VICE Guide to Chicago
Get Acculturated
Out-of-towners don’t realize that Chicago has a scenic lakefront. There are several nice beaches with real sand and everything along the lakeshore, but Hyde Park’s Promontory Point is among the most beautiful and is the best spot to go swimming.
Gay Stuff
Chicago is a totally depressing town to live in, yet it seems to house some of the world’s happiest homosexual chaps. We just called one and asked him what gay shit rules around here.
Chicago Eats
Ever notice how huge The typical Chicago middle-aged human is? It’s because there are about 8 million restaurants per square inch.
Drugless in Chicago
Chicago is an alcohol town. I rolled in here from the West Coast with a bona fide coke problem. Relocating to drugless Chicago proved far cheaper than rehab.
DOs and DON'Ts
This guy just looks like a good jam. I don’t know what he’s playing, if it’s a Kurtis Mantronik remix of EPMD or something, but when you look at him you can almost hear the best song you’ve ever heard in your life.
Chicago on a $10,000 Day
My celebrity friend Chloë invited me to join her for a quick romp in Chicago. She had never been there before, but I had. When I was 22, I spent some time in Chicago making out with cute art students, shooting off fireworks, picnicking at Lincoln Park...
Chicago Arts and Sports
This city has a reputation for possessing sports teams of mythical proportions. So much so, in fact, that even dudes who care about music here care about sports. (Weird.)
The VICE Guide to Chicago
When we first started writing this guide, we didn’t really know Chicago from a hole in the ground. In fact, we thought Chicago literally was a hole in the ground—a huge, smoking crater crisscrossed by railroad tracks.
Clothes in Chicago
We’ve never met the manager of Penelope's, but we’re guessing he is or is closely related to Santa—and he’s using his sexiest elves to run the shop. These are seriously the world’s tiniest hot chicks. Oh yeah, there are a couple of dogs, too. Like...