If your child is a “skater,” and no, that’s not a pejorative, they can find plenty of places to ride on in Chicago’s northern suburbs. Unlike so many of our children’s passions that come with a hefty price tag and a stratifying system that forces them to play within a certain age group and skill […]
What to do? You’ve spent $57 on Dippin’ Dots, cotton candy and hot dogs. Even your iPhone can no longer entertain the kids. And it’s only the second inning. Sound familiar? Just because you’ve spent $200 (if you’re lucky) on seats, doesn’t guarantee your kids are going to have fun at a sporting event. After […]
Cigarette boat? Maserati? Such a male mid-life crisis cliché and so not us. But we’re a little clichéd too. We sent our crack team of amateur sociologists—qualifications include obsessive reading of grocery store tabloids—out and about on the North Shore to identify some different manifestations of the female “mid-life crisis.” Here are a few […]
Do you have one of the town’s hottest tickets? Not that Oprah’s favorites show where you get free iPods and cashmere underwear. Urban legend says to score a seat you have to either send her 20,000 emails a day or swim across Lake Michigan. We’re talking the Chicago Blackhawks, who might just bring the first […]
Pompom, dance teams, cheerleading. Why in the post Title IX world, on the sports-centric North Shore, would girls choose to be on the sidelines? Because a halftime performance doesn’t mean a half-hearted athlete. These girls can high kick and kick some serious butt. High School dance teams, like the Maine South Hawkettes, who placed […]
Amassing a front closet collection of post-holiday clutter including 17 scented candles, three pairs of fuzzy pink slippers, two juicers and a Snuggie, all still in boxes with the tags attached? You’re not alone. Here’s where to donate post-holiday clutter. Collectively, we are drowning in stuff. Transcending crowded houses and complicated lives, the insatiable desire […]
The Midwest’s “mountains” can fuel any case of coastal insecurity.
My 9-year-old son Brent recently climbed on top of an ATM at Northbrook Court. Really. In the 90 seconds—2 minutes tops—it took me to go to the bathroom, he managed to vault himself onto the key pad, step on the video screen and then swing his tiny leg over to straddle the red-white-and-blue plastic sign […]
I didn’t marry the guy who gave me the talking robot alarm clock or the one who proudly presented me with a purple-suede Members Only jacket on Christmas. I married the guy who spends time and energy buying thoughtful, creative gifts. I try to reciprocate. But whether it’s for him, my dad or crazy […]
The store aisles are filled to overflowing with beautifully crafted velvet tree skirts, hand-stitched stockings, boxwood wreaths and elegant blown-glass ornaments. I am drawn … but today I am searching for something else. Where, I wonder, can I find a tablecloth for our Hannukah dinner? “Oh, you’re looking for Hanukkah decorations,” says the impatient […]
