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- April 4, 2012 Who wears short shorts? As Chicago’s unexpected heat wave continues to sweep through the city (and no, the world is not going to end in 2012) locals dress to impress in their most stylish, warm weather attire. This Spring/Summer – look for pastels, graphic prints, 50’s stilettos, sheer fabrics, peplum blouses, and [...]
- February 20, 2012 The name “Nellcôte” was inspired by Villa Nellcôte, an ornate 16-room mansion on the waterfront of Villefranche-sur-Mer in the Côte d’Azur region of southern France. This villa was the setting for one of the most infamous house parties of all time, as well as where the Rolling Stones recorded “Exile on Main Street” [...]
- February 13, 2012 This February, Millennium Park is transformed into a digital canvas (Luminous Field) of light and geometrical form with its first-ever site-specific video and sound installation by the Chicago-based artistic ensemble Luftwerk. Created specifically for Millennium Park, the installation will illuminate Cloud Gate – known by many Chicagoans as “The Bean” – and it’s surrounding [...]
- February 11, 2012 After recent travels to Paris, Champagne and Avignon (a medieval city in Provence) in France, I returned to Chicago with the odd feeling that something was now missing: The charming boulangeries and patisseries to which I had become so accustomed in France no longer appeared on every cobblestone street corner as I walked [...]
