Traci Franksen was 8, maybe 9, when she started walking around her house in tiny Waterloo, Wisconsin, with a book in one hand and a classroom globe in the other….
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The Coming-Of-Age Classic Returns
The late filmmaker and Lake Forest resident John Hughes chose to shoot a movie along the North Shore every other month in the 1980s. Or so it seemed. Sixteen Candles….
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Blade Winner
Had Tom Gullen not attended Winnetka Hockey Club’s inaugural WarriorFest in late August, it would have been akin to Lollapalooza without music. Or an auto show without autos. The 63-year-old…
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All Smiles
Nobody should be surprised to learn that dentist Doug Campbell has set the bar high in terms of complete dental care since returning to his hometown of Lake Forest to…
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Grand Gand
Decorated pastry chef and longtime Riverwoods resident Gale Gand could tell you stories about the time she made Carol Burnett laugh, about the time Aretha Franklin raved about her peach…
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Bullish on Bourbon
Scottie Pippen’s rich baritone is the envy of any DJ looking to land a gig at a smooth jazz radio station. But Pippen didn’t need his deep voice to personify…
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Fresh Success
There’s Pat Fitzgerald, the former Northwestern University linebacker and current NU football coach, and there’s Patrick Fitzgerald, the creator and a co-owner of the online grocery delivery service Fresh Midwest….
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Hunger Game
Some nights, when a young Alice Moody was supposed to be sleeping at home in St. Louis but was reading a book under the covers instead, she’d have to release…
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Laser-Focused
It was Phillip Ross’s turn to move people, to bedazzle them, through his art. Finally. The year was 2014. Ross had essentially executed the visions of others, namely bosses and…
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Today’s Jon Sawyer
The compliment that changed Jonathon Sawyer’s life was as ringing as a dull thud. Sawyer was an engineering major at the University of Dayton, midway through his junior year, and…
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