Some events in the next seven days to consider saving your freshly shoveled parking space with a few chairs. more ›

Watch out, Chicago: Death is coming to town. Lest we sound a tad dramatic, let us clarify ourselves. Selected Independent Funeral Homes is having their 89th annual meeting this week at downtown’s Fairmont Hotel. Finally, a convention we can get excited about! Among the more interesting events to take place during the Oct. 14-17 summit are a discussion on the pros and cons of green burials (a movement that Chicagoist wholeheartedly supports), a banquet at... more ›

Though we love summer in Chicago, we might take a "vacation" from the hustle and bustle of the downtown area and book ourselves a room at the Fairmont - in Chicago. It isn't that we want to be pampered or not have to clean up after ourselves for a weekend, we just want to know what chocolate chicken pizza flavored ice cream tastes like. more ›