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January 2011
Breakthroughs in Women's Health
By Karen Springen
As the medical community has belatedly acknowledged, women experience many diseases differently than men—and they are more prone to a number of ailments. Fortunately, Chicago today stands at the epicenter of women’s health research. In the following pages, we examine the latest developments on a wide range of medical fronts that have particular urgency for women Read more
Australia at Trump, Art & Artifacts Pop-Up, JG Custom Design
By Bradley Lincoln
We may be skirting ankle-deep curbsides of slush and scraping Mesozoic layers of ice off windshields, but Aussies are currently enjoying the heady heat of summer, probably planning what to throw on their barbies Monday (that’s the national holiday Australia Day, the equivalent of our Fourth of July)... Read more
Careful Peach Sale
By Gina Bazer
The cute Oak Park shop Careful Peach that was one our “Bests” of Chicago design in 2010 will be offering 30 percent off... Read more
Bienvenue to the South Loop
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1,499,900
The Property: This 4,300-square-foot condo on the 19th floor of a century-old building on South Michigan Avenue has expansive views of Grant Park, the skyline, and Lake Michigan—but it is laid out with the convenience of suburban ranch house... Read more
Rich and Rahm as Family Men—Some Striking Similarities
By Carol Felsenthal
Not to take the comparison between Rich Daley and Rahm Emanuel too far—Daley in ballet tights?—but as family men the mayor and his would-be successor share a couple of key traits. When Bill Clinton came to town on Tuesday to tout the talents of his buddy Rahm, and Rahm responded by toasting his former boss, “I could not ask for a better role model than you,” I wondered what Rahm’s wife Amy Rule thought... Read more
Weekend Photos: Privét
At 11:30 p.m. on Friday you could almost hear the crystals in Privét’s newly hung chandeliers clinking: Although management successfully completed a rush overhaul of the Gold Coast space that housed Le Passage for nearly a decade, not even they could hasten a fashionably late crowd... Read more