These things are usually reserved for cryptic messages written in invisible ink behind the canvas of the Mona Lisa. I’m speaking of Dan Brownian searches, the mystery hidden in plain view; I’m talking about the Intercontinental Hotel.

Do you smell that pine? It isn’t just the gin I’m drinking that put the jovial jolt of juniper in the air—Christmas is coming. If you want to venture to get your tree from a tree farm and not just some lot on Halsted, here’s a list of tree farms in the area.

You know as well as I do what is waiting right around the corner: a giant hulking mass of Canadian cold crouched on it’s haunches at the shores of Lake Michigan. Before long it will fall upon us, so take advantage while fall is upon us.

Jay-Z had written a song for the city he loved; I had a city that I loved, too.

Images of Chicago winter.

I know the food is good here. You know the food is good here. Finally, the world knows. The Michelin Guide has come to Chicago.

Blue Star is perfect for friends and family, date night and late night. Break away from beer, and find new meaning for the term wine and dine.

At Flat Top Grill, you are the head chef.

We often are asked “Where’s the best burger in Chicago?” This may be it. Don’t let some ho-hum grill slap an odd ingredient on your burger and call it innovation; Kuma’s has designed each of their burgers to perfection.

Step backwards in time to a basement pub during the American Revolution.

Whether or not you view shopping as a necessity or a hobby, there is something for you in the malls on Michigan Avenue.

Lyndsay Hailey is a busy woman. Since moving to Chicago from Richmond, Virginia her life has been a consistent comedy cyclone, taking the city’s improv scene by storm.

Is stress bunching your muscles up like the plot of Lost? Minute Massage Inc. is helping to relieve the stress of the city one knotted back at a time.

The Annoyance is home to a casual bar in the front and a cozy theater space in the back. Seven nights a week you can see some of the funniest sketch, improv, and musical shows that Chicago has to offer.