11 Great Tips for College Essays
“Summer is a great time to get a jump on your college applications.” Sounded great last spring, didn’t it?
Food Makes us Happy (and can also make us healthy)
When Beth Aldrich talks about food, she’s not just happy; she’s in heaven.
Catch Your Breath: Innovative Fundraising for Lung Health
What would you do for a favorite charity? Would you jump off a building? Okay, maybe not jump, but rappel down the 27-story theWit Hotel to raise money for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Eighty people did just that on a recent spring weekend. Each raised at least $1,000 for the organization […]
5 Delicious Spring Salads
End-of-the-year lunches are a tradition on the North Shore—PTOs, committees, boards—if you’re on it, you’ll be attending a lunch in the next few weeks. Which means you need a salad that will stand out and hold its own on that buffet table. We’ve perused our favorite restaurants’ menus, and found the salads we gobble up […]
Support Mark Stephan and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
After a horrific bike accident in 2007, that left Mark Stephan paralyzed from the neck down, doctors told him he’d never walk again. Five months later, Mark defied all expectations and walked out of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). To raise money for the RIC, Stephan is undertaking a grueling journey: cycling 3,129 across […]
Fuel
Can a restaurant be hip and family friendly? Fuel is only a couple weeks old, and already it has a buzz.
A Surprising Way to Say “I Do”
“I do” and “Surprise!” aren’t generally heard on the same night, but these couples astonished their guests to make their weddings unforgettable. Jeffrey and Naderé Sternberg had only been engaged for two months when they sent out invitations for their engagement party. They told their friends that their wedding was going to be a […]
Gremolata: A garlicky good parsley sauce
If you have a mini-food processor, you can whip up gremolata in minutes. The ingredients are simple: parsley, lemon, garlic and olive oil. It’s chunkier than a pesto, saucier than a salsa and more powerful than a garnish. Use this hybrid topping on fish fillets, chicken breasts, asparagus, potatoes, osso bucco—the list goes on and […]
10-Minute Recipe: Funny Food for Breakfast
Can a breakfast be healthy and clever, and not take so long to make that you’ve missed the school bus? Bill & Claire Wurtzel’s new book, “Funny Food,” (Welcome Books, 2012) celebrates wacky and delicious breakfasts.You might not think that making whimsical breakfasts can also be quick, but this book will prove you wrong. […]
Buying or Selling at Auction: Not Just for the Tiffany Set
Leslie Hindman owns one of the country’s premier auction houses. She famously discovered and sold a lost-in-the-attic Van Gogh, but her business isn’t all multi-million dollar works of art—she’s interested in what’s in your attic too. I talked with Hindman about her auction house and why an average North Shore mom (who isn’t […]
