Alison Neumer

I, for one, do not need pink cocktails to assert my womanhood. Sassy independence is not embodied in a pair of Jimmy Choos. And lunchtime with the girls isn't the...

Remember those way-too-cheerful ads for breakfast cereal during Saturday morning 'toons? Kids running around with Tony the Tiger or the Trix rabbit? Whatever the commercial's story line, it always ended...

The CTA distributed approximately 23,000 free transit cards to passengers during rush hour Thursday in apology for service problems earlier in the week. On Tuesday evening, a Purple Line train...

Men, the fantasy starts here. As five young women in low-cut jeans and tight, flimsy tops grind their hips together on the dance floor of a hot nightclub, space clears...

President Bush might be a space cadet, after all. Some of his most recent policy proposals, intended as grand gestures, instead come off more like transparent political moves to sway...

Chicagoans can recycle their Christmas trees Saturday at one of 20 park district locations, announced the city's Streets and Sanitation Department, which helps organize the program. City workers will be...

The first moments of the New Year never seem all that different. It's like celebrating a birthday and someone asking, "So, how do you feel now?" The party simply stops,...

Each year, in the swirl of headlines and breaking news, a few stories completely capture the city's attention and affect the lives of nearly all Chicagoans--if only briefly. In 2003,...

The 12:01 a.m. show wasn't my idea. I wanted to see "The Return of the King," the last chapter in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but not necessarily the...

For a dedicated "Lord of the Rings" fan, few things could top a screening of "The Return of the King" at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Except maybe a ticket to Trilogy...