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Oprah's mention of Groupon today actually BROKE Groupon's website for a while....

They also have a coffee & pastry shop on Irving Park, just west of Southport. I think they've used that site as their bakery or offices for a long time - the name has been on the window for ages - bu...

Great interview, I agree with a lot of it. Is it just the films I'm choosing this year, or have there been fewer director Q&A's? I've seen five so far, only one had the director (or anyone) there fo...

The best are clearly Raging Bull and Viper. Superman is in third place. Batman is nice but it gives me a headache, personally. My vote for the first to go away is Iron Wolf. I've actually never ridde...

"Chick-fil-a" is owned and run by rabidly Christianist, homophobic people. They support "Focus on the Family" and other anti-gay, anti-abortion rights organizations. They can break ground wherever the...

Don't forget "Lucas"!...

I was beaten to the comment - yeah, Binny's sells the Luxardo Maraschino. I buy it to soak cherries in for my Manhattans. :) Haven't tried a Hemingway daiquiri yet. Seems like an awful lot of citrus ...

This exact method/recipe is in Thomas Keller's book Bouchon. ...

Hmmm...Ok, I may get some Punt e Mes next time I'm at Binny's so I can try this, cuz it sounds like just my sort of thing. And as for rye, I recommend Rittenhouse 100. Amazingly tasty and potent for ...

Y'know, at first I was pissed at the idea that the city wouldn't enforce the ordinance. Then I realized it could be a good thing. See, I figure this way, when I fall on my ass cuz some lazy doucheba...

Also please note that increasingly the actual residents of the neighborhood are young straight couples, many with kids. So this isn't a case of "gays aren't being accepting." It's the kids not being r...

1 part white wine vinegar to 3 parts extra virgin olive oil, a bit of dijon mustard, bit of kosher salt, and a liberal sprinkling of "Sunny Paris" seasoning from The Spice House (near North Ave. and W...

Let's start a protest movement - everyone sit in the "priority seating for seniors and handicapped" and refuse to give the seats up for seniors. Hey, we're the ones paying to be there, we should get ...

I went last Saturday also, took about an hour and fifteen minutes to get to the counter to place my order. (I didn't mind as I had four hours to kill between film festival screenings.) I suspected tha...

Oh I see - Wikipedia to the rescue - the bitters aren't part of the original recipe, but are there to compensate for the fact that today's Lillet Blanc is different than the Kina Lillet of Ian Fleming...