Chicago is overflowing with fantastic food, a majority of which is not conducive to maintaining a healthy weight or preventing cholesterol from clinging for dear life to the inside of our arteries. Contrary to the reputation of a dietitian, we cannot easily conjure the name of a single food that we would forbid from touching our lips. That said, eating a healthy diet is necessary to preventing disease, avoiding weight gain, and feeling happy and energetic. Here are a few strategies to help you navigate your way around Chicago’s equally glorious and treacherous culinary landscape. more ›

We knocked ourself out at the Chicago International Film Festival and RESFEST|10, and we see no reason to end our film-addicted ways. So already we've been perusing the schedule for Reeling, the 25th Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. It's the second-oldest festival of its kind in North America, and when they say they're proud of the diversity of their offferings you know they aren't kidding -- we spied romantic comedies, avant-garde shorts, provactive dramas... more ›

While poetry falling from the lips of Isabella Rossellini turns half of Chicagoist on, the other half melts at the sight of more manly actors -- namely, the new gardener on Desperate Housewives. That's why we were excited to hear about actor Ryan Carnes also starring in Eating Out [Workplace Warning: shirtless dudes click!], which makes its Chicago premiere tonight at Landmark Century Center. The story is hardly novel: Hunky straight college student falls for... more ›