The Vanna Venturi house is for sale for the first time in a long, long time.
Dot’s full name is Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca the Third. There’s so much we didn’t know!
Half a pan plus an induction stovetop (plus banjo music) equals an interesting demonstration.
The Muppets’ pilot presentation! Fans at Comic-Con demanded its release to the internet, and now here we are. Hooray, and thank you, nerds!
OMG. ‘The beach’ is a giant (10,000 sq ft) ball pit architectural art installation in D.C.
A look at the celebrity PR machine. It’s all so calculated.
I never knew about the Coney Island sideshow babies. I also found an old article about the incubators from 1928.
“The babies respond to affection like flowers to the sun — they sense it somehow.”
And speaking of babies (segue!), two sets of identical twins were partially switched at birth and raised as fraternal twins.
A reader sent this my way: a pink kaydid!
All wallpapered-out on your walls (or afraid of the commitment)? Peekaboo wallpapered drawers, people. Adorable.
An exit interview from a guy who blue himself for 12 years.
A $1.5 million former barn in Oak Park, in case you’re in the market.
Actually, this looks like a sweet home for about 1/3 that price.
American Beauty — all of it — has been in my head all week. GET OOOUUUTTT.
Just a couple of millennials.
“I ran an 8-minute mile in 2009…”
I don’t know if it will “change the way you decorate,” but this colorful home is a fun change from the neutrals + black + white palette that dominates these days.
The Young Duchess is going to be your new favorite bedroom design.
Such a great brand collab, too.
ANNs (Artificial Neural Networks) make some very creepy computer-generated art.
Wait wait… Peter Sagal lives here!
Ever considered wearing a waist trainer? These things are marketed to new moms all the time. Sounds like a good time.
Sometimes I’m very glad I’m not a food blogger.
“How long do you freeze the numbers?”
“till they are FROZEN”
And CUE THE COMMENTS.
It’s fairly easy to navigate Chicago, but it’s even easier if you know the grid. We can thank Edward Brennan for that (though not everyone did at first).
Well now if those aren’t just the cutest skeletons I ever did see!
Clean lines, but rustic reclaimed wood. Such a great kitchen.
Just a squirrel trying to get a nut. Or tiny electric guitar, whatevs.
My mother-in-law will love this one.
12 stylish storage boxes and bins that are perfect for your home office, or any other spot that could stand a little organization.
Thomas Lennon, on pushing through and learning from failure.
Also, here’s a fun interview with him from our local paper that ran several years back. (He grew up in Oak Park, and the man still loves him some Tasty Dog.)
Diane Keaton interviewing Emma Stone is delightful.
Dad bods.
“Show off how your looks are not what society values most in you!” Because “we’re already obsessed with ‘mom bods,’ or at least how fast moms can get rid of them.”
I’m giving away a $250 gift card to Target! You have until tomorrow night to enter, so get on that.
The Wright Plus Architectural Housewalk is happening this weekend, here in Oak Park and also in Riverside. The Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens is also wrapping up this weekend, allowing you to tour the home of the late John Hughes.
Yes, that John Hughes. Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…).