The Long Room, a reliable Chicago bar with all the essentials
I was sipping a beer on the patio behind Ten Cat Tavern with my friend Charlie, debating which was the…
How Canada will conquer the US
It’s difficult to get people to take the idea of Canadian world domination seriously, and I admit the notion snuck…
Who killed Chicago?
‘I wonder if you might do a “notebook” on living in Chicago at the moment,’ my London-based editor inquired via email. ‘The latest…
Here in freezing Chicago we’re secretly rooting for global warming
One of the few pleasures of advancing age is that, no matter how awful some looming catastrophe may be, you…
