When it comes to hanging out, your posse’s hard to please. Tiffany wants to get down in her pleather mini. Brad likes to shotgun PBRs. Summer’s dreadlocks are in a bunch, and she won’t leave Wicker Park.

At this rate, you’d rather hide ...

Nothing to do this weekend? We pity the fool!

DO
Eighth Annual Edible Books Show & Tea
What: See and taste books made from edible materials.
Why: You’re a starving artist.
When: Sun., 1-3 p.m.
Where: Columbia ...

First it was cars. Next, a pile of her favorite things. And then her piece de resistance: a leadership school for young girls in South Africa.

No one can out-Oprah Oprah.

But if anyone’s up to the task, it’s Jonny Imerman. ...

Rummaging through your makeup drawer is like going on an archaeological dig, minus the groundbreaking discoveries: skeletal lipstick remains, prehistoric mascara, eye shadow dating back to BC (Before CoverGirl).

An excavation is in order.

Louis and Mary Leakey had each ...

Good to see you have a spring in your step.

BUY
The Zincs’s Black Pompadour
What: Local band’s just-released CD is a confection of organ and guitar pop.
Why: Get your daily dose.
When: Whenever your ...

They’re lifelike. Luscious. Enviable. All your friends think they’re real. They’d never suspect your deep, dark secret.

They’re plastic.

After a flower wilted in your very presence, you started buying fakes. Newsflash: You can get healthy blooms in no time — without ever getting ...

Marking one’s territory is generally done only outside the home.

Unless, of course, you’re talking about Designs by Alyse murals. In which case, you’re going to want to do it all over your walls.

Alyse Gamson, the creative mind (not ...