Abby Baine Dunn was in a hurry. Moving through the press of bodies crowded into New York City’s Times Square, she’d left the stress of high-level public relations back at…
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Love Shack
Karen O’Sullivan’s bright and breezy boutique siblings Share and Shack stand side-by-side on Wilmette Avenue. It’s about an hour before opening time, and with the morning sun lighting up the…
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Baking Onward
There was a time when the stretch of Sheridan Road just round the bend from Evanston heading South to Loyola University, was home to luxury residential hotels that boasted concierge…
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Spectacular Styles
When meeting antiques dealer Lee Thinnes at her 1930s Mediterranean house in Winnetka to talk about design, one thing is clear—she’s at home in her work and at work in…
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Poetry in Motion
Six young poets gathered one recent summer week in a soft-lit sitting room at Ragdale, architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s former Lake Forest estate, and now one of the country’s…
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Sunday Funday
Supporting great causes financially is a worth while endeavor. Finding ways to engage with the people and programs one supports, makes the giving even more meaningful. That’s certainly been the…
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The Art of Craft
The morning light filtering in from the front window at Jeff Miller’s hand-crafted furniture gallery is soft—soft as the gentle curves that beckon from the designer craftsman’s elegant chairs. Each…
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Bright Futures
The strides that Rush University System for Health (RUSH) has made over the last seven decades to improve health care throughout Chicago are beyond impressive. Since 1948, the academic health…
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Sunday Breakfast: Ed Asner
It’s almost 10 p.m. on a perfect Saturday night. Ed Asner, clad in the Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and Dodgers cap he just wore in his comical one-man show, “A…
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Sunday Breakfast: Zander Bush
A few minutes into my Sunday meeting with Highland Park High School (HPHS) junior Zander Bush, he’s already intrigued me with a story both quirky, and inspiring. The story begins…
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