If you’ve driven past the relatively new storefront at 1245 Chicago Avenue in Evanston lately and wondered what it was, me, too (admittedly […]

   
Each day, you hear more and more about authenticity-this and authenticity-that. (It’s the new “express yourself.”) Heck, mea culpa for blogging about Seattle’s authenticity a couple of days ago. So it was with equal parts amusement and intrigue that I picked up Time magazine’s March 24th issue, with the cover story, 10 Ideas That Are […]

It’s kind of like this. Chicago is the Mother Ship of the Midwest, surrounded and fed by her satellites of St. Louis, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Des Moines, Minneapolis…

Chicago’s big. She’s smart, powerful, beautiful–and on the global map. As a transplanted Angelina (L.A. native, not Babe o’ Brad) with a bi-coastal bent, I came […]

 
In Chicago, or planning a visit before May? Then you must head to the Art Institute for a stellar double feature: Edward Hopper and Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, presented as part of the museum’s American Perspectives: a yearlong celebration of American artistic vision. 
What can you, as a contemporary global citizen, learn from these […]

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting her, or reading her regular commentaries on the hard copy pages of the Chiasso catalog, Nanette is the company’s CMO and CCO (chief merchandising and creative officer). She recently stopped by the Blogissimo virtual office for a chat.
Blogissimo: So you were recently in […]

Find modern the way you want to live. We wanted to provide you with a exclusive peek at our new Spring 2008 Collection and hear what you have to say about our soft, luxurious and oh so comfortable new designs. It’s effortlessly chic, and you’re going to live it!
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I don’t know about you, but that’s all I needed to hear before I immediately started fantasizing on how I was going to spend the money. Up to twelve hundred dollars! What a great present. I’ve actually never been happier to be married in my life.

The first thing I thought of was making a donation […]

I headed down to 400 S. Jefferson (it’s really on the corner of Van Buren and Des Plaines) in Chicago yesterday afternoon to be your personal scout at the Chiasso Warehouse Sale. What a happening! I even spotted a family making a day of it picnicking on the carpeting.
 
(The rugs were up to 80% off, […]

Download Chiasso featured on the Today Show.
Chiasso’s Luna Workstation was featured last week on the Today Show. The office workstation combines a sleek modern design with ingenious functionality. Imagine sitting down and getting things done in your own modern shrine to work. Organized for maximum efficiency and effectiveness, this single unit holds your computer and […]

If you haven’t seen Persepolis, the Academy Award-nominated Best Animated Feature (based on the Marjane Satrapi graphic novel), go today! From opening credits to ending, it’s a gem of a movie whose core themes are integrity, authenticity and the indomitable human spirit. It’s in French with subtitles and, appropriately enough, most of it’s in black […]