In their grand tradition of quantifying everything around us, U.S. News and World Report ranks the efficiency of popular diets. more ›

Chicagoist is pretty sure we witnessed the birth of a couple of superstars Tuesday night, as Loul Deng and Ben Gordon teamed up to cool off the Heat once again. With their 107-89 victory Tuesday night, the Bulls took a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. more ›

About an hour after our post on Chicago theater coping with the theater of the gridiron, we discovered the Tribune’s list of Super Sunday alternatives. We won’t even pretend that any of these events are more momentous or worth your time than the biggest Bears game since MTV was cool. But we still think they’re better than hearing yet another story about South Beach “sabor.” more ›

Last we heard, the plug had been pulled on The Nicky O Chicago, Nicky Hilton's condotel project planned for 500 S. Dearborn. Now we hear that the project is still on, but it's just delayed while they figure out the designer drapes. No word on whether or not they'll match the designer carpet. more ›

In what may be another effect of the softening housing market we discussed yesterday, the Falor Corporation, an aggressive condo conversion company, pulled the plug on Nicky Hilton’s much-discussed condo-hotel project at 500 S. Dearborn St. Paris’ little sis was to help Falor convert the Printers Row’s Hotel Blake into a “calmer version” of her South Beach prototype. Condo-hotels, in which investors buy individual hotel rooms to use as a residential condo, and then allow... more ›

Handbag and clothing lines were just the start. Now, Nicky Hilton is getting her hands in the family business and taking the endeavor to Chicago. According to reports, Hilton is developing a hotel chain in conjunction with hospitality firm The Falor Companies and lending her name to the brand. more ›