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December 2010
Danny Davis: Ministers want a single black candidate; Rev. Jesse Jackson brokering?
By Carol Felsenthal
Congressman Danny Davis says that, at the behest of various black ministers, he and Carol Moseley Braun will meet again later today to discuss whether one of them should drop out of the race for Chicago mayor.  The two longtime friends—the leading African American candidates in the contest—met on Christmas Eve to talk shop about the campaign ... Read more
Where to Go for New Year’s Eve: Four celebrations in four states
By Catey Sullivan
Friday is, arguably, the most high-pressure party night of the year since conventional wisdom mandates that you must have a spectacularly good time on New Year’s Eve or suffer, knowing that you bungled the chance to enter the rest of your life in proper revelatory fashion. Herein, four festivities that provide all the balloons, Champagne, and after-party suites you could want, be you in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, or Wisconsin... Read more
Gubi Chairs
By Gina Bazer
This weekend we went to our friends’ house for lunch and sat in their new Gubi chairs. I loved them so much... Read more
Now Open: Paradise Cantina
Sand, cerveza, and more air brushing than the cover of Cosmo: Welcome to Paradise Cantina (1212 N. State Pkwy.; 312-202-0994), a new Mexico-inspired bar in the vicinity of Rush and Division that, beach party overload aside, looks pretty darn good right now in comparison to the snowdrifts outside... Read more