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It’s not a wedding without a Polish meat hut
The Polish Highlander wedding tradition features a profusion of protein.
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Behold the mother of all cheese cakes
The Great American Cheese Collection will customize a cheese cake for any occasion.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Kelwin Harris, DJ and former assistant to Mayor Daley
Kelwin Harris: “Was Mayor Daley intimidating like a guy-beating-on-a-table, in-your-face kind of thing? No.”
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Southside Connection
The Southside Connection released a great psych single in 1982 and continue to play today as a wedding band.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Danny Chaimson, musician and wedding-band owner
This week’s Chicagoan is Danny Chaimson, musician and wedding-band owner.
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Best Place to Browse Midcentury Furniture and Eavesdrop on Wedding Plans
Why waste such an impressive space on daydreaming shoppers when you can repurpose the inventory after-hours?
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Best Wedding Favors
It’s not a caricature. Illustrator Jana Kinsman, who runs the one-woman show, has a style that’s simple.
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This week’s Chicagoan: James Ciccotti, bridal-shoe designer
This week’s Chicagoan: James Ciccotti, bridal-shoe designer
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Why Couldn’t I Have Been a Flower Child?
Last Saturday’s New York Times featured a front-page photo of the royal couple driving away from their royal reception in their royal blue Aston Martin convertible. It was taken from behind the car, and when I glimpsed the photo, for a moment I thought, Cool! The Duchess is driving! Then I remembered that the steering […]
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There’s No Such Thing As a Free Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover Band
Milton Friedman was almost right.
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Patience Is a (Feminist) Virtue
On Taylor Swift, “Leap Year,” and Twilight: Pop culture’s attempts to re-code patience as a feminist virtue