Sherry Thomas

GREAT IMAGINATIONS

We know he grew up in Philly. Always wanted to be writer; can’t remember exactly when or how it all started though. Could have been junior year in high school when “an inspired teacher assigned Robert Penn Warren’s All the Kings Men.” Maybe. We know he published a short story in1988 about a guy becoming

MANOR BORN

For the next 24 hours, you will be addressed as English nobility. In this case, a Lady, but Lord is another option, or perhaps Duke or Countess. And as perplexing as that might sound, when you’ve just checked in to the Deer Path Inn—noshing on a delicious cake left just for you, reviewing a decadent

MEALS TO HEAL

Comfort food. It means different things for different people. For John Kelly, it was king crab legs. And not just any king crab legs, but the ones he and his five siblings ordered at Bob Chinn’s that day in 2008 right after their mom died. “My father-in-law told us all to go out to dinner

DOING IT “HIS WAY”

Imagine you’re a 10-year-old boy with some shoe polish and a rag going from tavern to tavern in your working class, Chicago area neighborhood of Harvey when all of a sudden, you hear a sound like you’ve never heard before. It’s the 1940s, after the war. Economy’s not exactly booming but people still need shoe

ROOTED IN TRADITION

Growing up in a David Adler landmark in Lake Forest, it’s not surprising the Miranda Luce (now Maxfield) has a passion for antiques and fine interiors. In addition to meeting people and visiting beautiful homes all over Chicago and the North Shore, one of the things she loves about her role as a Senior Manager

TOAST OF THE TOWN

You may have seen them around town, she with her signature silver-blonde coif and stylish couture, and he with a dry wit and genteel nature that many North Shore women would reportedly love to clone. They are the first to raise their hand to support a local arts organization, first in line to RSVP for

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