Mary Daniels

A stunning and unique jewelry display bedazzled the eyes and beckoned to the wallets of those who attended the preview party recently for the 1989 Chicago International New Art Forms...

Everything from paintings of giant tropical fruits and mythological giant feathered serpents in hot colors to cool and gleaming metal sculpture could be seen at the recent opening of the...

Known as ''The Prince of Chintz,'' New York designer Mario Buatta`s style is characterized by the English country house look, which emphasizes floral prints, texture, color and comfort. His new...

''Most major American cities have African festivals,'' said Patrick Saingbey Woodtor, owner of the Window to Africa shop, 5210 S. Harper Ave., and a champion of cultural causes in his...

A traditional Tuscan custom has come to the heart of Chicago. Freshly harvested herbs, vegetables and spices will go straight from a special cook`s garden into the kitchen of one...

On the same day that Helen Boehm presented Pope John Paul II with a tour de force, life-sized porcelain, ''Madonna and Child of the Settesoli,'' at the Vatican, Joseph Cardinal...

Inn rates by the week, per person in the low season (Oct. 1 to Jan. 1 and March 20 to May 31): a double room with breakfast and one meal,...

Hunting and fishing, the healthy outdoors life, was what originally got Larry Whitlow, owner of the posh new Galleria Unique at One Lincoln Centre in Oakbrook Terrace, into trouble, he...

''If you don`t know who I am, I`m the guy according to Johnny Carson that Marlin sends downriver to wrestle the two crocodiles in heat, while he stays back on...

''Not bad. I ran two eleven today,'' offered Davy Jones when asked how he was doing during Joe Marchetti`s International Challenge Race Kickoff Party the other evening at Joe`s Place,...