Friends from New York as well as shows like Sex and the City rave about Magnolia Bakery as the ultimate cup cake fantasy destination and also as a purely New…
I am calling this store – A Little Alleyway into Heaven. P.O.S.H in Chicago’s River North area, next door to the rather posh Pops for Champagne restaurant, is the next…
For most, Millennium Park area is really The Bean, the people-spouting-water sculpture (Crowne Plaza), Gehry Pavilion, Lurie wildflower garden and a few modernist sculptures scattered about, right? I love these…
If you love steel and glass buildings or a great minimalistic bob hair cut, then you have to love Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the maestro of modernism. He perfected…
I had my very first flea market experience last weekend. I am in love. I paid the admission fee but admit to buying nothing. It was an indoor flea market…
More about Bookman’s Alley and directions here.
The other day I read on Trib Local that the amazing Bookman’s Alley is closing for good. There is nothing sadder than a book store shutting down (read Borders) but…
HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you…
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If I tell you that Chicago has a tropical paradise, you wouldn’t believe me now, would you? Well, it’s true. At least, it’s kinda true – you can experience tropics…
The Flaneur of Chicago 