Will that be cash or attitude check?
When Jim Stoops sees new clients at his Charles Schwab office in Naperville, he puts them through an exercise more apropos to the world of counseling than financial consulting: "I...
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Deals we can't resist. We know a gal who makes an Ikea run every time she needs napkins. And why not? For $1.99, you get a pack of 50 fun,...
It isn’t the holidays till you push play
There's a great scene in the film "Scrooged" in which evil television executive Francis X. Cross (Bill Murray) recounts his childhood memories, and a Marley-type ghost (David Johansen) tells him...
Converse fans flock to new store
Open a shoe store and you might expect to draw the likes of those well-heeled "Sex and the City" girls, but a different crowd showed up Wednesday in Aurora for...
Have a little poetry with your gum
Last week McDonald's announced a major redesign of its packaging. Part of the new approach will incorporate "storytelling," company executives said. The announcement got us thinking: Exactly what kinds of...
Bargains
Deals we can't resist. How about a spread of wings? Every Wednesday, Yak-Zies (3710 N. Clark St.; 773-525-9200) has half-price wings. A single order (10 wing pieces) costs just $3.75....
Trip back to ‘Trains’
When British psychedelic-pop wizard Robyn Hitchcock hits the stage Saturday at the Old Town School of Folk Music, he'll take fans back -- all the way back -- to one...
Bargains
Deals we can't resist. Want to buy your kid his or her first acoustic guitar? Skip the froufrou toy shops that charge $50-$75 for an non-playable, non-tunable tchotchke. Midwest Buy...
Hudson killings, election rank high
1. 8 reasons why Obama might not win (Oct. 28). So you're a Barack Obama backer and already planning your inauguration celebration? Not so fast, pal. Tribune columnist Eric Zorn...
Great art is just a matter of time
It's been 17 years--count 'em, 17--between the last albums of original music by Guns N' Roses ("Use Your Illusion I and II" in 1991 and "Chinese Democracy," slated for release...