Early in their courtship, nearly 30 years ago, Carrie and Tom Buchwald took a Chicago Architecture River Cruise. While traversing all three branches of the Chicago River, they passed more…
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Home Run
Not Patrick Mahomes. Not Aaron Rodgers. Not even a Chicago Bear. Brian Atwood dressed up as recent Loyola Academy graduate Matthew Mangan for Halloween 2020. Mangan—now a University of Dayton…
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From Culkin To Covid
Thirty years before the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, Kevin McCallister screamed, “This house is so full of people, it makes me sick!” Later, after being picked on…
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Hark!
A mere “hello” from Peter Brown to family members, to churchgoers, to neighbors, or to strangers would never do. The friendly 5-year-old son of Grace Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor Marshall…
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Taste Of Argyle
Bill O’Donnell’s heaven on earth is a cozy porch seat at his Blue Ash Farm cabin in Argyle, Wisconsin. It’s where the former longtime Chicago Mercantile Exchange commodities trader likes…
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Roast Of The Town
Before he became a first-time coffeehouse owner in Wilmette 15 years ago, Blair Cooke was a writer. He served a publication as its classical music critic, and his story about…
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His Exelon-cy
Chris Gould’s father, Alan, posed a question to his son more than three years ago: “What are you doing in February 2018?” “Why?” Chris asked. “I’d like you to join…
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Twin Billing
The anatomy of the twins’ path to lifelong relationships with their sports heroes began with the siblings’ thumbs. Carl and Tony Ruzicka—now 71-year-old brothers, Yale University and University of Chicago…
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Still Connecting
Professional baseball fans in the 1990s knew all about Hal Morris. A first baseman in the decade, mostly with the Cincinnati Reds, the left-handed-hitting Morris helped the Reds capture the…
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SCHOCH AND AWE
Tom Cruise’s character in the 1983 movie Risky Business, Joel Goodsen, ate fries in a scene shot at Shelton’s Ravinia Grill in Highland Park. The diner closed in 1993. An…
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