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All in Things to Do in Chicago
Sunny Day Blues
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Tail Dragger Redux
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Reinvigorating the Blues
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Simplified
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Cornpone
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Bike the Drive
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Hidden Delights
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A Mutt
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A Slight Return
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Sinister
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RH
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The Gilded Age
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Unity Temple
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Haymarket Riot
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Oak Park
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Artifacts
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Everybody loves wandering about in an antique store. In Chicago, we have several, but the most notable one is Architectural Artifacts. The proprietors have gathered works from around the world.
Al's Italian Beef
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On the corner of Welles and Ontario in Chicago's River North neighborhood sits Al's Italian Beef, just 4 doors north of the Flamingo Rum Club.
Parasite or Love?
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Two days after the Apple store moved several blocks south on Michigan Avenue to its new riverfront location, I stopped by the old Apple store to see what remained. I was greeted by an all-black wall where a sleek glass storefront once welcomed me, with what was for me an intriguing statement stenciled in white: "We would never leave you."
Venetian Gothic
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The Chicago Athletic Association Building now houses a boutique 241-room hotel, with a ground-floor Shake Shack, the Cherry Circle Room on the hotel's second floor, and Cindy's, a rooftop restaurant and bar, with an outdoor terrace. The interior is pretty snazzy.