HAVING GROWN UP IN Washington, D.C., Caroline Older enjoyed access to great arts institutions that the Smithsonian ensured were free…
Inside The Issue
Talk of the Town
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Sunlight streams through the broad windows of Carmela Heintzelman’s Lake Bluff design studio, Fiore Press Letterpress. Inside, Heintzelman leans over…
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TUCKED AWAY in a wooded, southwest corner of Lake Forest, down a picturesque country-like road, and set on an immaculately…
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AUTUMN HARVEST
Makes one3 ounces apple cider
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed clementine juice
1 1/2 ounces spiced rum
1/2…
Around Forest & Bluff
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WHEN I WAS A young girl—turning 7, if memory serves—I received a birthday gift of binoculars and The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region from my father’s second wife, Jan. It was an olive branch, of…
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LAKE FOREST Dance Academy alumna Hannah Franzen took her first dance class at the age of 11. That is not late to the party—that is showing up for a centennial celebration in Year 150. Inspired and undeterred, she became super…
Profiles
House & Home
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THE WARM CAST that nature takes on as we shift into autumn is reflected in September’s guest room arrangement. Summer’s…
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AS I CONTINUE WAXING PROSE on gardens, this month I thought I might take a road less maintenance-demanding than the…
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Chef John des Rosiers, the mastermind proprietor behind Inovasi, The Otherdoor, and Highwood’s Salt Creek Tacos, and upcoming concepts jdR…
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How do you make a dinner party feel special? Truly special? It is a delicate balance. Bending too far toward the…
Living & Giving
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Eleven years ago, Sue Shattock and her family had just moved to Lake Forest from England. One day, she found…
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Friends and neighbors enjoyed a night out at Ferrari Lake Forest in January, with local officials and community volunteers from…
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The Lake Forest Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago hosted its ladies’ night party to kick off the…
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A sellout crowd celebrated the 20th anniversary of Boys & Girls Club of Lake County at the organization’s annual benefit…
