There’s a mannequin staring down from the second-floor window of the Lock Up Self Storage on Lincoln. She has a blonde wig and a stoic demeanor—the sort of world-weariness that comes from being frozen in one spot against your will. When I moved the bulk of my earthly possessions into an eight-by-ten-foot storage unit in […]
Tag: Brown Elephant
Posted inMusic
Remember resale shops this Record Store Day
Record Store Day doesn’t usually include thrift and vintage shops, but they’re among the best places to find vinyl that nobody’s even thought of reissuing yet.
Posted inCity Life
Space: A brewmaster’s bar
Intelligentsia’s Charlie Habegger turns a kitchen nook into a coffee-making shrine
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best place to spruce up your home on the cheap
Ikea voted best place to spruce up your home on the cheap
Posted inBlogs
Going Back to Cali…By Way of Bridgeport
When I moved from Los Angeles to Chicago, one of the things I missed most was the sunny, plant-filled living spaces that were ubiquitous on the west coast. India McQuoid and Chris Neeley’s Bridgeport loft channels that California sensibility. Rumored to have once been a Chinese fish factory, the three-bedroom home is smartly decorated with […]
Posted inBlogs
Locust Music Hosts an Eclectic Saturday Showcase
Chicago’s eclectic Locust Music label hosts a typically diverse showcase—with Starless & Bible Black, Stephen Titra’s O.W.L., Paul Metzger, and more—at the Empty Bottle on Saturday night.