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Architectural Artifacts Founder Talks Diner Food, Roller Derby

PHOTOS: 'American Pickers' Star Opens Wicker Park Boutique

Best New Local Shops Of The Year


Practical Purchases

Practical Purchases

12.13.2012
Chicagoans are the friendliest people I have encountered in any city. What Chicago lacks in attitude and excess, both characteristic of...
Fête Pop-Up Market Launches Thursday

Fête Pop-Up Market Launches Thursday

12. 6.2012
Struggling to make progress on your holiday shopping list and hoping to avoid a last-minute trip to a big box store? You're in luck: Thursday,...
Top Picks For Shopping Local This Holiday Weekend

Top Picks For Shopping Local This Holiday Weekend

11.23.2012
With the cult of Black Friday growing each year--along with its pre-dawn wakeup calls and hordes of shoppers--Small Business Saturday is...
Vividbraille: Envisioning Manufacturing And High Fashion In Detroit

Vividbraille: Envisioning Manufacturing And High Fashion In Detroit

09.14.2012
Not like the fashion world is ever boring, but it's the concept of making things that really quickens Brock Willsey's pulse. This born-and-bred...
Vintage Bazaar Holds First Summer Market Sunday

Vintage Bazaar Holds First Summer Market Sunday

06. 9.2012
Though your weekend is already long on fantastic festivals and tragically short on hours during which to partake in them, the Vintage Bazaar's...
Chicago's Year In Style: Best Stores, Designers & More

Chicago's Year In Style: Best Stores, Designers & More

Shani Silver   12.29.2011
As 2011 draws to a close, we asked some of Chicago's experts in style, music and art to share their favorite places, people and things...
A BIG DEAL: Shop Local On Black Friday, Small Business Saturday

A BIG DEAL: Shop Local On Black Friday, Small Business Saturday

11.23.2011
If lining up at 4 a.m. to be get deals from Wal-Mart and Target isn't your thing, there are plenty of independent, local stores you can...
Bucket O' Blood Owner On Horror, Gore And Gentrification

Bucket O' Blood Owner On Horror, Gore And Gentrification

Joseph Erbentraut  10. 7.2011
For the vast majority of Chicagoans, summer serves as the city's saving grace, arriving on the heels of months of cooler temperatures and...
My Chicago: AKIRA's Erikka Wang Windy City Style

My Chicago: AKIRA's Erikka Wang Windy City Style

Erin Chan Ding  09.23.2011
Name: Erikka Wang Age: 34 Lives in: West Loop Grew Up in: Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Gig: Co-founder and co-owner of AKIRA, the Chicago-based...
PHOTOS: Topshop Takes On Chicago

PHOTOS: Topshop Takes On Chicago

09. 8.2011
Topshop and Topman opened its second U.S. store in Chicago Thursday, and brought pop star Miley Cyrus, Arcadia owner Sir Philip Green and...
PHOTOS: The Best Worst Stuff People Tried To Sell At The Junk Shop

PHOTOS: The Best Worst Stuff People Tried To Sell At The Junk Shop

The Hairpin  08.22.2011
I work in a junk shop in a far northside neighborhood in Chicago. We buy, sell, trade ... the whole nine. The "buy" part means we get plenty...
PHOTOS: Our Picks For Chicago's Best Sunglasses Boutiques

PHOTOS: Our Picks For Chicago's Best Sunglasses Boutiques

Erin Chan Ding  08.16.2011
When it comes to sunglasses, Chicago's boutiques carry styles for all, like the hipster who wants recycled vinyl as spectacles, the girly...
Bulls Sharpshooter Launches Block 37 Popup Shop

Bulls Sharpshooter Launches Block 37 Popup Shop

06.19.2011
You'd be forgiven for doing a double-take while strolling through the lower-level of State Street's Block 37 this month. The guy manning...
PHOTOS: Gwyneth Paltrow's Favorite Chicago Spots

PHOTOS: Gwyneth Paltrow's Favorite Chicago Spots

05.12.2011
Gwyneth Paltrow decided to share her favorite Chicago places with readers of her lifestyle newsletter, GOOP, this week. The actress wrote...
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