Throw (Run, Skate, Kick) Like a Girl
Love From Home—What to Send (and NOT Send) to Camp
The days of carb-and-sugar-loaded care packages are long over.
The Latest Trends in Small but Helpful Appliances
You don’t know you need these, but we’re guessing once you try one, you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Mama's Gotta Have It - Small Appliance Must-Haves for Busy Cooks
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pans—could there be a more perfect group of foodies to ask about their favorite small appliances?
May 2010 Bites
Read the latest restaurant reviews from the MIBS:
Vegetable Love-Start an Organic Kitchen Garden in Five Easy Steps
Repeat after us: This will be the year that you start an organic garden. Need an incentive other than the nice weather? How about your kids’ health? Researchers at Saint Louis University Preschool found that children eat more fruits and vegetables when the produce is homegrown. Don’t get scared off by the word organic. “Organic […]
Dressing Up an Empty Nest
Becoming an empty nester can be bittersweet, but when it comes to decorating, the empty nest is full of possibilities. This traditional-style home in Lake Forest was built in the 1980s on a curving subdivision road near the Onwentsia Club. Entering the home, everything appears beautifully staged: Piles of art books are stacked on coffee […]
May 2010: "I Didn't Know That!"
How well do you know the North Shore? There’s a lot of hidden history here that might surprise you even if you’re a lifelong North Shore dweller. For example, Lake Michigan mariners in distress off the North Shore once relied on a squad of specially trained Northwestern University students to rescue them. The lifesaving station […]
Amazing Kids - Erin Roos
Erin Roos is a born optimist. Instead of crawling into a hole and hiding when disaster strikes, she sees problems and attacks them head on.
Amazing Kids - Jeffrey Brown
At 6-foot-3, 270 pounds, with a smile that lights up an entire arena, Jeffrey Brown is a State Champion, Honor Roll student and human teddy bear. In February, he won the State Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.
