Brenda Butler

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW: "The Shawshank Redemption." I liked Morgan Freeman's line "Get busy living, or get busy dying." Because you've got to choose to live life. CD YOU'RE...

Event: Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago's eighth annual Black & White Ball, at the W Chicago City Center Hotel. To benefit: The 14 full-service Boys and Girls Clubs around...

We're cool to gas guzzlers, warming to a blaze of red, and sweating through Bikram Yoga. The winds of change may shift, but our trend forecast ensures that you'll weather...

The Scott eVest is the latest in e-wear, a 15-pocket geek's dream that turns your torso into a mobile office or entertainment system. Modeled after the latest in trendy outdoor...

With his first child on the way in 1975, Carlos Tortolero took a summer job as a doorman at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive to supplement his $9,100 teacher's salary....

The event: The 3rd annual Marshall Field's Fash Bash, this time with Vanity Fair magazine, at the Chicago Theater, followed by a post-party at the State Street store. To benefit:...

For 110 years, this redstone Queen Anne mansion at 6250 N. Glenwood Ave. has witnessed the growth, development and maturation of the Edgewater neighborhood on Chicago's Far North Side. Its...

As the Renaissance cruise ship pulled into this picturesque port 12 miles from Tahiti, Karen and Herb Heilmann of New Jersey were taking a morning walk on the upper deck....

Though she's only 5 foot 4 and 115 pounds in a tough, male-dominated sport, Zoe Cadman has a reputation around the racetrack as a fierce competitor. In her first race...