The time to celebrate outdoors is here, and the northern suburbs offer an amazing opportunity to explore nature and escape from city in a canoe or a kayak. Here are some places where you can float your own boat or rent a craft to paddle for an hour or a day. Watch the turtles […]
Nathan Maier has spent 5 years zipping around the streets of Chicago and New York City as a professional bicycle messenger. The 32-year-old Winnetka resident has also wrestled with Bipolar disorder since 1998, when he was a sophomore at New York University. So when Maier learned of an opportunity to marry his passion for cycling […]
This month’s picks for people, places and things with which you can make a difference: Give Time Teen Mother Choices Marathoners, triathletes and casual runners can join TEAM TMC, a new program that encourages runners to raise awareness and support for teen mothers and their children. Train with other athletes running for TMC and […]
Want a guaranteed date night? Then put aside the remote, get off the couch and treat yourself to live theater. Now is when 2010-2011 seasons are announced, so it’s the ideal time to lock in good seats at the best prices—some 25 and even 30 percent less than single performance tickets. But which theater […]
The cast of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” tear up the stage in a new production of this drama at Glencoe’s Writers’ Theatre. The performance, directed by David Cromer, is packed with raw emotion and sexual energy, but at the same time is tender, painful and even beautiful. From the minute Natasha Lowe appears […]
“The Drowsy Chaperone” is a very silly show providing wacky merriment to Marriott Theatre audiences in Lincolnshire. This over-the-top send-up of Broadway musicals, old and new, however, is so wild that gales of laughter are the only response. Set in 1928, during Prohibition but before the Depression, the musical revolves around a Broadway star played […]
Q2, the terrific little bar next to Quince Restaurant, is ringing in the warm weather with a fresh new jazz series. Top Chicago-area jazz artists will perform on the first and third Thursday of the month in the intimate venue. Amazingly, there is no cover charge. Emmy-winning composer and musician Steve Rashid is curating […]
The sneezy season is back. Runny noses, itchy eyes, and sneeze after sneeze after springtime sneeze. What’s a mom to do if your child is affected by tree pollens, grasses or molds? Tests and a full evaluation and diagnosis are critical, says Dr. Sai Nimmagadda, a Highland Park allergy and asthma specialist and a […]
For many of us, the organic awakening came when we read a book by Michael Pollan or saw the film “Food, Inc.” But Jeanne Pinsof Nolan of Glencoe recognized the importance of organics more than 20 years ago. In the late ’80s, Nolan walked into a health food store out-of-state and happened upon some […]
If you’re on a diet but still want to go out, here are some of my fave entrees that you can enjoy and still lose weight. Summer is coming . . .
