How do I approach women?
I see tons of beautiful girls in passing. (Starbucks, restaurants, department stores, walking down the street, the list goes on). My question is how do you approach these girls when you have no time or...
View ArticleChicago likes to party--a lot
As if another reason to drink on St. Patrick's Day was necessary, Chicago revelers can celebrate ranking high in city's that like to party.After being ranked the fourth most miserable city in the...
View ArticleCTA president: $3 ticket is 'voluntary'
CTA President Forrest Claypool on Wednesday called a proposed cost increase for single-ride rail tickets "a voluntary payment."The CTA is proposing hiking the cost of single-ride train tickets from...
View ArticleHowells & Hood opening March 16
Everything about Howells & Hood, the new restaurant and bar set to open March 16 on the street level of Tribune Tower, feels huge.The street-level space measures 17,300 square feet, and will...
View ArticleGoing to SXSW? Don't be a jerk
Chicago just got pounded with a monster blizzard, and all of your friends are wearing sandals and prancing around in the Texas sunshine at SXSW for the next week. Awesome, right? Nah, it kind of...
View ArticleA man and his mustache
On NBC's fantastic "Parks and Recreation," Nick Offerman has turned Ron Swanson into such a spectacular, hilarious symbol of contained emotion and old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes masculinity that it...
View ArticleRidership takes a dip
The CTA's effort to decrowd buses and trains is working--because fewer people are riding the CTA, though the agency says that's not to blame for the dip in ridership.In January, bus ridership decreased...
View ArticleHats off to the Hawks
With 24 games in the books, the first half of the Blackhawks' 2013 season has been one for the ages. To mark the occasion, RedEye spoke with Blackhawks announcer Eddie Olczyk as well as fans about why...
View ArticleBounce, bounce, bounce, bounce
There currently is a petition on the White House's official website asking the government to change the national anthem to R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)."Yes, you read that right. Ain't democracy...
View ArticleThe wizard of blahs
** (out of four)If "Oz the Great and Powerful" only had a brain. And heart. And courage.Even then it'd still have James Franco, who should never again collaborate with director Sam Raimi. Franco's turn...
View ArticleDo you have an eyesore of a yard?
The DIY Network's show "Desperate Landscapes" is coming to Chicago and wants to find the ugliest, most desperate landscapes in the area.The show, hosted by licensed contractor Jason Cameron, takes...
View ArticleBring it on
One way or another, you know when Sean Johnson is around.The goalkeeper's teammates hear him shouting signals and leading the team's defense.Opposing strikers who collide with his 6-foot-3, 217-pound...
View ArticleUIC students in SXSW startup contest
Two students from UIC's College of Pharmacy will travel to Austin, Texas, this weekend to compete against seven other teams from universities such as Stanford andĀ UC-Berkeley in the national finals of...
View Article36,000 enter marathon lottery
Thirty-six thousand runners applied for the 15,000 spots left in the Chicago Marathon, a spokeswoman for the event said Friday.Marathon officials will notify runners who won the online lottery by...
View ArticleHawks season is 'Groundhog Day'
At 9 a.m. the"Do do do " of "Chelsea Dagger" blares from the alarm-clock radio."OK, Chicago, rise and shine, and don't forget your Uggs 'cause it's cooooold out there today," Waddle says. "It's coooold...
View ArticleHere come Train Trackers
All CTA stations will have new Train Tracker displays by Labor Day, the CTA said Friday.The CTA has been installing new Train Tracker signs, which display the next train, the time and the weather, at...
View ArticleWeekend playlist
EATTruffle-Making PartyKatherine Anne Confections2745 W. Armitage Ave. 773-235-1630Get your Irish on with proprietor Katherine Duncan as you sample St. Patrick's Day-themed truffles-with wine and...
View ArticleBulls GM denies rift with Rose's camp
Bulls general manager Gar Forman reiterated Saturday there is no communication rift between Derrick Rose's camp and the organization regarding the return date for the All-Star guard from his left knee...
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