Monica Kass Rogers

POOL PAVILION

Viewing Pembroke Lodge for the first time, the external architecture of the home and pool pavilion thoroughly impressed Courtney Chessen, owner and lead designer at Mandarine Home in Winnetka. “I thought the house was stunning on the outside, and that the grounds and architectural detail on the pool pavilion were beautiful,” she recalls. Opting to

POOL HOUSE CABANA

When Meghan Jay, founder and principal of Meghan Jay Design, first stepped into the pool house cabana at Pembroke Lodge, she felt an immediate spark. Designed in 1925 by the legendary David Adler for Gwethalyn Jones—the first president of the Three Arts Club of Chicago—it wasn’t just a structure; it was a piece of history.

POSITIVE YOUTH IMPACT STARTS HERE

Gathered around a table before the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwest Suburbs (BGCNWS) “Youth of the Year” awards, board members Tom Roeser and Amy Wickstrom, and board president Susan Harkin are feeling celebratory. Three years after launching a $12 million campaign to fund a new youth Impact Center that will bridge needs in

PAINTING WITH VALUES

At 10:30 a.m.the light filtering through the windows in Lake Forest is beautiful. “Yes,” artist Hector Hernandez says, smiling appreciatively, “David Adler designed this estate so that every room is perfectly lit by natural light. It’s so helpful when I paint.” One of few artists still working in technique mixte, the 15th-century painting technique that

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ALGAE

Decades before Christopher Howe became a venerated University of Cambridge biochemis- try professor, he was a young boy so fascinated with science that his parents allowed him and his brother to convert the family’s spare bedroom into a chemistry lab. “They were great about it,” Howe recalls with a smile. “It was pretty clear by

IRISH BARMBRACK

MAKES: 1, 9 X 5-INCH LOAF INGREDIENTS FOR THE WHISKEY-SOAKED FRUIT FOR THE BREAD DOUGH With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this month, it’s the perfect time to bake this beautiful barm- brack (bairin breac or “speckled loaf ” in Gaelic) a fragrant Irish bread studded with whiskey- and-tea-soaked dried fruit. Although many of the

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