Shopping insider Julia Allison shops the best of Chicago.

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Enter Sepia and you feel like you’re stepping on set for some design show on TLC. This place is impeccably designed to perfection. As its name implies, sepia tones alight the ambiance with a sexy and …

Rockin’ comfort food since 1990 back when it was nothing more than a few stools and 23 seats, Wishbone Restaurant is clearly doing something right since they’ve now evolved to three locations.
Back before Wicker Park was …

Millennium Park bustles with tourists and locals in the summer gawking at art installations, music concerts and taking summer strolls while the winter hosts bundled up cuties of all ages circling the ice rink with their …

Goodbye to Plain Jane. Sayonara, Farewell, Au revoir! Now say hello to Sara Jane.
It was the fall of 2002 when Sara Jane opened a store bearing her own name in hopes of providing a true boutique …

You only have to climb, or take the elevator to the 40th floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange building and once there, the view of the cuisine, and yeah the skyline too, is amazing.
Everest, like its …

Running, biking, boating, soccer, nannies chasing bratty kids – you name it, Lincoln Park is full of people working it and building up hungry appetites.
The place to go for good grub has been R.J. Grunts since …