After her husband went to rehab for his drug addiction in 2003, Marta Maranda did something very unusual: She checked herself in. Sober. “Rehab was the last place I thought I would end up,” she says, adding that she has never even had a cup of coffee in her life. “Checking myself in was the […]
Confession: I’m addicted to audiobooks. Since I became a member of Audible about a year ago, I just can’t stop listening to memoirs, novels, nonfiction books, YA titles—you name it. I listen while working out, doing craft projects, cooking, falling asleep and best of all, while traveling. Now, I never leave my house without an […]
Scotch whisky was my fiancé’s thing—until we went to Scotland together. Then it quickly became “our thing.” While touring distilleries and tasting some of the world’s most iconic single malts in two different regions of the country, I came to appreciate the myriad, complex flavors of Scotch. At the same time, we took in breathtaking […]
Flying through the air in the grandest of ballet jumps at the Evanston School of Ballet is where Melissa Thodos found the joy in dance. Now, as founder and artistic director of Thodos Dance Chicago, where she is also a choreographer, the Evanston native thinks back to those classes as the beginning of her life’s […]
We all know the North Shore, like its neighbor Chicago, is full of exceptional women.
We all know the North Shore, like its neighbor Chicago, is full of exceptional women.
We all know the North Shore, like its neighbor Chicago, is full of exceptional women.
Finding the right person is a lot of work, Bela Gandhi often says to her clients in her business, Smart Dating Academy. But, oddly enough, her own love story came about easily and naturally. Bela met her husband, Andy, at Glenbrook South High School. They became friends and even counseled each other on their respective […]
Age doesn’t rule here on the North Shore. Most people aren’t inclined to let their “number” dictate how they look, how they act, or how they pursue their personal goals, such as family and career. Little might these North Shore residents realize, they’re part of a recent trend, which author Catherine Mayer named “amortality”—that is, […]
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