Sometimes when the call is placed for group posts like the holiday gift guide or "A Very Chicagoist Thanksgiving," we receive way more submissions than we know what to do with. In the case of the latter, we can take those submissions and create a New Year's potluck post (which we'll have ready next week). Then there are those recipes that are so genius in their simplicity and balance of ingredients, that they deserve a stand-alone post. more ›

Uniquely Chicago Gifts? more ›

When one of our out-of-state pals visited us over this past summer, Chicagoist decided to do it up right. We love whoring out the best and brightest sights in the city in order to wow and bedazzle. So, with that in mind, we trekked it out to the Field Museum. We hadn't been there since we were forced to as youngins for school, and we were eager to revisit the internationally famous building and its treasures within. more ›

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