Napolita
Several items on Napolita’s menu carry the designation D.O.P. or Denominazione di Origine Protetta. It’s a certification that ensures ingredients were grown by Italian farmers using traditional methods. It’s a…
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Gourmet Gathering
Highwood’s evening gourmet market is not your ordinary farmer’s market. For the past 11 years, the Wednesday festival has brought together live music, restaurants, food trucks, and vendors of many…
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Hadley 2.0
When 55-year-old educator William A. Hadley lost his sight due to a detached retina in 1915, the challenges he faced were enormous. One by one, Hadley met them, teaching himself…
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V for Victory, and Vyshyvanyuk
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk knows exactly what to say when a teacher looks at his surname on the first day of classes and stammers while attempting to pronounce it during roll call….
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Isn’t it Loverly? If not, Juliet Abeille makes …
Just days before the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Gurnee home for her Loverly Cottage boutique, Juliet Abeille is a blur of happy motion. “This will be the main…
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Playing with Fire
Sometimes, the less you know about the inner workings of a hotel restaurant the better. Over the years, I’ve peppered hotel servers with questions about the provenance of some of…
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Strolling Through Time
By the time the Louis Gillson family moved into the Colonial Revival house in east Wilmette that they would occupy for many years, they were already established as one of…
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Row 4 Kids
Former Chicago Bears cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman plans to row, row, row his boat this summer. But he won’t do it gently, and he won’t navigate down a stream. Tillman,…
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Full Course Load
A golf ball resting in a favorable position on a golf course is deemed a good lie. Jamie Fischer could relate to the ball. She sat near driving ranges and…
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Sunday Breakfast: Elizabeth “Liza” …
“I have a wonderful story about a dead body in an ice house.” How’s that for an icebreaker? Elizabeth “Liza” Yntema of Winnetka has several such compelling stories to share,…
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