The line to get into India House was out the door for the Friday lunch crowd, so we decided to come back Saturday. We had to; it was the last day our Groupon was valid.
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On February 28, 2005, almost exactly two blocks from my apartment, two people, a man and a woman, were killed in the basement of a fine, century-old wood-frame house on the North Side of Chicago. Both had sustained .22-caliber bullet wounds to the head. The victims were the husband and the mother of a United States district court judge, who had discovered the bodies upon returning home from work.
Holiday cheers to all y’all. (the opener)
And don’t you look beautiful today. (the come-on)
My band playing Tuesday, Dec. 28 at Subterranean (http://www.subt.net) with Young Jesus. (the sell)
It is a scientific fact that every other person under the age of 30 in Chicago (and…
I woke this morning to the first snowfall of the season. Big deal. It snows in Chicago.
Here’s someone who did make something big about it. PRFer Rodabod filmed his mum’s reaction to what he built in the front yard after London’s snow storm.
To be warned, I consider this PG-13.
Charlie Chaplin made just one motion picture in Chicago, but that was enough to get an auditorium…
“Them is Chicago hawks! OK? Them the Blackhawks!”
Peregrine falcons nesting on the (grand old, shuttered, sleeping) Uptown Theatre, plus commentary.
Patrick and I had barely settled in at a table on the far left of the room,…
I haven’t been to Carol’s Pub for a decade, but it will always be the emotional naval…
CHICAGO – One of the funniest things I’ve heard in many years was said to me by…
A couple years ago when the Saints played the Bears in the NFC championship game there was…