Brenda Butler

This 11-room, two-story colonial-style home at 1701 Thornwood in Highland Park was designed to be barrier-free, so that anyone in a wheelchair could move easily throughout the house. Doorways are...

The event: Junior League of Chicago's Summer Soiree pre-party fundraiser, at Joe's, in Chicago. Doing good: The league promotes "voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through...

Never mind Ursula Andress; some James Bond fantasies are attainable. Casio's WQV3 wristwatch camera ($269 with metal band, $249 resin) can hold as many as 80 digital images and transfer...

On the outside, this four-story, 112-year-old graystone at 1364 N. State Pkwy. in the Gold Coast neighborhood is a reminder of Chicago's past. But, on the inside, it has been...

The event: Seventh annual "Salsa in the City" auction and party in Chicago's West Town. To benefit: The Association House Community Center, founded in 1899. Do we have a bid?...

With only an hour's instruction, anyone over the age of 16 can buzz around lightly populated rural areas in one of these motorized parachute rigs, say the manufacturers of High...

GOSSIP CENTRAL drudgereport.com OK, I admit I read it. But it's very political and I like it. I don't have time to surf around, and it's easy access to all...

We live for red-carpet moments like those delivered Sunday, from the Mrs. Santa Claus sightings (costume design nominee Rita Ryack from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas") to "Billy Elliot's" Julie...

Frequent travelers have become ever more efficient. Out of chaos comes a certain order--airport quagmires and luggage restrictions have made even the less-seasoned traveler reconsider what to pack and how...

During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, journalists noticed that he had a propensity for wearing brown suits. Thus the term "Reagan brown" was coined to describe a particular shade of...