Travel & Visitors Guide - March 1, 2009
Windy City trekking with a toddler
In lieu of grander vacations, my compact family has created something of a tradition of lightning-fast visits to the Windy City, based around hotel rate sales. Even 24 hours in downtown Chicago can be pricey, but with a little careful planning, an action-packed weekend down south doesn't have to break the bank.
Tags: Chicago, The El, Chicago Theater, Bob the Builder, L'Appetito italian cafe, Hancock Observatory, Cafe Expression by Lavazza, Hilton, Navy Pier, Time Out, Artist's Cafe, Eleven City Diner, Museum of Science and Industry, Hyde Park, The Loop

Politics - Jan. 20, 2009
Milwaukee man showers in Obama's bathroom
OK, well, it's not really Barack's Obama's bathroom anymore, but Milwaukee native Carl Fuldner, who lives in the Windy City's Hyde Park neighborhood while attending the University of Chicago, rents the same apartment Obama lived in during the 1980s.
Tags: Carl Fuldner, Hyde Park, Chicago, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, University of Chicago