Nestled in the busy North & Clybourn shopping corridor, Sono Wood Fired serves up some seriously tasty and artistic wood fired pizzas. more ›

We've been taking the CTA a lot lately thanks to all these crazy storms and we have to admit we're a little jealous of the fun that commuters in Germany and Sweden get to have. Volkswagen installed a slide and a giant piano on the stairs at a couple of stations - catch the videos below. The CTA Tattler suggests that Apple sponsor a slide on the North/Clybourn stairs during their sponsored remodel of the station which is scheduled to be completed at the end of the year. Sign us up! more ›

And so it begins. Apple, the supermegaultra computer/tech company, is looking into a deal with the CTA that could bring the cash-strapped transit agency some much needed money while opening up an advertising smorgasbord. The Sun-Times reports that the CTA has confirmed they're in talks with Apple for something that would amount to "station domination." Essentially, Apple would pay for refurbishments to a train station in exchange for "first dibs" on any and all advertising that would go up at the station. Not surprisingly, the station being discussed is North/Clybourn on the Red Line; construction is already underway on a new Apple store nearby. (Apple decided on that location for its new store after its much-publicized split with the Block 37 project.) One thing the deal, which could give the CTA up to $4 million in funding for the refurbishments, will not do is hand over station naming rights. more ›