Chris McNamara

This time of year, Mother Nature paints the Midwest with her most vibrant colors. The reds, yellows and oranges splashed across our region can enable novice photographers with simple equipment...

In June, Chicago became the latest city with GoFastCab (gofastcab.com), a free service that enables you to hail a taxi by text. Need a lift? Simply send your address to...

1. WATER SKIS If you're Swedish, you probably credit the countryman who in 1841 patented the vattenskids -- or water skis -- as the inventor of the sport. But the...

While the NCAA basketball brackets have been whittled down to the Final Four, another heated tournament is under way. Crystal Metheny is a favorite, though you can't discount Velvet Milkman...

The jargon of boxing is as old-school tough as those who box. Southpaws throw uppercuts into the mugs of heavyweights. So it's a little strange to see a thoroughly modern...

Chicago's two Irish parades attract people in festive moods, from those wearing T-shirts reading "Kiss Me I'm Irish" to those in shirts reading "Kiss me I'm Dutch." Somewhere in between...

GOALS - Some 1,600 FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) locations, including many in the Chicago area, are offering customers free printing of their resumes Tuesday, reaching out to job-hunting Americans hurting...

Whom do you grease at a big wedding? And how much? We asked wedding planner Marcy Blum: *If the priest or rabbi is affiliated with a church or a synagogue,...

There are holiday displays in Chicago that embody the warmth and optimism of the season -- the animated department store windows on State Street, the wreath-bearing lions outside the Art...