The first time I met Amy Morton, North Shore restaurateur and member of the Morton Steakhouse dynasty, we drank French press coffee on velvety sofas at Found Kitchen & Social…
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Gatsby Revival
In a letter that F. Scott Fitzgerald sent to his daughter in 1940, the author famously wrote, “Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the…
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Secret Culinary Gem
When beloved North Shore restaurateur Patrick O’Neil opened Little Ricky’s in Winnetka 18 years ago, the vision was to create a corner gathering place where friends and neighbors could come…
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Homes for the Holidays
Like the classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker, which transports viewers through a sequence of fantasy worlds, the Lake Bluff History Museum’s Christmas Home Tour takes visitors all over the architectural…
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Century of Service
In March 1919, in the months after World War I had ended—claiming the lives of more than 100,000 American soldiers—delegates from combat and service units of the American Expeditionary Force…
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Science Sensations
New Trier Township High School juniors Paul Graham and Ellie Winkler have spent the past year working with a team of 15 other Chicago-area high school students and teachers to…
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Pumpkin Pitch
When Wilmette resident Nicole Boomgaarden saw all the annual Halloween pumpkins go on sale in early September, she decided this was the year to act on an idea that had…
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Pedal Power
In 2007, a Wilmette third grader named Nicole Basil thought it might be a good idea to collect bicycles kids didn’t need any more and build a charity around finding…
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Re-Purpose for a Purpose
In 1912, Mary Garretson opened a thrift store to provide affordable clothing in Winnetka as part of the Clothing Sales Committee of the Relief & Aid Society. The shop also…
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Sunday Salon: Bob Hercules
The Art Center Highland Park’s (TACHP) new Sunday Salon series is already picking up a devoted audience and next month, it continues with a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. Bob Hercules, documentary…
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