Weekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATFirst Anniversary PartyBar Pastoral2947 N. Broadway 773-472-4781Sample vacherin-style cheese with Upland Cheese's Andy Hatch, plus Benchmark wines and a birthday "cake" made from cheese wheels. Or,...
View ArticleBears back on
Crazy the way mind works, the way it can be twisted and tested, then steered toward defining moments. Then what?At the end of a grueling Sunday at Soldier Field, 11 Bears sauntered into an offensive...
View ArticleStorm ravages Illinois
Rare and violent autumn storms ripped across Illinois on Sunday, spinning off tornadoes before slamming into Chicago with punishing rain and wind.As heavy gusts toppled trees and power lines and...
View ArticleBears slip past Baltimore
Bears 1, Mother Nature 0.Amid a swath of severe weather, the Bears had a chance to pull into a first-place tie in the NFC North on Sunday. All they had to do was beat struggling Baltimore, a team that...
View ArticleTV picks
It's "Doctor Who" anniversary week, so tune to BBC America for a lot of new programming including the 50th anniversary movie on Saturday. Here's a look at what's coming on TV for the week of Nov....
View Article'Stache-tastic?
The leaves have fallen, frost is on car windows every morning, and hundreds of bros across the North Side are posting selfies to show off their sometimes pitiful, sometimes impressive attempts at...
View ArticleNext announces 2014 menus
Next restaurant has revealed the three menus it will run in 2014: "Chicago Steak,""Chinese: Modern" and "Trio, January 20, 2004." The year's first four months will be dedicated to chef/owner Grant...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Patrick Kane
Believe it or not, Chicago, Patrick Kane turns 25 on Tuesday. So many goals. So many photos of him drinking.But that's all in the past now (the second part, not the first). He's all business right now...
View ArticleApp predicts your Facebook statuses
What WOULD you say?A new Facebook app developed by Princeton students in a 36-hour hackathon is making the rounds, and it's eerily accurate at copying how users talk on the social networking site. What...
View ArticleOut of the shadows
In the days after Megan Chuhran was sexually assaulted in a Kalamazoo College dorm room, she felt like she was torn between two terrible options: let the traumatic experience go, or endure months of...
View ArticleCTA hot seat
Do pregnant women deserve priority seats on the CTA?CTA rider Erin Fowler says they do. She told the CTA board at last week's meeting the CTA should announce that riders should give up their seats to...
View ArticleAshland bus service report released
The CTA today released an assessment of the environmental impact of its proposed $160 million project to create express bus service on Ashland Avenue.The agency also announced it is holding public...
View ArticleWe've got the 'Hunger'
*** (out of four)The end credits for "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" roll to the tune of "Atlas," a new track from Coldplay. This does not match.While the song practically tells your heart, "Continue...
View ArticleBears show solidarity with Ill. town
Just call them good-guy Chicago Bears. After several players traveled to tornado ravaged towns in downstate Illinois on Monday, the Peoria Journal Star reports the team will again be showing support in...
View ArticlePixie power
I don't know if y'all have heard, but according to the Internet, Jennifer Lawrence has cut her hair SHORT. Like, really short. In equally riveting and insightful news, some bro thinks her hair is super...
View ArticleHere comes the pride
Emily Trexler's excitement about the passage of Illinois gay marriage legislation goes beyond wanting to marry another woman someday. Her first concern is being able tell her family members, who hail...
View ArticleAdvice: Scared of sex toys
Hi Anna. I have trouble orgasming when I'm with my boyfriend. When I'm alone I can get myself off without any problems. I thought it might help if we used a vibrator in bed, but when I brought it up,...
View ArticlePlaystation 4 vs. Xbox One
Video game consoles have officially grown up.The Ataris and Nintendos of decades past were glorified kids' toys whose only function was to duplicate the bleeps and bloops of simplistic diversions like...
View ArticleWill aldermen get a pay raise?
Nine elected aldermen decided not to accept the 2014 proposed annual pay raise that is tied to the cost of living in Chicago.In 2006, the salary for alderman was listed at $98,125. Every year after,...
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