If you have ever wanted to grow healthy foods in your backyard, here is your chance. Smart Gardener, an online service that makes it easy to plan the perfect garden, is now introducing Smart Backyard. Smart Backyard works with you to create a one of a kind backyard garden full of your favorite food. […]
Suburbanites can now get their fresh summer fruits and veggies on the go at the Arboretum of South Barrington. The open-air shopping center is introducing a new seasonal produce market, in partnership with Green Grocer Chicago, a Chicago shop featuring organically grown, locally produced food and specialty items. “It’s an easy way for folks […]
You don’t have to be a pro-golfer to excel on the course. Skokie Country Club golf instructor Kim Grahn explains why you should give golf a swing. What’s your favorite thing about golf? Golf knows no age. You can play with your husband, your child and your parent at the same time. Play with […]
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 […]
We all want our children to have “the best,” and sometimes that might seem like the best prom dress, the best graduation present, the best summer camp experience…the list goes on. But in our relentless focus on the best things, we often lose sight of what’s really important—the gifts that can’t be bought. Below […]
Senior status arrives in the mail, in the form of an AARP card, shortly before that “50-but-still-acting-30” birthday. But whether you call yourself a “young senior,” “old senior” or “not-really-a-senior-at-all,” there does seem to be a lot of clarifying and wiggling around the “S” word. For example, if aging baby boomers can […]
