Finding the perfect prom dress is an important part of the high school experience. The Glass Slipper Project is helping make all girls feel like Cinderella on their big day. The Glass Slipper Project is a non-profit organization that collects new and almost-new formal dresses and accessories for juniors and seniors in Chicago area […]
Their story could be an American fairytale. Blonde, perky cheerleader meets tall, handsome basketball player at a small-town high school in Pennsylvania. They fall in love and live happily ever after. They have two children, Truman and Max, and have been married for 20 years. When they first got married, Jon explains, “We moved […]
Finding the right person is a lot of work, Bela Gandhi often says to her clients in her business, Smart Dating Academy. But, oddly enough, her own love story came about easily and naturally. Bela met her husband, Andy, at Glenbrook South High School. They became friends and even counseled each other on their respective […]
When Ned kissed Debby for the first time, she promptly turned around and walked into a door. It was 1952, and Debby was at Princeton visiting her brother and touring colleges. Ned, a senior and football player, had agreed to be Debby’s escort after the football game. “I thought she was cute then,” Ned says. […]
Russian born Dania Kaseeva Maas was not destined to marry the boy next door. A second generation circus performer, Dania had made her way to the U.S. and was performing her award-winning hula-hoop act with The Big Apple Circus in 1991 when a singing ringmaster, David Maas, captured her attention. In her strong Russian accent […]
It’s a new year, and it’s time for your charitable cause to get a new look. North Shore-based Get Dwell not only provides award-winning handyman, maintenance and repair services for homeowners (readers selected Get Dwell as Best Handyman of 2011 for our Best of 2011 issue), but its team is also heavily involved in charitable […]
“Our love story is ongoing,” Kerry Wood declares with an appreciative glance at his wife, Sarah, seated next to him.
Domestic violence is too often a secret, dark side of marriage—even in affluent communities like ours.
Glenbrook South student Maddy Halamaj loves sports. But for Maddy and her friends with special needs, school and club teams, with their intense competition and physical play, are not a good fit. Years ago, Dan Sabol and David Palmer found their kids facing the same predicament. Discouraged at the lack of options for sports-loving special […]
Give a Valentine’s Day gift that benefits children in Kenya. Acacia Creations is a fair trade company based in Nairobi, Kenya, that has been creating and selling handmade merchandise out of recycled materials since 2007. Their products range from jewelry made out of recycled glass and magazines to tableware made from recycled paper and […]
