Tour Guide De Force
Remember pay phones? Bruce “Buzzy” Bertucci, 74, certainly does, and one of his favorite Highwood stories features the one that stood across the street from the restaurant Sandy’s, a man…
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Features
Sour Cherry Hand Pies
Hand pies take a person back. To fourth grade, maybe (or even earlier), when you’d bike to that corner grocery store with friends after school, finding the rack of pies,…
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Lady of the Dance
Bridget McGovern’s posture is ramrod straight, straighter than a wooden ruler positioned vertically in a student’s backpack. The fifth grader from Lake Forest also exudes composure, with an air of…
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Mozart of Madras
Ravinia Festival President and CEO Jeffrey Haydon has seen the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire twice. The number of times he’s listened to tracks from the film, including the vigorous “Jai…
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Pickle Me Kauri
Pickleball continues to sweep the nation, and perhaps no one enjoys hanging on to one of the “bristles” more than Kauri McKendry. “It’s incredible, the number of people signing up…
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Viva Andrew Hotz
Andrew Hotz looked at his tablemates under the Memphis sky one night this year and couldn’t believe his good fortune. A Winnetkan since 2020 and a part-time resident of Los…
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Mile-High Strawberry Pie
This recipe for fresh strawberry pie, stacked high with just-picked farmers-market berries in a strawberry-juice glaze, comes with a great back story. Liberace (pianist Vladziu Valentino Liberace), once the world’s…
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Chartering Her Own Course
Starting at a young age, Dr. Sheri Dewan of Lake Forest spent a lot of time at the library. Her love of science which would lead to a career in…
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A Scholar And A Gentleman
The golf bug bit Tom Kearney at Beverly Country Club in Chicago more than six decades ago. He was 11 and a first-year caddie, making $3.75 per loop. Or about…
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Notably Ellie
The compliment could have qualified as the understatement of the year. It ended up doubling as a career launcher. “You’re good at this,” a woman told ellie Nottoli, after Nottoli,…
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