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Dig Earth! Nature Needs You

WE NEED NATURE. It is among the many important things we’ve learned about ourselves and our world over the last year. Now more than ever, we have a greater appreciation for nature. When other doors closed due to the pandemic, spending time outside was the safe haven we turned to. As we like to say,

Cattails & Cocktails, Reimagined

AS WINTER WAS WINDING down and the evidence of springtime began to sprout up from the ground, Cattails & Cocktails Co-Chairs Marie Woods and Michelle Taubensee travelled to the grounds of the Mellody Farm Nature Preserve to take a look around at the beauty surrounding them. “Personally, the open lands have saved us within the

Fashion Forward

Hinsdale entrepreneurs and style gurus, Megan Brotschul and Lisa Kahley, introduced “The New Dress Code” this spring at Marcus in downtown Hinsdale. The bevy of runway looks featured inventive wardrobe updates—marrying athleisure and luxe styles—while showing attendees “how to get dressed again after COVID.” The inspiring evening also served as a fundraising opportunity for Hinsdale

'Trey' Magnifique

Bob O’Connell’s path to the purchase of his first work of art—and, ultimately, a fascinating career as an international art detective—began with a $20 bill and an order from his mother, Carole, who had handed the cash to her then-13- year-old son at Cinderella City Mall in Englewood, Colorado in the 1970s. Mom’s order to

Shore Vs. City: May 2021

KATHERINE BANICH IS ON A MISSION TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WINGS, AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES AN ESCAPE ROUTE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN. THE WINNETKA MOM OF TWO CO-CHAIRED THE WINGS 2020 SWEET HOME CHICAGO VIRTUAL BENEFIT IN A YEAR THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SKYROCKETED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THIS YEAR, THE 18TH

Well Schooled Best In Class

A few framed photographs of Alex Sheridan’s late grandfather Henry Sheridan hang behind his desk at Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS). Henry, an immigrant from Vienna, Austria, changed his surname to Sheridan in 1940 after volunteering to join the U.S. Army. The history of Civil War Union General Philip Henry Sheridan—a certain iconic road

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