It’s spring break and you’re going nowhere. Staying put. Kicking around the greater Chicago area. Stop sounding so glum. You may not have warm sunny beaches (but you might, you never know in March) but you certainly can have fun — adventure even. An escapade without the airfare, excitement while sleeping in your own […]
I have a closet full of clothes that no longer fit and it’s almost spring break. So I could pull out my recipe file of low-calorie recipes and go to work. But I’m not going to! This year I refuse to spend hours shopping the vegetable aisle at Jewel. I refuse to spend hours in […]
Good News Partners is currently turning away dozens of families each week from its homeless shelter in Chicago—and you can help change this by donating to help the organization purchase a 27-unit apartment building. The price of the apartment building has dropped, so the organization is making an urgent fundraising push right now. The […]
Is there anything better than someone else making the food, serving it and cleaning it up? No wonder we love restaurants so much! Make It Better wants to know your favorite places, so make your voice heard and share your expertise.
Syrah or Shiraz? Chardonnay or Champagne? Delicious wines abound. If you’re looking for help stocking your wine cellar—however grand or humble it might be—or just a fun night out, these superb wine bars from Andersonville to Lincolnshire will bring out your inner oenophile.
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 […]
Great shopping? Delicious food? We’d heard rumors about the French Market downtown and we were intrigued enough to hop a train south.
Times are tough, and as a result, more families are eating in to save money. But let’s face it: Preparing meals for kids — three times a day, seven days a week — well, that’s tough, too. Luckily, many North Shore restaurants offer programs that allow your children to eat for free so you can […]
I’ve been spending time with “The Posse,” a trio of divorced moms who live on the North Shore and love to go out. These women have been on their own for several years and have discovered the best hot spots for a single woman to hang—fun joints that draw a good crowd and aren’t […]
It’s National Pizza Week, and Make It Better would like to point out there’s far more to pizza on the North Shore than a knock at the door and a cardboard box. Here are a few suggestions on where to go when you’ve simply got to have a pie:
