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Oh Baby! Chicago shops with great registries
Chicago ShoppingYou know what to expect when you’re expecting. But, oh baby, nothing can prepare you to shop for all the furniture, gear and supplies. Good news: Local baby and kids shops are here to help. Across the city and suburbs there are great places to...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Sprout, Baby Products, Services and Shopping, Roscoe Village
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Music story isn't over yet for Dolly Varden
A sampling of how it works for a rock 'n' roll band in middle age: The bass player and drummer drive in for rehearsal from the suburbs where one of them is an interfaith counselor and the other, for a time, operated a fresh-bread franchise. One...
Tags: Music, Cervical Cancer, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Radio, Lifestyle and Leisure
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House-made Malort from Violet Hour
The Thigh High: Is there an alcohol more notorious than Malort, the bitter wormwood liquor made popular by Chicago's Carl Jeppson Co., its sole U.S. producer? Violet Hour's beverage director, Robby Haynes, doesn't think so.
So when he started toying with...Tags: Egg Whites, Grapefruit
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Fred Armisen of 'Portlandia' remembers Chicago holidays
RedEyeLong before he gained fame on "Saturday Night Live," Fred Armisen spent many years in Chicago. He returned this week to be part of Second City's 24-hour Letters to Santa event which benefits families in need from Chicago's Onward Neighborhood House. "It'...Tags: Homeland (tv program), Chloe Sevigny, Portlandia (tv program), Game of Thrones (tv program), Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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$150K bail for home invasion suspect subdued by cop
Tribune reporterA 19-year-old man is accused of breaking into the home of an off-duty Chicago Police officer who was sleeping Thursday morning in the Wicker Park neighborhood, police said. The officer injured his hand during the scuffle but no shots were fired,...Tags: Rush University Medical Center, Shootings, Injuries and Wounds
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DuPage levels new charges against man accused of salon heists
Special to the TribuneThe Evanston culinary student implicated in several beauty salon robberies in and around Chicago has been charged in four additional holdups in DuPage County, prosecutors said Friday. Jason Logsdon, 41, has been held without bail in Cook County since...Tags: Glen Ellyn, Cocaine, Theft, Lombard, Evanston
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Vietnamese coffee
Vietnamese coffee: I might be the only Seattleite who doesn't guzzle coffee on an hourly basis. I make an exception, though, for Vietnamese coffee.
It's coffee for noncoffee drinkers, for those who find its bitterness overbearing. Vietnamese coffee is...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Coffee, Vietnam, Foods and Beverages
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There's a new Malort in town
RedEyeThe Violet Hour isn’t really a bar--it’s more of a lounge, really. If it were a drink, it would be as elaborate as any of the libations on its menu--an esoteric concoction with a liberal splash of sophistication and just a dash of exclusivity....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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Chef Andrew Brochu returns with The Monarch
Chef Andrew Brochu was hired at Graham Elliot restaurant last January with an explicit directive: Take the keys to the kitchen, and elevate the restaurant from one Michelin star to two.
In November, when the Chicago Michelin Guide came out, Graham Elliot...Tags: Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Graham Elliot, L2O, Michelin Group
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Taste-testing The Violet Hour's take on malort
RedEyeIt's telling of malort's taste that most people first try the liquor as a dare. Chicago-based Jeppson's has produced the wormwood-based spirit for decades, and it's that familiar yellow-and-red bottle that most people associate with the bitter—to...Tags: Green Mill (club)
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Sighting: Star-filled New Year's Eve -- and week ahead
Where did the famous and semi-famous spend New Year's Eve in the Chicago area? NASCAR driver Danica Patrick dined New Year's Eve at the newly opened Baume & Brix in the River North neighborhood before heading nearby to The Grid. "Cooler Than Me"...
Tags: The Voice (tv program), Sandwiches, Bars and Clubs, Celebrities, Luol Deng
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'Faith Healer' extends
The Den Theatre's hit production of Brian Friel's "Faith Healer" announced Thursday that it will extend for two additional weeks through Feb. 3. Many performances of the three-character drama, a reprise of a production first seen in Chicago many years...
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