“I feel like a farmer,” Kathryn Guylay says. It’s not a comment you hear from most 39-year-old Winnetka moms, but you start to understand when you see the two hens in her backyard, which provide her family with two fresh eggs a day. The hens live in a coop next to her extensive garden, which […]
North Shore resident Barbara Wick has made a career out of giving back through board service. Mother of 3 and grandmother of 5, Wick professes to love it, and we’re compelled to believe her. In total she has served on more than 20 volunteer boards. More inspiring, she has done so while battling ovarian cancer. […]
Nestled amid neighborhood stores on a quiet section of Linden Avenue in Wilmette sits Ysla Battrell Studio. Featuring 12-foot ceilings, movable walls and exposed pipes, the studio’s aesthetic is part chic Chicago art loft, part unpretentious Wilmette storefront. The person responsible for melding these two seemingly opposed styles is local owner and artist Carol Battrell. […]
When the skies darkened and heavy rains smashed the North Shore last summer, Dave and Denise Zier decided to turn a problem into a party. Once Zier’s Prime Meats and Poultry in Wilmette lost power, the co-owners set up their pig roaster on the sidewalk, grilled some sausages and handed them out to passers-by. […]
Bookman’s Alley, located in downtown Evanston, is like no other place on the North Shore. Discreetly tucked into the alley between Sherman and Benson Avenues just south of Church Street, its hidden presence is indicated only by a large sign pointing west at the alley’s entrance. Established around 1978 by Roger Carlson, a former ad […]
Editor’s note: While this article is a little longer than our usual pieces, we encourage you to stick with it until the end. It is written from the heart, and the message is truly special. I can’t remember the moment my parents told my brother and me that our new baby was not going to […]
Evanston’s Tucker Gallery is brimming with surprises. Owner Catherine Eberle’s artistic eye is wide-ranging: glasswork from North Carolina, paintings from as far as Spain and now a Local Artists Showcase. Her dedication to featuring art that spans location and genre does a great service to the North Shore community, and it has helped Tucker Gallery […]
“Children are born artists,” declares Jeannie Richardson. Free from the crippling inhibitions and self-doubt that adults face, they can express themselves artistically with blithe abandon. Now, thanks to Richardson’s online art and photography service, Me Art, adults can reclaim their own inner-Picassos. The concept is simple: Send Richardson your most cherished pictures (either electronically or […]
Local author Reverend John Lionberger follows in the tradition of naturalists Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, returning to nature to reconnect with the spiritual world. Nominated numerous times as a Local Treasure for his many contributions to the local community as both a man of faith and a wilderness guide, Lionberger was inspired […]
Talking about “The best of the North Shore” is actually very difficult. Almost everything about life on the North Shore is “the best.” We have some of the best real estate, schools, shopping, parks and recreation in the country. That’s some of the reasons we consider ourselves fortunate to live here! All this excellence fosters […]
