Allan Johnson

It had been almost 8 weeks since my daughter's birth, and I had never taken the girl out on the town on my own. What better introduction to the city...

Amanda Weck is not a fan of Lower Illinois Street as it heads east from Lower Michigan Avenue toward Navy Pier. "I don't like walking over the grates down there,...

Getting dumped by a significant other is no picnic. It feels as though the world is coming to an end, and you'd rather curl up in bed than deal. And...

Mitch Reardon has watched his father, Tim, work as an artist ever since Mitch was 2. "One day," the now-13-year-old said, "he gave me a few canvases, and I started...

"I'm single, I'm available, I'm looking to meet great people," a confident and comfortable Amy Vizek said into a camera at the Museum of Contemporary Art several weeks ago. If...

The refreshing "The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood" (Da Capo Lifelong, $12.95 paper) is more into the funny than trying to teach or...

A past waitressing job has Jen Patterson closer to her ultimate career goal. While gigging at Gibson's on Rush Street, the Lake Forest native met Mike North of Chicago sports-radio...

Griping about the fortunes of the Chicago Cubs has taken on a higher-tech dimension. WGN-Ch. 9 started a Cubs blog this season, with game broadcasters Len Kasper and Bob Brenly...

The joke you just told fell flat. Maybe it wasn't that funny, or the listener didn't get it. Sometimes, it's how you tell the joke that makes it funny. Dave...

Love--if not lust--is on the mind of Lorilee Craker, author of "We Should Do This More Often: A Parents' Guide to Romance, Passion, and Other Prechild Activities You Vaguely Recall"...