I was flipping through yet another fun and fabulous edition of Make It Better when I realized that the people I’ve been meeting over the past year would make a fascinating, relevant and timely story for the magazine. Last month, I attended a “Women for Pollak” event at the Holiday Inn on Touhy. It was […]
Here’s your chance to shop and “Make It Better”—all at the same time. Participate in and enjoy a local “Shop For A Cause” this month: The Arboretum of South Barrington Back in the Swing Retail Therapy October 11 – 17 Purchase a $5 in the Arboretum’s management office and receive a discount of 20% at […]
Large banana leaves brushed against the bus windows and roof. Bumping along the dirt path, our bus traveled for an hour, with no people in sight. Distant mountain peaks rose through the clouds. Despite the 90-degree heat, we were ready. We were 12 volunteers, traveling where no visitors have ever traveled before. To the remote […]
Laser cutters. Pinking shears. Cupcake-printed papers. Adhesive sticks. Every style of sticker, button and ribbon on the planet. Walking around the Craft & Hobby Association’s SuperShow Convention in Rosemont this year, I couldn’t help but feel like I had entered the wondrous, over-the-top-elaborate temple of a secret sect. The religion? Scrapbooking. And when I say […]
“Voltaire is a relatively recent writer for me to adapt,” says Tony Award-winning Director Mary Zimmerman. She was having lunch on the tiny outdoor balcony on the fourth floor of the Goodman Theatre during a rehearsal break for Goodman’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musical “Candide,” based on the novella by Voltaire. The show […]
Some people dream of dancing. Others simply dance. And on one fall night for the last five years, anyone’s dream of becoming a dancer can come true. The Women’s Board of the Joffrey Ballet presents the Fifth Annual Couture & Cocktails on Friday, September 24 at the W City Center (172 West Adams, Chicago). Co-chaired […]
When Cynthia La Schiazza smiles, she could be wearing a baggy sweatshirt and she’d still look like one of the best dressed women in Chicago. Her sense of style and her enthusiasm flow from her heart. Whether talking about her home state of Indiana, or the many cities where she, her husband and two children […]
When Ellen Stirling’s grandmother returned to Lake Forest in 1922 after traveling through Europe with her husband, she was told by her husband—if you can imagine it—that her closets were much too full. So, she started what is now the 88-year-old Lake Forest Shop. “She was looking ahead,” Ellen says of her grandmother, who originally […]
Althea Walton is a busy lady. She’s the Finance Director for the ACLU of Illinois and an active supporter of many causes. With her son, Brian Stevenson, she founded e-scapeNOW.org, a not-for-profit dedicated to countering 21st century addictions, such as the Internet, videogames and Facebook. It works primarily with students in middle school through college. […]
Robin Doerge loves accessories. And when she came to the photo shoot, we all loved her accessories, too. (Check out her great shoes!) But even though her heels are high, Robin is practical and down-to-earth when it comes to her charitable causes. This past June, Robin chaired the Shedd Aquarium’s Beluga Ball for more than […]
