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How Do You Like Your Coffee?on December 9, 2020 at 3:17 pm
Thought Chicago was just a beer town? The city’s java scene is booming, with more choices than ever, from authentic Turkish kahve and Mexican café de olla to boldly flavored lattes and canned cold brews.Read More
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How an Interior Designer Salvages Secondhand Lampson December 9, 2020 at 3:52 pm
Gil Merlott of Studio 6F shares who keeps him lit.Read More
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Fox Valley Becomes an Unlikely Shopping Destinationon December 9, 2020 at 4:37 pm
Thanks to a crop of upstart boutiques, the scenic Fox Valley is your new favorite, far-out holiday shopping hamlet.Read More
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Make These Chewy Ginger Cookies Immediatelyon December 9, 2020 at 4:16 pm
Aya Fukai of West Town’s Aya Pastry shares her recipe.Read More
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When Trump Asked to Be on the Cover of Chicago Magazineon December 9, 2020 at 5:11 pm
For Chicago’s 50th anniversary, we talk to the former longtime editor about putting a nude woman on the cover and reporting on Trump and Lady DiRead More
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Chicago math-rock goofballs Snooze memorialize one of their own with StillLeor Galilon December 9, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Freewheeling Chicago band Snooze play math rock like they’re trying to be inexplicable. They’re fans of emo, metal, and prog, and though that’s comfortably ordinary in this subgenre, I’d be hard-pressed to think of another such group who’ve opened an EP by segueing quickly from a distorted electronic hodgepodge reminiscent of footwork into a soothing polyrhythm (2017’s Actually, Extremely) or who’ve prefaced a whimsical, whiplash-inducing romp with a honeyed a cappella melody (“Amicus Pawsterum,” off 2019’s Familiaris).…Read More
Siblings deer hunting: A young brother and sister earn success in Illinois’ second firearm seasonDale Bowmanon December 9, 2020 at 3:28 pm
Jonas Gregory and his sister Magnolia “Maggie” Gregory doubled up for Buck of the Week.
It was a good weekend of deer hunting for Jonas Gregory, 13, and his 9-year-old sister Magnolia “Maggie” Gregory.
“Jonas shot his first buck while Magnolia got her first deer ever!” Rick Azzaro emailed.
They were hunting in Schuyler County during Illinois’ second firearm deer season and earned their Buck of the Week honors.
Illinois’ second fiream season ended Sunday, Dec. 6. When the Illinois Department of Natural Resources releases its harvest figures for the two firearm seasons, I will post here at https://chicago.suntimes.com/outdoors as quickly as possible.
BOTW, the celebration of hunting big bucks and their stories (the stories matter as this one shows) around Chicago outdoors, runs Wednesdays in the paper Sun-Times during the season. The online posting here at https://chicago.suntimes.com/outdoors goes up at varied days of the week, depending on what is going on the wide world of the outdoors. This year there is a lot going on..