Profile of Poitier graces October O
The October issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, features an interview with Sidney Poitier, which the magazine’s namesake describes as “the most extraordinary conversation” of her life.
Category: Lifestyles
We customers get no respect
Just when did the shift take place from the customer always being right to just being a plain pain in the butt? In recent months, I have been cut by a manicurist, pierced by a tack while trying on clothes at a department store, handed mixed-up food orders and messed-up film negatives and subjected to cab trips in which the drivers’ seats were so far back that I had to kiss my knees. Fact is, I can deal with inconveniences. But they’d be a lot easier to stomach if people would just show some common courtesy.
Trendy seek college chic
Each generation of college students has its own variation on back-to-school necessities.
The new men of food: Tyler Florence, Bob Blumer
Back in the day, celebrity chefs started and ended with Julia Child and her messy but amusing style. But thanks to the advent of cable television in general and the Food Network in particular, the faces of a new breed of hot-shot chefs are becoming familiar. Joining the ranks of Emeril Lagasse, Ming Tsai and those poker-faced Iron Chefs are a couple of young guns–Tyler Florence and Bob Blumer.
In modest gown, Jennifer Lopez still stands out
There were no gasps of shock when Jennifer Lopez walked on stage during the Latin Grammy Awards on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. She didn’t wear anything remotely resembling that dress that generated more talk than many of the winners at February’s Grammy Awards.
Chicago lives the good life
It was a summer of fluctuating temperatures. But Chicagoans made the best of it. Even the city’s notorious humidity didn’t dampen our spirits, not when we could ensconce ourselves in a state-of-the-arthouse theater.
Nightlife theme, club clothes style rock the house at Fash Bash
The music rocked. A bride bonded with Superman. And the clothes weren’t bad, either. This year’s Fash Bash–Friday night at the Chicago Theatre–had all the frenetic energy that was lacking at the event’s more staid Chicago debut last year.
State of being single not a sickness
I realize that no one’s going to mistake me for Tyra Banks and that Keanu Reeves probably won’t be knocking on my door any time soon with an engagement ring (although a girl can always dream). But I’ve got a good career going, my mental health is stable and I’m debt-free. In some countries, I would be considered a good catch.
City ranks high for fine dining
Chicago is good enough to eat. Just ask Bon Appetit, which features eight Chicago restaurants in a list of its 100 favorite restaurants nationwide.
Raising eyebrows
George W. Bush is a plucker. Take a peek at his pictures from the 1980s and you’ll see that he was sporting a unibrow that has now disappeared.