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Tag Archives: Chicago
Billionaires Dig Frank Gehry
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I recently watched a video of George Lucas being interviewed by Charlie Rose in Chicago. The topic: Lucas’ recently announced plans for a museum devoted to narrative art. Those plans were adopted by Chi-Town officials after … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged architecture, Chicago, Frank Gehry, George Lucas, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, museums, Skywalker Ranch
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Showtune Saturday: “All I Care About Is Love”
Eddie Pensier writes: “All I Care About Is Love” from Kander & Ebb’s Chicago, performed by the peerless Jerry Orbach on the 1976 Tony Award telecast. Billy Flynn was charmingly and winningly played on screen years later by Richard Gere, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged Chicago, Jerry Orbach, Kander and Ebb, showtune saturday
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Pizza, Five Ways
Eddie Pensier writes: The best pizza in the world, as everybody knows, no longer exists. It is the pizza of your childhood*. That first magical bite sets the flavor, which you spend the rest of your life attempting to recapture. … Continue reading
Posted in Food and health, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged Chicago, five ways, food, New York City, pizza
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Architecture Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: Lobby of the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. Related More glamorous Gilded Age buildings in this gallery from Blowhard, Esq.
Women Holding Their Heads In Their Hands While Reading Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: From my recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, a strange mini-trend I noticed. Jacques-Louis David, Madame François Buron (1769) Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mrs Jens Wolff (1803-15) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Interrupted Reading (c. 1870) More art and other … Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, art institute of chicago, camille corot, Chicago, chicks with books, Impressionism, Jacques-Louis David, museum, painting, thomas lawrence
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Cocktails Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: A French Martini (vodka, Chambord, and pineapple juice) and a Hemingway (rum, grapefruit juice, and lime) at Miller’s Bar, Wabash Street, Chicago
Posted in Food and health, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged Chicago, cocktails, girly drinks, martini, mixed drinks, pink booze
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