CHICAGO TRADITIONS

After having established outposts all over the Chicago, the Billy Goat Tavern, a favorite hangout among the city's journalists, has established it's first location outside of Chicagoland: The Billy Goat Tavern - Washington D.C.

It seems the National Association of Realtors, which houses the Billy Goat at its Chicago headquarters, has opened new offices on Capitol Hill and wanted to take a piece of Chicago with them. You can check out the coverage in the Trib, and the Sun-Times. The Post couldn't be reached for comment.

But while one Chicago icon expands, another is on its death bed. Marshall Field's will be rebranded as Macy's next year. Some people are pissed. Roeper couldn't care less. Neither does Marshall Field V. But that last story does reveal that the small boutique store in Lake Forest will continue on as a Macy's. I find that hard to believe, but if it does it will be the smallest Macy's EVER. Anyway, the Trib's David Greising had a good column about the change.

IN OTHER NEWS: Gillette decides to fuck everything and go five blades. You may remember this story from the Onion, which now marks the first time a report in the Onion has proved to be true.