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MARY MARCUS, residential real estate broker with @properties, has built her career and reputation on the core principles of passion, focus, drive, and caring. It’s no wonder she is consistently ranked among the top real estate agents on the North Shore. Marcus truly understands the importance of “home” to her clients, and her 15-plus years

Dynamic Duo

It’s a given that mother-daughter team, JAMIE and OLIVIA SCHACHTEL of Jamie Schachtel Design Group, love working together. The bonus is that their training and talents complement one another perfectly. Jamie brings to the table more than 25 years at the forefront of design and fashion, ranging from couture clothing designer and manufacturer to owning

It Takes A Village

As owner of Café La Fortuna, a family-owned small business, ANGELA LAVELLI feels grateful too her loyal patrons for sticking with them during the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many businesses to close. “Keeping my customers safe and my business open was my biggest priority,” she says. “The pandemic caused a frenzy and need for food

High Flyer

“Real estate is about home, lifestyle, and experience,” says DAWN MCKENNA, founder of Dawn McKenna Group (DMG). It was her desire to furnish her own home in 2003 that led to her initial foray into real estate. “I had always been interested in real estate and something of an open house junkie, so I decided

A Nobel Endeavor

Fall’s finest fashions are displayed against the backdrop of Lake Forest’s Noble Judah Estate. This renowned manse was constructed for a glamorous couple—he a successful lawyer, Colonel in the Army, and future ambassador to Cuba and she, an accomplished equestrian and the heiress to National Cash Register. Sparing no expense, the compound was built from

The Coming-Of-Age Classic Returns

The late filmmaker and Lake Forest resident John Hughes chose to shoot a movie along the North Shore every other month in the 1980s. Or so it seemed. Sixteen Candles. The Breakfast Club. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And so on and so on, an assembly line of hits that made popcorn-gobbling teens nod and laugh,

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