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Painting Furniture Black
09/12/11

Painting Furniture Black

Over the long weekend I tackled a long-delayed project: painting an old Heywood-Wakefield end table with high-gloss black paint...

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Tour Rick Bayless's Garden
08/18/11

Tour Rick Bayless's Garden

If you can’t get enough of him at his three downtown eateries, take a tour of Rick Bayless’s garden as well...

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Rivers Casino
07/27/11

Rivers Casino

My stepson, Bo, and I attended the Rivers Casino opening last week (House: $50. Us: $0)...

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07/19/11

Wheaton All Night Flea Market

Have you heard of Come Flea With Me? Started by sisters Kate Shifrin and Christie Weller about 10 years ago, it’s the most fun way to go to a flea market—that is, in a bus with about 20 other junk-loving kindred spirits, while eating yummy, homemade food...

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Guerrilla Truck Show
06/16/11

Guerrilla Truck Show

For the seventh year, Morlen Sinoway, patron saint of emerging artists and designers, staged his Guerrilla Furniture and Art Truck show...

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Home & Garden Tour
06/09/11

Home & Garden Tour

Every year I look forward to the Celebration of Home & Garden tour in pretty southwest Michigan, just an hour and a half drive from the city...

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Dose Market Debuts
06/03/11

Dose Market Debuts

This Sunday, June 5, is the opening day of Dose Market, a new monthly, European-style market taking place at the River East Art Center...

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Home Decorating Tips from the Pros
05/11/11

Home Decorating Tips from the Pros

Last night about 60 people gathered at the Architecture Foundation for Secrets of the Stylists, a very stylish discussion co-sponsored by our magazine and featuring Cynthia McCullough, Diane Ewing, and Susan Victoria...

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Lill Street Retrospective
04/26/11

Lill Street Retrospective

I recently popped into Lillstreet Art Center to check out their newly renovated gallery area and, while I was there, got a tour of the entire building. Wow...

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Art and Furniture Show
04/08/11

Art and Furniture Show

If you were intrigued reading about the talented group of furniture makers that make up the Dock 6 Collective in our January/February feature “Best of the New,” then this weekend is your chance to check out their work up-close and personal...

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