Rourke All Revved Up on Life
ROB ROURKE would spray perfume and deliver immediate compliments to his suddenly aromatic customers as a fragrance counter salesman in his college summer days along the East Coast. Rourke—now 54…
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AROUND FOREST AND BLUFF
Bases Covered
WIFFLE BALL PITCHES have defied physics, confounded and tantalized and frozen batters, and often elicited bouts of laughter from all but the bewildered one wielding a plastic bat at the…
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Night at The Moulin Rouge
CITADEL THEATRE has been a pillar of the performing arts for North Shore residents for two decades. Producing four mainstage productions a season with each show running for five weeks…
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The Big Blue Beast
UNLIKE MY FRIENDS who went to dude ranches or cottages every summer, my family cut through large swaths of the United States in our big blue beast of a Dodge…
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Evening at The Moulin Rouge
GET READY for an evening of glam. Citadel Theater of Lake Forest’s 8th annual gala, “An Evening at the Moulin Rouge,” transforms the fabulous David Adler estate of Adrian and…
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A Century of Style
IT’S A SIGNIFICANT milestone for any retailer to celebrate 100 years in business. It’s even more so when you know that it’s a family-owned business that had to navigate its…
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Bespoken For
SMITH’S MEN’S STORE has been a fixture for Lake Forest residents since 1937, styling men and filling their closets with everything from knitwear to dress shirts; blazers to trousers. It…
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Life After Jack and Diane
NOTHING WOULD make me happier than to spend the summer “suckin’ on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freez,” but one chili dog at my age would be like shampooing with…
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Hammer Time
JEWELRY IS MORE than just a dazzling accessory for one’s outfits—it is also full of stories celebrating important milestones and capturing cherished family memories. So often it is symbolic, acting…
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