Last May, Chad Kramer was at a dinner at Miramar in Highwood and a friend asked if he’d ever heard of the luxury shoe brand, Del Toro. A self-admitted fashion…
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Power Paddleboarders
On most days, if you stand on one side of Lake Michigan you can see the other. “It would be a fun adventure to take a boat across,” some might…
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Story Time
More than a decade ago, Donna Lubow went to see her brother, Rick Leslie, perform at 2nd Story, an unofficial storytelling cousin of Chicago’s Second City. Lubow, who raised her…
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Walk With A Purpose
A few weeks ago, Lily Brasch became just the second person with muscular dystrophy (MD) to appear on the runway during New York Fashion Week, and the first to do…
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Animal Magnetism
When Rob Carmichael first started working for the City of Lake Forest, he was running the city’s athletic programs. Coming from a sports background and having played sports in college…
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Master Classical
Northbrook residents Angela Yoffe and Vadim Gluzman often talked about staging classical music concerts, but it wasn’t until the husband-and-wife team—both internationally renowned well-traveled professional musicians; he’s a violinist and…
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The Story Behind The Story
Ironically it is art, rather than history class, that exposes many of us to the most important stories—and lessons—of the past. The ultimate example of this principle at work is,…
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Classics Rock
Jonathan Salem Baskin wants to bring classic literature to the modern masses and figures he’s found a good way to do it. The PR man, author, and Glencoe resident has…
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Bank With A Purpose
John Calk considers himself a corporate brat. The Chairman and CEO of The Federal Savings bank grew up all over the world, but in 8th grade his family settled in…
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In Bloom
The 2023 installment of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show—opening this weekend in Glencoe—will illustrate what makes an orchid an orchid with exaggerated elements that feature more than 10,000 orchid…
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