We love to read at Make It Better and we’re busy grabbing books for the upcoming break—whether we’re going to Florida, Fiji or just staying put in Fort Sheridan. Here are our suggestions. Add yours! Adventures in eating: On a Dollar a Day: One Couple’s Unlikely Adventures in Eating in America by Christopher Greenslate […]
Wilmette native and best-selling beauty/fashion author Charla Krupp is the girlfriend we’d all love to have: the one who hones in on that perfect piece when we’re digging through the sale racks and gives us an honest answer when we ask, “Does this make me look fat?” Charla’s new book, “How to Never Look […]
Here is a way you can honor Black History Month: read about African Americans growing up on the North Shore. During a Dr. King celebration in January at St. Paul AME Church in Glencoe, author Robert Sideman received an award recognizing his book “African Americans in Glencoe, The Little Migration.” Sideman has lived in […]
Northwestern University graduate Angela Jackson is returning to Evanston to celebate “Where I Must Go,” her new novel. Shorefront, in partnership with Northwestern University Press, will host a reading and book signing for Jackson at the Shorefront Legacy Center on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6 to 9 p.m. 2010 Dewey Avenue, second floor […]
Need some fresh culinary inspiration this Thanksgiving? This booklist from The Book Stall at Chestnut Court will make finding the perfect recipes, well, gravy. 1. “Katie Brown Celebrates” by Katie Brown ($30.00) Thanksgiving Dinner is on pp. 159-173. 2. “The Silver Palate Good Times” by Lukens and Rosso. ($15.95) America Gives Thanks – pp. […]
If you have a little girl between the ages of 3-7 (or close), shine up those tiaras and rhinestones ASAP: The authors of “Fancy Nancy” will be at Barnes & Noble Old Orchard on November 18 at 7 p.m. to read from the latest book, “Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas.” Since the 2005 debut, the “Fancy […]
The world is literally running out of gas. And it’s going to change everything—not just your commute to work and your carpool, but also the way the countertops in your kitchen and your carpets are made. The era of cheap, petroleum-derived plastic, as well as cheap airfare, travel soccer leagues and so many other things, […]
Audrey Niffenegger is having a good year. Six years after the publication of her blockbuster best-seller “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” the book has been made into a movie starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams and has returned to the top of The New York Times best-seller list in paperback. The 46-year-old Evanston native made headlines […]
Chances are, your kids have already torn through all the “Harry Potter” books, seen the new movie and devoured the “Twilight” series. Maybe you have, too. If so, never fear: We’ve got enough demons, dragons, magicians and ghosts to keep a family busy for the rest of the summer. I’ve created a list of the […]
Men who are comfortable with their feelings are few and far between. And then there those who are willing to express those feelings, in poetry no less, that are even fewer and farther apart. Lucky for those on the North Shore, we have one such man walking among us. His name is Barry Siegel. Barry […]
