Sheryl Sandberg tells Chicago women to 'Lean In'

Mar. 29, 2013
The Facebook COO discussed her controversial new book Thursday, and explained why she thinks women are holding themselves back from achieving the same workplace success as men. 

The Palmer Mansion, a home that topped them all

Nov. 18, 2011
Drive past 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago today and you'll see a 22-story red brick apartment complex that’s home to about 740 units.But this bland looking set of buildings obscures what used to be on the site: one of the most luxurious and ostentatious private homes in Chicago history.

Saul Bellow’s Chicago

Sep. 21, 2011
In Saul Bellow’s Chicago of the 1930s and ‘40s there were millinery factories in the Loop and Humboldt Park was more Polish than Puerto Rican.At age 9, the Nobel laureate immigrated to Chicago from Canada and grew up on the near West Side in a two-flat on Augusta Boulevard.

The curious crossroads of Next Thai and Trader Vic's

Jul. 7, 2011
The first time I met Grant Achatz was b

Hotel union pact could be model

Mar. 7, 2011
Union contracts with Chicago-area Hilton hotels could pressure other hospitality chains to follow suit. Members of the union UNITE HERE on Friday ratified four-year agreements covering 1,600 Chicago-area workers at the Drake, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Hilton and Hilton O’Hare.

Dolinsky: Top chefs, an Oscar party and lunch at the Hilton

Feb. 25, 2011
If the winter chills have left you reaching for take out menus over party invites, there’s nothing like a good bash, great food and plenty of booze to get you to bundle up and venture out.