national median price for an existing home in 2007 will be $220,300. If that prediction holds up, it means that half the houses sold this year will go for … Read more
Who: Brook Jay, "mid-30s," Humboldt Park Job: Founder and co-president of Wild West Comedy Show and filming it for a documentary. Within a month, I was working with him. I arranged a product placement for Diageo, the world’s largest liquor company." Boozing with Vaughn and hanging out with his then-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston was a nice … Read more
Update: The property has been taken off the market; the Trafelets are negotiating a private sale. List price: $649,000 The Property: A duplex in a classic 1920s Gold Coast building designed by Andrew Rebori, this five-room, two-bedroom apartment manages to create elegance in an economical space. Except for the dramatic two-story living room-with a charming … Read more
For people whose job demands that they park all over the city, there may be nothing more frustrating than hunting for a parking space in a permit-zoned Chicago neighborhood. A potential solution to that problem isn’t working-most likely because of tinkering by city hall. Permit-zone parking started on the Northwest Side in 1979 in the … Read more
I didn’t want to make a big deal about my birthday this year. Like I said last week, approaching your mid-30s isn’t necessarily an occasion to celebrate. That said, I had the best birthday weekend this year, simply because I spent it with good friends and family. My pizza party at Piece was great; we … Read more
