Chicago

Who: The Caribbean Reef, teaming with bright, colorful new corals and more than 60 species of animals includes, bonnet head sharks, southern stingrays, angelfish and a hawksbill sea turtle. You can watch divers hand-feed sharks, sea turtles and eels during the day....

What: The John G. Shedd Aquarium is the largest indoor aquarium in the world with over 8,000 animals and creatures to explore. But this isn’t your ordinary aquarium...

When: Perfect for a date or a rainy weekend inside an underwater menagerie....

Where: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 Chicago, Illinois 60605 312-939-2438

Why: The Shedd is not just a sparkly educational aquarium (even though that’s cool enough) of late, it is so much more, super new and glittering with everything from a giant man-made Caribbean reef, shark tank and Amazonian counter (read: piranhas up close) even your boyfriend can get into this predator prolific date idea. A dolphin show overlooking Chicago’s skyline and a 4-D Special FX Theater, gourmet dinner spot and more await you at the Shedd....

Sweet Sounds

There’s something about The May Fire that grabs you by scruff of the neck. Perhaps it’s the cowbell chug or brilliantly fuzzy guitars that demand your attention. Or maybe you’re lured in by a voice that slithers like a lustier Patti Smith or Kim Deal. Whatever compels your ear, it doesn’t take more than a few notes to realize you’re in the presence of a band that knows how to meld Indie Rock, simmering ache & indestructible pop chops into just the kind of ear candy you’ve been craving. The May Fire founders El Pipe (pronounced “el peepay”) and Catty Tasso met in L.A.’s alternative rock scene in 2004, and moved to San Francisco a year later to join efforts with Nachito on guitar and Rob Gwin on bass. Their sound carries happy echoes of modern...

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff worked it on the red carpet of the third annual Loveday celebration and Cartier Love Charity Bracelet Event in Los Angeles on June 18. Hil rocked a 3.1 Philip Lim frock and Jimmy Choo's "Genie" heels, and to get Hil's dress for less, check out similarly hued offerings from Smitten (like the A-line Turtleneck Dress in Blueberry), Ella Moss (like the Rhianna Cami Dress in Wave), and Lotta Stensson (like the Shirred Tube Dress in Peacock). She finished off her look with a striking gold necklace, a white clutch and black nails. To answer the question I posed in my title of this sighting, it seems that former Sex Pistol frontman, Johnny "Rotten" Lydon, was definitely mean to Hil! At the Mojo Music Awards in London recently, a source claims that Johnny...