When Martha Nelson takes the helm at People magazine Monday, she will complete a round of musical chairs that in recent weeks has landed new editors in top spots at...
"Sex and the City" has wrapped up its latest season, and we're just sick about it. The thing is, we love writing headlines with "Sex and the City" puns, and...
Thanks to Stephanie Heroff, we can all give the cold shoulder to peekaboo bra straps. Heroff, 31, considered herself to be past the age where exposed bra straps were a...
Illinois is one of 22 states this year that have introduced infant abandonment bills; last year, 15 states enacted versions of the legislation. Most of the bills allow women to...
We've all heard that the '80s are back, and here's further proof: The punk-influenced look that showed up on the runways last fall is cropping up here for spring. "This...
"Here we are in policy meetings discussing big issues like the fate of Social Security, and I think, `Good gosh, what am I doing here?'" -- Sarah Youssef, 25, who...
Because Mayor Daley has proclaimed August as Colored Pencil Month in Chicago (what's next, Big Fat Sticks of Rainbow-Colored Sidewalk Chalk Month?), we suggest you check out the Colored Pencil...
Saturday Night Live writer and South Side native Cindy Caponera is back with her second one-woman show, "The Debutante Ball." Caponera spent 12 years on Chicago stages before moving to...
Augenblick in the city's North Center neighborhood has everything going for it: great beers; interesting, attractive patrons; cool art; out-of-the ordinary live music several times a week. But one of...
Everybody's food vocabulary--however humble, however haute--contains a few guilty pleasures, those foods that play a culinary siren song to normally respectable appetites. Kind of like true love, without the heartbreak....