Gene Sarazen. Bobby Jones. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Patty Berg. Bing Crosby. Arnold Palmer. Betsy Rawls. Michael Jordan. This group of bold-face names—to name a few—have enjoyed golf at Skokie Country…
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Art & Fashion
Already a hyphenate—mother-fashion designer-art consultant-business owner, Lydia Kutko, at age 39, is building her art and fashion empire from her home base in Glencoe. This Madison, Wisconsin native, turned New…
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Artistic Interiors
Clean lines. A neutral palette. Layered textures. Meet husband and wife team Michael Kreuser and Marli Grace Jones, Rebel House Interior Design principals. Stunningly simple twin olive trees flank the…
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Madame Ambassador
The year was 2003. Winnetka’s Fay Hartog-Levin and her husband Daniel Levin were asked to enhance visibility and support for a little-known Illinois State Senator who had ambitious plans to…
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The Politics of Fashion
Jacqueline Saper’s thrilling memoir begins with the following epigraph, from the thirteenth-century Persian poet Sa’adi Shirazi. “Human beings are like parts of the body, created from one essence. When one…
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Extraordinary Exmoor
With its enchanting entrance, spectacular golf course, expansive veranda, majestic clubhouse, and dynamic membership, Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park is a sanctuary for members and their families to participate…
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The Cooks’ Tour
1971 marked the launch of Apollo 14, Gloria Steinem’s Ms. Magazine, Intel’s microprocessor, a small coffee shop in Seattle called Starbucks, and a new theme park in Orlando, Disney World….
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Making Her Mark
With a Princeton undergraduate degree, a law degree from Georgetown, and legal experience ranging from corporate litigation in New York City to serving as Delaware’s Deputy Attorney General, Winnetka’s Stephanie…
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Winnetka’s Catherine Grace Katz
Writer and historian Catherine Grace Katz holds degrees in history from Harvard and Cambridge and is pursuing her JD at Harvard Law School. But it’s fair to say that she…
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A Gathering Place
Of master architect David Adler’s 45 country houses, 27 were in Chicago, including Ann Marie and Tony Farino’s residence on Estate Lane in Lake Forest, once the coach house for…
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