Summer Running: A Guide to the Pleasures of a Really Fast Walk in the Park
Among its many accolades, Chicago is frequently cited as one of the best running cities in America. And after running on any part of the eighteen-mile stretch of paths that make up the Lakefront Trail,...
View ArticleChicago Looks: Short and Sweet
A sample of last year’s hottest (and tiniest) pieces of fabric, with photos and captions by Isa Giallorenzo. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
View ArticleSun-Drenched Sentences: The Season for Outdoor Writing
I’ve heard Hemingway wrote in bars and that Twain wrote in bed. Dickinson sometimes wrote in the cool, dark confines of the pantry inside her home, and Kerouac claims that he wrote “at the desk in the...
View ArticleHitting the Streets: A Romp Through Underrated Chicago Neighborhood Festivals
By Keidra Chaney I recently consulted Google with the search term “Neighborhood Festival Capital of the World” to see if such an accolade existed. If it did, surely it would be awarded to Chicago,...
View ArticleSun Tight: How to Work Summer Fashion on a Winter Body
By Isa Giallorenzo with illustrations by Josh Crow Summer fashion. Winter body. What can we do to look good and fresh when those pesky extra pounds just won’t go away? These local style savants got you...
View ArticleStreet Art Summer: Touring the Great Outdoor Graffiti Gallery
By Kevin Coval The most vibrant and innovative art galleries you will see in Chicago this summer are in the streets. Our city is in the midst of a graffiti and street art renaissance due to the daring,...
View ArticleEasy, Breezy and Beautiful: The Brazilian Girl Guide to Summer Fashion
In summer it’s a lot harder to look elegant and well dressed, but Brazilian women always find a way of incorporating charm into their sensual wardrobe. Easy, breezy and beautiful might as well be their...
View ArticleOn the Exquisite Quality of Sunshine: The Beauty of the Loop
It was an unseasonably warm January day nearly twenty years ago, not long after I first arrived in Chicago, that instilled in me an appreciation for the beauty of the Loop. The thermometer read...
View ArticleBike, Swim, Run: A Triathlete Weathers the Warmth
Fredricka Holloway, forty, is a youth worker and a triathlete. She lives in South Shore. She ran her first triathlon in 2007 and has run forty more races since then. It’s 5:04am and the glimmer of new...
View ArticleSummer Strategy: Rooftop Rebellion
We’re surprised by the sun every minute that we’re in it, on our Wolcott Avenue roof in Ukrainian Village. We’re shocked when we sweat so much that we have to take our sweaters off. There’s debris up...
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