Updated June 5, 2018. The changing seasons bring fresh fruits and vegetables, and farmers markets are great resources for shopping local and enjoying a day out. Check out our list to find the best farmers market near you. Barrington Farmers Market June 14 to Oct. 18 Thursdays, 3-7 p.m. Buffalo Grove Farmers Market June 17 […]
Prairie Joe’s is a family affair, both in and out of the kitchen. Opened more than twenty years ago by Aydin Dincer and his wife, Diane Ubl, it’s long been an Evanston favorite for breakfast and dinner. In recent years, their kids, Joe and Yasmin Dincer-Ubl, have joined in the family biz, working the grill […]
Summer is a busy time of year. Between camp, vacations and trips to Ravinia, you have a lot on your plate. Let Errand Mamas help you check things off of your to-do list. Run by two Deerfield moms, Errand Mamas is a service that helps you free up your time by doing your errands. They […]
Illness affects everyone, and nutrition is often the last thing on your mind when a loved one is sick.
847 Hoops is offering 7th and 8th graders the chance to hone their basketball skills during the summer, for free. Darren Barndt, a basketball coach at Lake Forest High School, and his former player Aron Khurana founded 847 Hoops to bring people together through the love of basketball. The participants are all of different […]
If you have ever wanted to grow healthy foods in your backyard, here is your chance. Smart Gardener, an online service that makes it easy to plan the perfect garden, is now introducing Smart Backyard. Smart Backyard works with you to create a one of a kind backyard garden full of your favorite food. […]
The Watoto Children’s Choir is bringing inspiring song and dance to the North Shore. Since the first choir was created in 1994, 55 Watoto Children’s Choirs have toured the world to raise awareness for the nearly 50 million orphaned children in Africa. These tours give the children, who have lost one or both parents, […]
The Junior League of Chicago (JLC) has promoted voluntarism and the potential of women in the community since it was founded 100 years ago. When Lucy McCormick Blair Linn and twelve of her friends founded JLC in 1912, their first projects addressed the problems that women were having in the workplace. Their very first […]
Step into this sleek boutique and discover what makes Lake Forest native Mallory Ulaszek’s newest store so special. With a combination of high fashion finds and statement pieces, CB has something for everyone, including men. It’s a unique marriage, somewhere between a department store and boutique, featuring brands such as Helmut Lang and Elizabeth & […]
Have you ever wished you could try new, healthy products, but aren’t quite sure which ones to choose? KLUTCHclub makes it easy. Founded by busy Chicagoan Julie Bashkin, KLUTCHclub delivers curated boxes of holistic health, wellness and fitness products straight to your door every month. Each shipment contains more than $50 dollars worth of products. […]
