Another week, another all-you-can-eat Friday Buffet. The photo alone is giving us cravings for some shark meat. - It's National Ice Cream Month. Feeling charitable this afternoon? In the mood for ice cream? Then head over to Atwood Café between 2-4 p.m. and take part in their annual ice cream social to benefit the Fairy Godmother Foundation. Atwood chef Heather Terhune will donate $1 from every ice cream sold (graciously donated by Ciao Bella gelato)... more ›

This Chicagoist has just arrived home from work around 6:30 when we heard sirens get louder and louder, and then saw a number of fire engines pull up in front of our building at 2626 N. Lakeview. We knew something terrible was happening when we continued to hear more sirens. more ›

This Chicagoist left the city for the holidays and was lucky enough to eat many excellent meals. One particular dish peaked our interest for the second year in a row, making us wonder if it was really all that hard to make ... or if we, too, could make it and bask in its tasty glory. The dish in question, as you can tell (hopefully) from the above photograph, is chocolate soufflé. Did you... more ›

"Chriskindlmarket Lights" via artamnesia. more ›

Warning: This Chicagoist post has been rated R. more ›

This Chicagoist does not subscribe to cable television. He likes to think he has much more important things to do than waste time watching cable TV. But really he just spends entirely too much time fiddling with an antenna (a placebo more than anything) so he can see Judge Mathis roll his eyes without static and periodic blares of white noise. Now he will say he doesn't subscribe to cable because having it installed is too risky. more ›

But now the dipshits can't call the French pussies anymore because they have the capacity to help us in another war, the war on influenza. more ›

On Saturday Keyes 2004 campaign manager Bill Pascoe handed in the campaign's third-quarter report to the Federal Elections Commitee. In seven weeks the campaign raised $1,349,679.83. Pascoe is especially excited that 97% or $1,309,015.83 of the contributions were from 20,176 individuals. more ›