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A quasi-chaotic atmosphere of traffic and crowded sidewalks gives the Chicago neighborhood its palpable buzz. The newest immigrants to Wicker Park are diverse by occupation, mixed by levels of education and ethnicity, single or married, but almost always young. Read more about Wicker Park, Chicago.
Wicker Park is part of the West Town community area.
Wicker Park is part of the West Town community area.
A quasi-chaotic atmosphere of traffic and crowded sidewalks gives the Chicago neighborhood its palpable buzz. The newest immigrants to Wicker Park are diverse by occupation, mixed by levels of education and ethnicity, single or married, but almost always young. Read more about Wicker Park, Chicago.
Wicker Park is part of the West Town community area.
Wicker Park is part of the West Town community area.
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Ex-White Sox slugger trades up in suburbs
Although he no longer plays for the Chicago White Sox, slugger Jim Thome and his family have decided that they love the Chicago area so much that they want to make it their permanent home. The Thomes have bought a seven-bedroom mansion in Burr Ridge, for...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Jim Thome, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Walgreen Co., Chicago White Sox
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6 new BYOB restaurants
For RedEyeLooking for a new restaurant to work into your BYOB routine? A handful of new options have opened within the past few months, with the flavors ranging from Colombian to Thai to Italian. We tapped the ones who know best—the chefs and owners—...Tags: Cheese, Alcoholic Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Steaks, Potatoes
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Against the grain
Greg Hall wants you to drink more cider. He's already persuaded you to drink more beer — or rather, as brewmaster/marketing genius/foodie gadfly of Goose Island Beer Co. for more than a decade, he's persuaded you to drink smarter beer, craftier...Tags: Media Industry, Apples, Bars and Clubs, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Taste test: Glazed and Infused
Gourmet doughnuts haven’t reached the same saturation as cupcake shops in Chicago, but they could be on the way. Joining Doughnut Vault, Dirty Betty’s and Do-Rite is Glazed and Infused, a creation of Francesca’s restaurateur Scott...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Doughnuts, Lemons, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bacon
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'Girls' scorecard: Home is where the sex mishaps are
RedEyeAh, the much-needed weekend back home--where you're reminded of what your life would have been like if you hadn't run away to the city all those years ago. In this week's episode of"Girls,"Hannah returns to Michigan for quick weekend in the burbs with...Tags: Health, Girls (tv program), Broken Nose, Bleep (euphemism), Facebook
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Monday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EAT True Peru Carnivale, 702 W. Fulton Market 312-850-5005 Globe-trot your taste buds to Peru with this week's Eat Local, Think Global menu additions, which include shrimp causa with purple potato salad and rooftop garden greens ($12) and lamb shank...
Tags: Concerts, Foods and Beverages, Chicken, Music, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Wicker Park Fest music lineup announced
Wicker Park Fest has announced the headliners for this year's two-day street festival which includes Cursive, The Drums, Lucero and Kill Hannah. Over 60,000 people are expected to attend the festival, which runs from Saturday July, 28 to Sunday July,...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Love Notes: The road to romance
There are infinite ways to win a woman's heart. In this case, he gave her the world.
Or, to be specific, a world atlas.
Jamie Anderson, 27, had already told her best girlfriend, "I like this guy." But when Tero Lehessalo, 33, gave her an atlas for...Tags: Halloween, Ellen Warren, Christmas, Romance (genre), Holidays
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Author John Green wins Tribune's Young Adult Literary Prize
INDIANAPOLIS -- Taping a YouTube video in a rented studio here, John Green explains that Renaissance-era Renaissance man Copernicus didn't do it all on his own, that he actually seems to have had some help from previous Islamic scholarship. "So at...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, YouTube, Chicago Tribune, Book
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Stepping out of the shadows
Retired engineer Olavi Goos was bicycling along the lakefront recently when his cellphone rang.
"Hello, Finnish consulate," the Bucktown resident and Finland native said after steering his bike to the side of the path.
While powerful NATO countries such...Tags: Luxembourg, Government, International Organizations, Michigan Avenue, Jordan
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Seeing the city through foreign eyes
On Thursday, I asked a French journalist, freshly arrived from Paris, what she planned to cover while she was in Chicago for the NATO summit.
Maybe — as local officials hope and some members of the media imagine — she would be busy...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, International Organizations, NATO Summit, Politics, Chicago Mayor
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Eat Drink Do
EAT TRUE PERU Carnivale, 702 W. Fulton Market 312-850-5005 Globe-trot your taste buds away from NATO and off to Peru with this week's 'Eat Local, Think Global' menu additions, which include shrimp causa with purple potato salad and rooftop garden...
Tags: Concerts, Foods and Beverages, Chicken, Lifestyle and Leisure, Music
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