Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

      My sense of humor can be ... odd at times.      We finally got chairs for the kitchen, to replace the counter height quartet that, a...

     Who are the most important artists in the world?      No, this isn't a trick question. Though I wouldn't blame you for sensi...

Nicholas Tremulis        Honestly: we rarely go to the Heartland Cafe as a destination in itself. The groats-and-granola menu put it in ...

     Philip Johnson's 190 South LaSalle is one of my favorite buildings in Chicago, from its funky, post-modern summit to the vast,...

Prison scene, by Francesco Piranesi (Metropolitan Museum of Art)          Ten years ago today, FBI agents burst into Rod Blagojevich...

The first time I went to Paris, I was 17. Workers at the Louvre happened to be on strike, and the great museum was closed. This...

     F olks, the holiday season is upon us. A time to reflect on what's really important in our lives: our families, the great city of C...