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Zoo-ologie is a one of a kind gala that is taking place on Saturday, May 21st this year at the Lincoln Park Zoo. All proceeds from this spectacular affair will benefit the zoo's conservation and science initiatives and programs that help to support their effort to conserve wildlife throughout the world. Attendees will get to mix and mingle all through the zoo grounds while sipping cocktails, classy hors d'oeuvres, music, silent auction, and dance the lovely night away.

The Southside and Northside rivalry once again heats up in the kitchen on Friday, June 24th as Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Executive Chef Kevin Hickey – serving up for the White Sox – and avid Cubs Fan Chef Koren Grieveson of avec present a culinary field of dreams in the Fifth Annual Crosstown Culinary Classic hosted by Seasons restaurant to benefit Common Threads.

One of the most refined summertime activities is boating. A quick hour and a half escape from Chicago, Lake Geneva is a sleepy lake town with a rich history of famous inhabitants. The Geneva Lake area is home of cartoonists Joe and Jay Martin and Sidney Smith, Buddy Melges, 1972 Olympic yachting gold medallist and Producers/creators of"The Young and the Restless," William Bell and Lee Phillips. Plan your weekend getaway with the kiddos or as a romantic twosome.

Join Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants this June as they hold their annual golf outing to help raise money Stefani Children’s Charities. Formed in 1988, they donate to a collection of causes centered around children such as Children's Memorial Hospital, Maryville Academy, Ronald McDonald House, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Cystic Fibrosis and United Cerebral Palsy.  

As soon as men invented fire, women learned to play with it. Going off of a similar philosophy, welcome Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar, a playfully refreshing twist on the ever-growing Japanese hautes in downtown Chicago. Started by the ever-sassy food blogging duo Mike and Chao, Kushiyaki is the formal Japanese term for grilled meat, poultry, offal, vegetables and fish. Yakitori is the common term for grilled meat – but it actually only refers to grilled chicken. Kushiyaki is the broad term that encompasses all ingredients grilled on a stick – and it is the very heart and soul of Union.

Cleansing your palate to prep it for intense sensory images, a good wine dinner turns a meal into a celebration. Indulge in these worldly wine menus as a good vino brings out flavor combinations like you wouldn’t imagine possible.

First Mate Marisa Miller is throwing a legendary bash, co-hosted by Maxim, to celebrate the Captain’s 376th(ish) birthday at Public House this Friday, May 13 from 10 pm- 2 am.

Growing up in Miami, Florida, jewelry designer Winifred Grace Gundeck spent her days exploring the nature that surrounded her – finding beauty in the movement of rustling trees and palm fronds, the reflection of light off water and the pattern and texture of sand and seashells. At the age of 8, while other kids were selling lemonade, Winifred started making hand-painted barrettes and selling them to a local boutique. Garnering rave reviews, she moved on to hair combs adorned with exotic silk flowers, feathers, ribbons and beads, which her mother proudly wore to all of South Miami’s most stylish dinner parties.

The 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante Coupé, the sister automobile of the world’s most expensive car, is hitting RM Auctions’ auction block at its Villa d’Este sale on Saturday, May 21. After its counterpart vehicle, the rare Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, set the record for the highest price ever paid for a single automobile, the Atalante Coupé is estimated to sell for as much as $6.2 million.

With a fabulous event every night of the week, a busy diva may not always have time to feed the shopping habit. Fortunately two cool NYC trendsetters have solved the dilemma- designer duds delivered straight to your doorstep while you sleep. You now have the perfect gown to every black tie gala, wedding or date night and with plenty of options. Rent the Runway is everywhere you are. It’s messengered to your apartment right before girls' night out; it’s sent to your hotel on vacation in St. Bart’s; and it’s perfectly packaged on prom night.

Not the average girl your friend tried to set you up with that one time, the Blind Date is a supremely crafted 48.9-meter megayacht built by Heesen in 2009, and has recently been listed for sale for approximately $40 million through Merle Wood & Associates. Behind the design of the ultra luxurious craft were Omega Architects’ Frank Laupman for the exterior and the UK’s Keech Green for interiors. Together, the duo joined forces with the shipyard’s in-house team to create the ultimate luxury megayacht.