Coral Amber

I was watching a rather innocuous commercial for Prudential Real Estate (powered by Yahoo) where Agent 24-7 was being shown the computers and I shouted “Ms. French!” at the television. I’m one of those people who get really excited when they recognize an actor from somewhere else. In this case I recognized Agent 24-7 to [...]

I was trying to explain to my mom who Avril Lavigne was, while flipping through a magazine I mentioned her CDs and what she looked like, ending with: “you know, she wears all that black eyeliner.” Then I turned the page of my magazine and there was a picture of Avril, but something was wrong. [...]

The city is bursting with secrets. They echo off steel and glass, swirl around corners, and nestle under sidewalks. To hear these windy whispers you need only show up on May 19-21 at 224 South Michigan Avenue. Next month the Great Chicago Places and Spaces weekend offers dozens of free, guided tours throughout the city. [...]

What do you get when you take the plot of Anchorman, shoot it from the point of view of Christina Applegate, set it in Chicago, and take out everything funny? Pepper Dennis. Pepper Dennis (Rebecca Romijn) is a career minded reporter gunning for the local anchor position. In a move I’ve seen too many times [...]

Now that Dancing with the Stars is over I need to get my vicarious dancing fix elsewhere. I just saw a movie that reminded me again how cool it would be if I could tango. How come all they ever taught at my school was square dancing (the state dance of Illinois, I kid you [...]