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If you're from Chicago, you probably know about the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, seven men were gunned down at the SMC Cartage garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. Most of the dead men were members of the Bugs Moran bootlegging gang.

Amy is off on her tour this week, so we are glad to have guest-blogger Rebecca Kavanagh.Just as the gourmet chef pulls out the Wonder bread for a PB&J on his day off and the housecleaner puts her feet up on a cluttered coffee table at the end of the day, I spent more ti

I promise we'll get back to the normal architecture stuff next week, but I wanted to continue the Valentine's-Day-set-in-Chicago theme we began with yesterday's discussion of the old "Cupid" TV show.

This week: MISSION Amy K.R. has a guest-blogger: Rebecca Kavanagh.Happy Valentines Day (source: giftideas4lovedone.wordpress.com)How are your grand plans coming along? Have you ordered the flock of doves? Do you think you've got enough helium for all those balloons?

a few items for sale at the Valentine's Day MarketIf you're still wondering what the hell you're going to do on Sunday, and you haven't even thought of a dinner plan this weekend, you might want to swing by the Logan Square Kitchen, where they're holding a first-ever Valentine's Day Pastry

Top story: Isn't it funny that journalists now have to ask the question, "Did you offer a payback deal for Cohen to leave the race?" What a long, strange trip we've been on, Illinois.