- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Jan 4, 2013
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This week's Chicagoan: Dennis Dobrydnia, Vietnam-era vet
"They just spent a year in a place most 'em damn near almost died in, and now they’re gonna take orders from a guy who’s gonna make sure they’re sweeping the floors."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Dec 10, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: "Naughty Natanya" Rubin, burlesque performer
". . . less like jumping out of an airplane than like jumping out of an airplane riding a shark diving into a shot glass of Jell-O."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Nov 28, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Angie Donenberg, co-owner, Lice Detectives
"When I arrived, his hair was shining and moving. There were bugs falling off his hair onto the floor."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Nov 14, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: James Ciccotti, bridal-shoe designer
"If you buy something cheap somewhere, you lose, I lose, and then you're on the dance floor without your shoes."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Nov 1, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Howard Cort, septuagenarian and activist
"I and a Moroccan fellow and an Iraqi Jew from Israel, we shared an apartment on Rittenhouse Square."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Oct 18, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Michael Adkesson, veterinarian, Brookfield Zoo
"You're basically doing a root canal on a very large scale. The elephant's doing great."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Oct 3, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Rich Jentzen, hospice social worker
"Well, Jesus was not too thrilled the night before he was going to die."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Sep 20, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Marcy Wagenberg, cochlear implant recipient
"I hadn't heard anything for two years. It took a while for my brain to relearn all the sounds."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Sep 5, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Rene Cudal, bike messenger
"I wear Jewel plastic bags wrapped around my feet to keep 'em warm. It may sound gross, but it works."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Aug 22, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Thomas Loconti, street artist
"Street performing is a chance to connect with a variety of people at an accelerated rate. To come into contact with 3,000 to 5,000 people a week, it satiates the beast."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Aug 8, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Kasia Koniar, director of scouting and development for Factor Women
"We need you to be healthy with gorgeous skin and a sparkle in your eye. That’s part of business."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Jul 24, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: David Allen, tattoo artist
"I hear about their journey—thinking they're gonna die, losing both breasts. What do you do with that information?"
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Jul 12, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Andy Wilson, mushroom expert
"If you can't identify it yourself, don't be sticking it in your mouth. That's the rule. "
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Jun 27, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Beth Reiner, Amma devotee
"I believe that she is, yes, an incarnation of the Divine Mother."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Jun 6, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Pete Valavanis, owner, Cary's Lounge
"You can't just en masse throw everybody out; you've got to kind of little by little get the law established."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, May 16, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Leslie Goddard, historical interpreter
"Every time I do Jackie Kennedy, I have to make sure there are no runs in the stockings; everything has to be perfectly pressed and perfectly clean."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Apr 25, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Aaron Karmin, anger-management therapist
"If you have a rush of emotional energy, write."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Apr 10, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Laura Andreatta, Italian cooking instructor
“Making pasta in advance never works. It’s something foreigners tend to do.”
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Mar 20, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Mia Park, kids' show host
"Vanilla Ice was afraid of our puppet, Ratso. Lemmy from Motörhead wouldn't talk to the puppet."
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Mar 9, 2012
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This week's Chicagoan: Peter Spizzirri, tuxedo shop owner
"I was working here when I was seven, eight years old. They probably broke a few child labor laws.”
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