Greg Beaubien's Writings
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Aug.27.2009
Chicago Tribune
LONDON - The hot towel is a drug for the face. Under its influence, worldly troubles recede as contentment floods body and mind. Every sense is engaged but not over-stimulated, lulled in calm harmony under steaming white cotton. Lights on the barbershop's ceiling are filtered through the gossamer haze. Radio music plays vaguely in the background. It's easy to...
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Apr.27.2009
Audubon Magazine
Kids think they're cool: tennis shoes with little red lights blinking in the heels. But mercury fires the glow, about a gram of it in each pair of shoes. The manufacturer, L.A. Gear -- which markets them under the names L.A. Lights and My Li'l Lights -- says mercury from discarded shoes won't escape into air, water, or soil, but officials in some states aren't...
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Apr.16.2009
Chicago Reader
For more than half a century, the late American composer and writer Paul Bowles lived in his adopted city of Tangier, Morocco. When Bowles first arrived for a visit in 1931, at the urging of Gertrude Stein, the African port was an international city governed by eight foreign powers. A reputation grew in the seemingly lawless atmosphere of the ancient town:...
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Apr.15.2009
Travel & Leisure Magazine
When summer cooks Chicago, chill in style aboard an armada of new sightseeing vessels sailing from the revamped Navy Pier. The Windy, a four-masted schooner, launches her first full season this month. For a wilder ride, chop waves on the bright yellow speedboat Seadog. Or voyage on the Cap Streeter, modeled after the steamship that ran aground in Chicago's...
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About Greg
My first paying article, about a punk rock club, appeared in the Chicago Reader in 1988. Since then I have contributed features to a long list of newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Travel & Leisure. A rags...
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