Robin Linn

Remember that scene from Annie when Daddy Warbucks announces, “Let’s go to the movies,” and everyone breaks into song and dance? The Rockettes’ nostrils flare with excitement, and Annie, Warbucks, Grace, and Sandy the dog get taken away in a ritzy convertible for a private viewing of Camille. It’s a scene so glamorous I wanted to swoon like Greta Garbo. I’d always felt a bit of that thrill when I went to the movies. But let’s be real: The glamour had long faded away.

Major Taylor Bike Trail Beverly to Riverdale Distance: 8 miles Head south from the Dan Ryan Woods at 81st Street to the Whistler Woods Forest Preserve at West 134th Street, following an unused train line. You’ll traverse forests, parks, and historic neighborhoods like West Pullman and Beverly. Along the way, you’ll find Original Rainbow Cone and Top-Notch Beefburgers, perfect spots for a pit stop.

The Apple That Made Tinsley Mortimer Cry Socialite, reality TV star, boxing buff By Robin Linn Photograph by Lisa Predko April 12, 2021, 12:36 pm Once dubbed “the most photographed socialite in New York City,” Tinsley Mortimer is probably best known to Chicagoans for her stint on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. She’s a local gal these days, having moving to River North in 2019 to be with her now-former fiancé, CouponCabin founder Scott Kluth.