Hope Springs Eternal
To Muncie, Indiana, native Nick Swan, Mr. Dingledine was more than a Muncie Symphony Orchestra oboist and middle school band director with an alliterative surname. Much more. “He taught me…
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Sunday Breakfast
Dutch Treat
Their love story began in a German III class at Loyola Academy in the 1970s. Pete was a junior at the private, Catholic college preparatory school in Wilmette. Ellen was…
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What Drives Drivas
Nick Drivas might own the distinction for being the youngest busboy ever. He was 5—perhaps fresh off learning the difference between a triangle and a rectangle in kindergarten—when he first…
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Angel In The Details
Dina Lewis’s daughter, Hannah, was 5 when she stood ankle-deep in the Atlantic Ocean during a vacation in Bermuda several years ago. The child clutched her long hair and wrung…
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Mother’s Way
A young Amy Newman was shopping in a department store with her mother, Pam, when Pam and a salesclerk engaged in a lengthy conversation decades ago. The friendly chat ended….
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Douglass Firm
Riveting storytellers were rapt, patient listeners first. A young Steve Douglass—his eyes wide, his mouth ajar—cherished every chance he got to buckle up as his Grandpa Jack, a Tennessean who…
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Margarita Will
A framed black-and-white photograph of the late Mexican film actress and singer Maria Felix hangs on a wall inside the contemporary Mexican restaurant Guanajuato in Winnetka. Known as La Dona,…
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Screen Savor
Mila Furman was 11 years old, maybe 12, when she first watched the Food Network show “Essence of Emeril” with her mother, Dora. Mila and Mom kicked back at home…
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Indefatigable Determination
Perseverance personified? Look no further than Lisa Chrisopoulos. In mid-2019, her reputable family business in Wilmette, Heritage Trail Mall (now Heritage Trail Mercantile in Northfield) got hit with a harsh…
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A Journey To Wellness
You would be hard pressed to find someone who embodies all things health and wellness more than Lake Forest’s Dena Dodd Perry. Describing herself as a healthy lifestyle engineer, Perry…
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