Heel yeah!
We all know her as Carrie Bradshaw, the "Sex and the City" character who had a great love affair with New York City, her friends, writing, fashion and ... shoes.Sarah Jessica Parker stopped in Chicago...
View ArticleTime for fun
EATAvec Friends Brunch SeriesAvec615 W. Randolph St. 312-377-2002Since brunch is all about sharing with friends, the West Loop spot debuts a program to share their kitchen with friends, including CH...
View ArticleSpring forward
Chicago's winter has officially frozen everything except time.The weather has been so unbearably brutal. The city hasn't seen this much snow since 1979, and it hasn't been this cold since 1984. Yet...
View ArticleMiley weekend
Miley Cyrus partied Friday at The Underground, but the 21-year-old "Wrecking Ball" singer wasn't even the most famous person at the club that night. That honor goes to LeBron James.The NBA mega-star -...
View Article6 shot after party
A gunman opened fire on a home in the South Austin neighborhood this morning after an argument at a party, wounding six people, according to police.The shooting happened about 3:35 a.m. in the 4900...
View ArticleHoroscopes
PiscesFeb. 19-March 20Stand up for yourself. The moon is reminding you that you have a tendency to let your partner take advantage of you. If you find that you're the one giving 100 percent while your...
View ArticleTo the small screen
Robert Rodriguez had been approached many times to create a TV series based upon his and Quentin Tarantino's 1996 cult classic, "From Dusk Till Dawn.""I said, 'No, Quentin and I control the rights to...
View ArticleMindy at SxSW
Mindy Kaling is the boss.Sure, she's fun, easygoing and doesn't bat an eye at wearing neon pink, but that doesn't mean she's not serious about succeeding."It's sad to me that women feel that,...
View ArticleAll Ventra all the time
Take heed, CTA and Pace riders. An announcement is coming by the end of March on plans to make Ventra those transit agencies' sole fare-payment system, a move that has been delayed for months by...
View ArticleBackstage with Aaron Paul
You love Aaron Paul. Drake loves Aaron Paul. The critics love Aaron Paul. But there was no guarantee the hostile, sold-out crowd of 18,000-plus at WWE's "Monday Night Raw" at Allstate Arena on March 3...
View ArticleMeow, or roar
John Basile took a recent stroll through downtown Lockport with a young Siberian tiger, something he didn't think was that unusual. Police thought otherwise.Basile, 57, owner-operator of the Big Run...
View ArticleThumbs up, thumbs down
It's practically automatic. Put Joakim Noah anywhere near the Miami Heat, and you can almost guarantee an epic performance.The Bulls center was everywhere Sunday, shooting, blocking and screaming his...
View ArticleHeavyweight band
Instru-metal trio Russian Circles long has been a heavyweight presence in the local scene, releasing five albums, including last year's monstrous "Memorial," over the course of its decade together....
View ArticleYoung, not all that reckless
Kids these days, right?The under-35 "Millennial generation" is "lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow," according to Time. "They often are unable to think for themselves," reports slate.com. "They don't...
View ArticleStar power
This year's Chicago Polar Plunge, which featured Mayor Rahm Emanuel and "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon bounding into the icy waters of Lake Michigan, raised more than $1 million, Special...
View ArticleThe other Pippen
When he retired from basketball, Scottie Pippen left a legacy as one of the greatest all-around players the NBA had ever seen.Now there's another Pippen in Chicago trying to make his mark on and off...
View ArticleHoley hell
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced five different approaches in the past two months aimed at smoothing over the scourge of potholes that pock Chicago streets. There's good reason the data-driven Emanuel...
View ArticleIs this satire or ... ?
A local taxi-industry trade publication has threatened to out five aldermen unless demands to stop the ridesharing industry in Chicago are met.The March issue of Chicago Dispatcher, which is...
View ArticleFrom the burbs to on-stage dominatrix
Amanda Drinkall may have grown up in a conservative Presbyterian family in Oswego, Ill., but that doesn't mean that her family isn't supportive of her decision to step into a pair of stiletto-heeled...
View ArticleChicagoans on the small screen
"Mind Games" star Jaime Ray Newman has no doubt that the psychological manipulation techniques used on the ABC series really work. She has first-hand experience."I met my husband in Israel; he's...
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