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Chitown, back again
I have an article on Audrey Fosse (she founded HomeMade Pizza Company with her husband) where we peek at her lovely wardrobe (the story looks better in actual layout, but for online viewing be sure to click on the photo gallery), and another on Tim Long of the Chicago History Museum, and his Chic Chicago exhibit, and also a story in which I virtually track one incredibly luxurious cashmere cape from a baby goat farm in Mongolia to a boutique in Chicago. Plus a few small items on trends and such. Care for a clutch made out of recycled yoga mats? A cutting edge cuff? Wanna know how to wear drapey pants? Or how the Ballets Russes inspires designers of today? You"re in luck.
On a related note, I"m in Chicago right now, working on the Spring 2009 issue. I find that Chicagoans are generally a placid and optimistic bunch, but between a Monday morning bankruptcy announcement (I work at the Tribune Tower, home of the Chicago Tribune) and a Tuesday morning Blagojevich arrest, it"s a little dizzy around here. Monday night I was watching the local news while on a treadmill at the Tribune gym and there was this great kicker before they went to commercial, something like "Is it doomsday for the Tribune corporation?" Strange to have so a number of eyes on the shiny top that is Chicago right now.
Otherwise, it"s snow, snow, snow, ack - seems much wetter and colder than in prior years and it"s really beating me down, but tonight I"m going to the Art Institute for their free, late night Thursday nights and I was just invited to join my editor friend at a Steppenwolf show this weekend starring John Mahoney and Tom Irwin. I haven"t seen My So Called Life in ages, and I"m wondering how my inner teen will react to seeing Angela Chase"s father in person!
[image: Chicago magazine].