BACK TO MOBILE SITE

The Weekend Guide

Easy now. Step away from the spray tanner.

EAT
Mulan
What
: Heat chef/owner Kee Chan’s new Chinatown resto.
Why: Blends land and sea on every plate.
When: Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 5-11 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., ...

A Joy Bride

Wedding season has come again, and with it the time-honored questions asked by brides and grooms throughout the ages:

What the hell are we doing? Are these classic wedding jitters or trustworthy intuitions? And is that person at the other end ...

The Weekend Guide

You are hereby released from burger-flipping duty.

HEAR
DJ A-KIDD
What
: Five-year-old DJ kicks off turntable competition.
Why: Look, ma, no hands!
When: Thurs., 8 p.m.
Where: Vision Nightclub, 632 N. Dearborn St., b/t Erie & ...

Getting the Run Around

Enthusiasm is an elusive beast. When you don’t need it (Another mojito? Alrighty!), there it is. When you do (Monday mornings, family reunions), it’s MIA.

If exercise inspiration is what you’re seeking (and, frankly, who isn’t?), Girls on the Run ...

Come as You Are

Being you is a full-time job and then some.

And the occupational hazards of go, go, go (chipped nails, stress, knots as big as melons) are starting to show. Your market value is dropping faster than Janet Jackson’s weight.

If ...

Three Is a Magic Number

Deciphering Chicago is a simple numbers game.

• 60622: yupsters in skinny jeans and Chucks carrying $600 bags.
• 60614: ex-Big Tenners who’ve traded letters for faux vintage tees and jobs at Starcom.
• 60611: Gold Coasters who haven’t realized ...

The Weekend Guide

Not sure what to do this weekend? Play a game of follow the mariachi.

SEE
Stranger in a Strange Land

What: Edgy paintings by Paris-born David Gista.
Why: He’s the next Diego Rivera. Only, um, French.
When: ...

Flower Girl

You pull together a gathering for twenty in under twenty. Mix a martini on the fly. And can charm the paint off a wall with your deft small talk. (“Fantastic varnish. Gloss or semi?”)

But pity your poor table. Hydrangeas ...