When COVID-19 hit and the Illinois stay-at-home order was put in place, life was put on hold. Among the many industries that took a big hit, the wedding, event and photography industry saw their work for the foreseeable future essentially disappear overnight. But, as many of us have seen, a lot of good has come out […]
The Record Plant, 2200 Bridgeway, Sausalito Few locations in Marin holds as much musical significance and lasting reach than what had been known as the Record Plant recording studio located at 2200 Bridgeway in Sausalito. From the studio’s first recordings of Sly and The Family Stone in 1972 to the last by the Fray in 2009, […]
Make It Better Media Group’s annual Celebrating Women on the Rise event took a different form this year — a virtual conversation between influential, national experts. Cheryl Berman, Chief Creative and CEO of unbundled Creative, and Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of How Women Lead and GP of How Women Invest, joined our own Susan Noyes, […]
It’s hard to predict what the Marin social scene is going to look like this summer, but chances are that any parties will be smaller—and held outdoors. Unfortunately, almost all of those kids’ birthdays, picnics, potlucks, and barbecues produce a huge bag of plastic trash. While the memories might last a lifetime, the plastics will […]
Think sowing annual seeds in the ground is time wasted and not worth getting your gardening gloves dirty for? Well, that might not be the case. Here are some reasons you should consider direct-sowing seeds. If nothing else, it provides good motivation to get you and your gardening gloves into the garden. The Ground Rules […]
The Front Steps Project started the day shelter-in-place took effect in the Bay Area on the other side of the country, in Needham, Massachusetts. Boston photographer Cara Soulia and her friend Kristen Collins wanted to highlight the faces of their community during a time when they would otherwise not be seen — within 24 hours, […]
Some of our pressing concerns du jour — relating to job loss, mortgage or rent, and of course, health — are clearly important, but it doesn’t mean other less crucial mat- ters haven’t been keeping us up at night. We’re talking about the beauty stuff, or lack thereof. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that hair […]
Conservation scientist Dr. Krissa Skogen specializes in the pollination biology of evening primrose flowers that grow in the American West. But in December her work took her to a starkly different location: she was among the largest-ever all-women delegation to Antarctica, traveling with 99 other women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math and medical) fields to the […]
Pregnancy and birth are momentous for parents at any point in time, but having a baby in the middle of a pandemic presents its own unique set of circumstances and challenges. As Dr. Scott MacGregor, DO, an obstetrician specializing in high risk obstetrics at NorthShore University HealthSystem notes, “Not many people can say they were […]
As we head into our first weekend with the entirety of Illinois in Phase 3, many parks, businesses and restaurants are opening back up. At the same time, we are still battling a pandemic and the fight for racial equality is far from over. Here are five things that you can do, from supporting local […]
