Gift Week
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Flotsam and Jetsam Gift Week Who wants to own Alot?
Posted by Julia Thiel on 12.17.11 at 11:54 AM
- Arixystix Creations
Friday, December 16, 2011
Gift Week Chicagoland Politics Clout City Shameless Joe
Posted by Kate Schmidt on 12.16.11 at 04:30 PM
Not in the view of Cook County assessor and Cook County Democrats chair Joe Berrios. As the Sun-Times’s Lisa Donovan reported today, the Cook County ethics board has dropped an investigation into thousands of dollars Berrios “accepted from attorneys whose bread and butter is representing clients seeking lower tax bills.” Of this, Berrios said, “I think what’s ridiculous about this whole thing is no one is going to be influenced by someone who gives you a check to run for office.”
Flotsam and Jetsam Gift Week When picking out gifts, don't do what Mo did
Posted by Mick Dumke on 12.16.11 at 12:14 PM
Every so often I fall into a minor panic as I realize that Christmas is still closer and I still haven't picked up any gifts. And this reminds me that I am a mediocre gift giver, and that reminds me that whatever else happens, I need to avoid doing what Mo did.
I first heard about her errors as I was home reading one afternoon this summer, and a squat guy of about 30 began pacing under my window as he spoke on a cell phone.
"Mo, what kind of man do you think I am?"
Gift Week Media News Bites I'm that drip from the Bleader
Posted by Michael Miner on 12.16.11 at 10:00 AM
The French have the right word for everything, including the right word for having the right word too late for it to do you any good. It’s the expression l’esprit d’escalier, which means ”staircase wit,” and refers to the snappy comeback you come up with while you’re trudging, or more likely slinking, down the stairs, verbally defeated.
I’ve been on those stairs. Back in college, a verbal amusement known as “pressies” was briefly in fashion.
As in, “I’m Sign, of the Times.”
And “I’m Left, at the Post.”
Gift Week Food Chain Food & Drink In Print: Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future
Posted by Mike Sula on 12.16.11 at 08:00 AM
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Style Gift Week What will they think of next? Wood ties, of course
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 12.14.11 at 08:00 AM
- Wood Thumb
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Gift Week Music Go right to the front of the line, you're special
Posted by Kevin Warwick on 12.13.11 at 03:41 PM
- VIP photo from Shutterstock
Gift Week Politics News Clout City Mayor Emanuel gives Sara Lee a big, wet, and sloppy $6.5 million TIF kiss
Posted by Ben Joravsky on 12.13.11 at 10:30 AM
- Sclaishop/Wikimedia Commons
Yay, you!
You're apparently so wealthy you can afford to give between $5 million and $6.5 million to Sara Lee, a multibillion dollar food conglomeration.
Gift Week Food Chain Food & Drink Unquenchable
Posted by Kate Schmidt on 12.13.11 at 08:00 AM
But as much as I admire Canadian wine writer Natalie MacLean's gumption and brio [scroll down, if you care to], I'm afraid I find her latest book . . . not something you'll be dragging along to Trader Joe's.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Gift Week Music The gift that keeps on killing
Posted by Tal Rosenberg on 12.12.11 at 08:00 AM
The first VU album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, is canonical: Produced by Andy Warhol, who also designed its interactive, iconic cover of an innuendo-injected banana, its mixture of folk-rock, avant-garde classical, and coarse blues went on to influence numerous subcultural musical movements. Despite its sometimes abrasive nature, the album is nonetheless extremely glamorous and sophisticated, thanks to its gorgeous melodies and the sleepy, grave voice of model and guest vocalist Nico.
