Andrea Gaines of Evanston wants us all to take a little more time out for ourselves—to make ourselves a priority. With her business Higher Ground Life & Wellness Coaching, Gaines, a certified life and wellness coach, teaches groups about how “to live a more inspired life, through nutrition, exercise and mindset.” Gaines describes her job […]
Since she moved to the Chicago area from Denmark in the ’60s, A.G. Krone has been quietly working to make life a little more beautiful here. The mother of 3—and now grandmother of 9—is passionate about fashion, so while she raised her children, she started her own business designing bridesmaid dresses out of her home […]
There’s nothing like a mother’s love. But when you hear the story of Lake Forest’s Lisa Watters, you know just how true this saying is. Originally from Australia, Lisa, her husband Brendan and their three children—Lily, Bella and Benny—have lived all over the world and looked at each new home as an adventure. To make […]
You’d think Mary McLaughlin studied art for years at the best schools before creating hand-painted official gifts of enamels, chinaware, jewelry and gift boxes for the likes of last 2 U.S. presidents and their wives, the State Department, governors, mayors, senators, Wellesley College and the Lyric Opera. But you’d be wrong. McLaughlin is largely self-taught […]
Fuses, switches, doorbells and various knobs make the walls of the Rory Deutsche Reading Room at Highland Park’s Indian Trail School look like a spaceship. Faux windows give kids a view of galaxies and planets. Little did interior designer Gabrielle Rousso know when she planned the room as a pro bono project almost 10 years […]
“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 […]
