Thanks to everyone who submitted chili recipes. Here are our three favorites. One of them—or maybe all 3—will be perfect for your Super Bowl party. Easy Beef Chili Submitted by Carolyn Kibbe Serves: 4 1 pound ground chuck or hamburger 1 15-ounce can black beans 1 15-ounce can chili beans (red beans with chili spice) […]
At a soccer practice. At work. On vacation. No one ever knows when or where tragedy is going to strike. But it does. And North Shore women are strong when it comes to coping with crises. Time after time, they come together to support one another and go to incredible lengths to get through […]
Going from the big business, adult-only world of being an international tax attorney to crawling around on the floor with a camera making monkey sounds for children is one scenario Julie Floyd never imagined for herself fifteen years ago. Floyd, the photographer who founded and owns Classic Kids Photography, followed her passion when she […]
Some of Second City’s greatest stars grew up on or moved to the North Shore, including Bill Murray and Harold Ramis. The North Shore connection is so strong that Second City is coming here next month to parody New Trier High School.To learn more about Second City’s 50th anniversary festivities, click here. Harold Ramis […]
Northwestern University graduate Angela Jackson is returning to Evanston to celebate “Where I Must Go,” her new novel. Shorefront, in partnership with Northwestern University Press, will host a reading and book signing for Jackson at the Shorefront Legacy Center on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6 to 9 p.m. 2010 Dewey Avenue, second floor […]
“I can’t go anywhere without my homemade cookies,” Gina Deutsche says—and sports moms of Northbrook know she’s not kidding. They often tell the part-time Pfizer rep that she should stop selling pharmaceuticals and start selling her cookies. “‘You could be like Carol Goldman,’ they keep telling me,” Deutsche says. She makes her famous chocolate chip […]
Are there extra bikes or scooters in your garage that you have outgrown? Would you like to donate them to kids who don’t have a bike or a scooter? Pedal Power is collecting bikes and scooters for the Jane Addams Hull House Association in Chicago. This is a program to recognize achievement and […]
The first comes from food and recipe aficionado, Julie C. Her recipe for Creepy Cake is sure to please the little ones (ok, the adults, too). Creepy Cake Make a cake mix of choice (or from scratch if you have the time or ambition) and bake in a 10″ x 13″ pan. Frost with chocolate […]
We’ve waited hopefully, patiently, eagerly. We’re so over North Face fleeces, down coats, and black turtlenecks. MIBs asked five North Shore boutiques “What is the item every woman needs in her closet this spring?” From bright colors to a novelty jacket, we found the answer to the ever frustrating question, “What am I going […]
Most pale-skinned ladies like to have a healthy summer glow. But sitting in the sun goes against everything we’ve been taught. So a girl has no choice but to turn to a shelf full of self-tanning products, of course. But how do you separate the best from the rest? Mibs tested a number of […]
