Laura Layfer Treitman

ARTISTIC EVOLUTIONS

Nearly every day for the last seven years contemporary artist Lincoln Schatz has taken a photograph of Lake Michigan. The time and locations of the photos, captured while riding his bicycle to his studio, vary from dusk to dawn. “I think it’s about looking at something over and over again, perhaps obsessively. It is a

DINING WITH DEEDA BLAIR

The new release of Deeda Blair: Food, Flowers, & Fantasy (Rizzoli), is a page-turner, both for its presentation and its prose. In the book, Catherine Gerlach Blair, known as “Deeda,” reveals the inspirations behind her table settings, renowned for their menus and decor. Some selections were influenced by places she visited, such as the interiors

WELL-TRAVELED

When Marett Taylor says that her current hometown of Lake Forest is top on her list, it’s a rating worth taking note of. As the Vice President of Sales for Abercrombie & Kent USA (A&K), the travel company founded by her family over half a century ago, Taylor’s roster of residences is wide and varied.

MIND THE GAP

Eighteen-year-old Mariella Satow’s childhood interest in sign language has led to a remarkable innovation, SignUp, which makes television and movies accessible and meaningful for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing. SignUp Google Chrome Extension offers a visual option of interpreters appearing in a small box as an accompaniment to media and can be used in place of

VISIONARY

This month, Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection, presents over 150 pieces of fine art valued at more than $1 billion dollars, now up for auction at Christie’s New York. The quantity and quality are impressive as was Allen’s quest to amass the works. A co-founder of Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, Allen

FERN MALLIS: FASHION MAVEN AND HISTORIAN

Fern Mallis is credited with the creation of New York Fashion Week (NYFW), the semi-annual pilgrimage where fashion designers debut their latest runway collections. The concept of consolidating shows into one location over a singular period where press, patrons, and the public could converge proved revolutionary in the industry. It was Mallis who first forged

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