Mid-century Decor in West Town

By Rebecca Little

It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod World
The popularity of mid-century modernism seems on par with that of pizza and beachfront real estate. Everybody likes it, and demand drives up prices. But Angela Finney-Hoffman and Barkley Hoffman, the husband-and-wife owners of the West Town shop Post27 (1819 W. Grand Ave.; 312-829-6122), have infused affordability into the...

Nymphenburg Sale

Nymphenburg fine porcelain is rarely found on sale.
But the Nymphenburg showroom here is moving from its current home at 470 N. Milwaukee Ave., and to get ready, everything will be reduced 20 to 30 percent one day only, August 8, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Owner Mary Jeanne Kneen is accepting pre-sale orders at 312-421-3500. The new showroom will be at 400 W. Erie St. and is slated to open after Labor Day.

—JAN PARR

Inside the Lolla Photo Pit

By Esther Kang

Just when you thought Snap had died a quiet, lonely death, we come back with the vengeance of a fat kid in line for ice cream on a hot day at Lollapalooza.

Brittney, the other half of Snap, is off on some beach in Mexico for her honeymoon, after a lovely (and genuinely fun) wedding two weekends ago. Me, sullen and lonely for my blogging partner, I trolled Grant Park for three days in the heat with heavy equipment on my shoulders, all to bring you photos from Lollapalooza...

Lollapalooza 2008 in Photos

By Esther Kang & Megan Lovejoy

We went. We shot. We conquered. Here's a look at Lolla in pictures—everything from bands to crowds to tats to street style. Read more

Showers are the New Sweet Sixteens

When I was in high school, I had a Sweet Sixteen. I wore a bright blue and rainbow-striped sweater from Benetton with shoulder pads. The sweater was three sizes too big, and it swallowed its tighter, matching cousin, the sweater skirt. Who got invited to Sweet Sixteens was the stuff of Gossip Girl. Midway through my party (at the now-shuttered Brio in Highland Park), I sat front and center opening gifts, dolling out my best "oohs" and "ahhs" before 40 frenemies. I feigned excitement over a stuffed animal...

Lolla: Sunday’s Best/Worst

By Cassie Walker & Modesta Zapata

The holy trinity of Lollapalooza attendance: a mini-roll of Charmin, handy wipes, and sunscreen. By day three, it seemed like most people had figured this out, along with the names and locations of all of the stages, and the fact that getting piss drunk in the hot sun just isn't that much fun. Maybe it's just us, but Sunday at Lolla seemed way more chill, and, to that end, enjoyable. Here, the best/worst of the finale...

Sale of the Week—Surf and Turf in Lake View

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $2,349,000
Sale Price: $2,235,000
The Property: One of ten new high-end houses that front on a private greensward where a street would ordinarily be, this 13-room Italianate brick house has six bedrooms, five-plus baths, and two fireplaces. An 11th house that also shares the common green, along with a clubhouse with a swimming pool and...

Danish Modern on the Move

Andrew Hollingsworth, Chicago’s go-to guy for Nordic niceties, is relocating his gallery from River North to the up-and-coming Kinzie Corridor neighborhood as of August 1, and going appointment only. He’s still got the best selection of furniture and accessories from great Danes like Ole Wanscher, Hans Wegner, and Finn Juhl (the chairs shown above are Juul-Moller and the sofa is Frits Henningsen), but now you’ll just have to call ahead. Hollingsworth cites an increasingly Web-based business, steep River North rents, and a desire to be part of a hip new area (Modern Times, Nate Berkus , Wright, Post 27 , and the MCA Warehouse will be new neighbors) as motivation for the move. Oh and he’s also publishing a coffee-table tome on Danish Modern design next month that I’m psyched to add to my library.

–BRADLEY LINCOLN

Lolla: Saturday’s Best/Worst

If day one of Lollapalooza was about Radiohead, day two was about Barack Obama, if in spirit only. Despite rampant rumors that the presidential candidate was going to show up to introduce Wilco, he never did. It almost didn't matter: Enough bands, including Broken Social Scene and Rage Against the Machine, used their mics to take up his mantra of change. "Wake up!" howled Zach de la Rocha of Rage to a field full of people who, from the looks of it, were more interested in starting the next mosh pit than inspiring a political revolution...

Lolla: Friday’s Best/Worst

Day one of Lollapalooza wrapped with Thom Yorke and the rest of Radiohead crowing the lyrics to "Optimistic"—"If you try the best you can, if you try the best you can"—to a sea of people. And by a sea, I mean 75,000 crowded into Grant Park today—all seemingly buying beer; all seemingly sweating beyond the effectiveness of Secret and Mitchum. Hey, we were all trying the best we could to not have a heat stroke. Thanks for hearing us, Thom.

To that end, here are the best and worst of Lollapalooza, day one...

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