"When you say 'pot pie,' people's eyes light up," explains Cindy Gapinski, as she stirs a pot of pie filling. "I really want people to cook at home, but it's so hard to balance cooking with a full time job." She should know - she spent 12 years in the corporate world, before she left it all behind (she calls it "getting off the treadmill") to start Small Comfort. Small Comfort creates and delivers hand-made, delicious pot pies all over Chicagoland. The pies are delivered frozen, allowing customers to bake up a healthy, delicious meal even after a long day of work. Every step of the work is handled by Cindy herself. She makes the pie dough, pie filling and does the packaging. She even does the delivery herself! Her slogan? "I make pot pies. You put them in your belly." more ›

Vinyl nerds, be warned. The 7th annual CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights is upon us—and this year’s media blitz complete with music, magazines, posters, and more will fill your arms with loads of entertainment and eye candy to last all summer long. Founded by the folks at CHIRP, a non-profit organization that aims to bring a new independent radio station to Chicago, this year’s event has a brand new location—the Chicago Journeymen’s Plumber’s Union. more ›