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For a year in the late 1980s, painter Allison Svoboda lived on just $10 a day. She had recently been laid off from her job of four years at an architecture firm in Chicago and took the opportunity to travel the world with her now-husband. Because of their limited budget, the pair primarily spent time

The Buzz: June 2021

From the creators of the exhibit in Paris seen by more than two million visitors, the U.S. premiere of the IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXHIBIT brings the art of Van Gogh to life in Chicago. Experience art like never before—lose yourself in 500,000 cubic feet of flawless projections animating Van Gogh’s oeuvre. Wander through entrancing, moving

Country Vs. Town: June/July 2021

Melissa Khamkhounnavong, an @properties real estate broker in Barrington, loves flipping homes with her husband—himself a builder and designer. Together they have three children, adopted through foster care, Belle (6), Joey (5), and Jett (20 months). Khamkhounnavong co-chaired the Let it Be Us 5k, an organization helping place children in foster care with the best

The Buzz: June 2021

GATHER GARDEN INSPIRATION ON JUNE 17, the Junior Garden Club of Lake Forest [JGCLF] will hold their much-anticipated Garden Walk from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring spectacular Lake Forest gardens—several of which are included in Benjamin Lenhardt’s book, The Gardens of the North Shore of Chicago. The gardens included remain a tightly held secret

Straw Man

NICK YEHLE wasn’t thinking about coffee when, at age 7, he started spending a few weeks during summers at Camp Kooch-i-ching in northern Minnesota. Even at a young age, Yehle loved the outdoors and relished the twoto- three-week trips to camp each year. “I went to camp every summer for 13 years in a row,

Classic, Yet Modern

Jewelry designer JEAN BASSE believes that a piece of fine jewelry should have the transformative power of uplifting and elevating one’s personal style and that one should be happy and confident while wearing pieces they love. Each of Basse’s pieces is a timeless statement created to empower women to be confident in their own skin.

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