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The foggy mist that hung over Chicago Monday night seemed a perfect backdrop to a mystical experience with local psychic Patrick O’Brien at RoSal’s Restaurant in Little Italy. O'Brien visits RoSal’s twice a month to hold mini psychic readings for the pasta-loving crowd. Even those of us intrigued by psychics are often put off by the dozens of 900 number-type, big fat fakers out there. But there’s hope. Anyone seeking a more worthwhile experience than one can find with the $5 street festival psychics (you know, one yes-or-no tarot card question, the generic “you’ll live a long life” palm readings) should give O'Brien a try. He has a reputation for accuracy, plus we've been told he helps the Chicago PD solve crimes. Nice.

There are precious few days left for your last-minute holiday shopping. If you're out to get a jump on the crowds, consider catching an early breakfast and shopping through the lunch rush by hitting one of these Near West Side joints.

Nine years ago, Mayor Daley promised to replace all the parking meters in the city with "pay-and-display" boxes. Today there are only a handful of the machines that let drivers pay for a preset amount of time and toss the ticket on their dashboards, mostly because they cost almost $10,000 each. Like a true political promise, Daley's idea wasn't backed by any funds. Only a few boxes were installed downtown, on the Little Italy restaurant row, and one block of Lakeview.

This Sunday, the city's streets will again be flooded with thousands of runners taking part in the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. The 26.2 mile course: starts in Grant Park, just north of Buckingham Fountain. Runners first travel north through River North, Old Town, Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville. Next, they head south through some of Chicago’s most historic and diverse neighborhoods, including Greektown, Little Italy, Pilsen, Chinatown, Bridgeport and the South Loop. Finally, runners turn...

If you thought there was a lot to do last weekend, you ain't seen nothin' yet, baby. This weekend if you can't find something to do you just aren't livin in the city the way you should. Deep breath, ok here goes:

Chicagoist is happy to announce the addition of two new foodies to help Erin and Kevin out in their local food coverage. Chuck Sudo, who hails from the northwest side and currently lives in Bridgeport, will handle all neighborhood eating on the south side of town, as well as All-Things-Alcohol. The man has mad knowledge of booze. Taking care of the cooking and recipe beat is Little Italy's own Colleen Hines. Colleen also will delve...

Chicagoist has lived in Little Italy for 10 years, save for the one year we accidentally moved to Atlanta. We wanted to be close to UIC for grad school, and our friends used to ask us why we lived in such a "transitional" area (transitional meaning "not Lincoln Park").

File this under "No Shit, Really?" - Air pollution is 6 times higher in restaurants and bars that allow smoking. Wow, you don't say! We would have never guessed! We'd like to thank the National Conference on Tobacco or Health for this information. The organization conducted its survey earlier this month at 37 Chicago bars around downtown, Rush St., Little Italy & the West Loop. They found that at non-smoking places the average harmful particles...

Northside residents know the Edgewater neighborhood as a diverse, developing and multifaceted place to live. While recent development has pumped new vigor into the area, a rash of brutal murders – two of which were discovered today - are putting neighborhood residents firmly on edge. This week’s tragic events began when police discovered the body of 21-year-old Melissa Dorner in her apartment, located at 6151 N. Winthrop Ave. The victim, an Evanston native and hostess...

The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon begins in Grant Park near Buckingham Fountain and travels north through River North, Old Town, Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville, before heading back downtown. The race continues south through some of Chicago's most historic and diverse neighborhoods, including Greektown, Little Italy's Taylor Street, the Hispanic Pilsen area, Chinatown, Bridgeport, the Gap District and South Commons. Runners return downtown along picturesque Lake Shore Drive, the Museum Campus, Soldier Field and Lake Michigan, with a spectacular finish back in Grant Park.

Chicago is a sports town and Chicago is a pizza town, so it's only natural that it plays host to the Bacci World Pizza Eating Championship this Saturday at Bacci Pizzeria in Little Italy.