Ninety-six years ago, Ellen Stirling’s grandmother discovered Coco Chanel on a trip to Paris and just couldn’t stop shopping. “She returned to Lake Forest, had a discussion with my grandfather,…
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Legendary Legacy
The Lake Forest and Lake Bluff community lost one of its local legends last month. John H. Bryan Jr., former Sara Lee Corporation CEO and celebrated philanthropist who made his…
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The Buzz
PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE If you need a new passport before heading off on your winter travels, you might be happy to learn that the Lake Bluff Public Library is now…
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One Last Thing
Dominic Zumpano of Lake Bluff is certainly making his mark on our communities. The James Beard-nominated chef teamed up with Cecilia Lanyon to bring an artful (and delicious) dining element…
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These Lands Are Our Lands
When architect Howard Van Doren Shaw revealed Market Square in Lake Forest in 1916, it became a model for “shopping centers” throughout America. More than five decades later, citizens came…
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Game On
Five minutes in and you know Ally Sturm is going to be a tough interview. Not that she’s unpleasant or uncooperative; that isn’t the issue at all. It’s just that…
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One Last Thing
When Darrin Utynek met Brian Floriani, founder of Bernie’s Book Bank, at an awards ceremony (where Floriani was also being honored), he had no idea that he would someday take…
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The Caretakers
Looking out over their private beach, and a splintery boat pier that was grandfathered in more than a century ago, Janet and Paul Burt feel the weight of their Lake…
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A Great American Life, Remembered
Charles H. Walsh, a Lake Forest businessman who experienced a childhood in orphanages and went on to become a successful owner and partner in the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White…
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Cirque de Citadel
Close your eyes and imagine you’re back at the original Moulin Rouge—seated at a cabaret table in the midst of vibrantly dressed can-can girls and all the Belle Epoque spectacle…
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