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Barrington’s Jackson Bradford has always taken the road less traveled and wouldn’t have it any other way

Photography provided by Thomas Mohr Photography

Barrington’s Jackson Bradford has always taken the road less traveled and wouldn’t have it any other way.

With a second generation on board, Forest Bootery celebrates a sensational 70 years in business

Cristina and Cara Garrison

When sisters Cristina and Cara Garrison invited their father to breakfast at Highland Park’s Country Kitchen more than 20 years ago to discuss taking over running his Forest Bootery store, they had no idea they’d be at the helm when the Lake Forest icon celebrated its 70th anniversary.   “I can tell you straight that

A decidedly Midwestern surf culture thrives on Lake Michigan

Surfer On Icy Shoreline

It’s a weekday afternoon in early December and Jim Mallardo is standing on the shores of Lake Michigan, armored in a 6mm wetsuit with gloves. The sky and water are a distressed blue-gray, like the contours of a contusion, and the 47-degree weather is not doing any favors for what little of his skin is

Olivia Pura of Deer Park uses the platform of Miss Illinois USA to advocate for the inclusion and equality of women in STEM fields

Olivia Pura

Beautiful. Intelligent. Kind. And determined to make her own mark on the world. Olivia Pura is far from what you might imagine a beauty queen to be. In fact, beauty is only one small part of what goes earning a title, and a crown, in a beauty pageant.  Currently a senior at Northwestern University pursuing

Best friends Allison Cassato and Michelle McKenna decided to take their chances to see what would bloom and grow

Allison Cassato and Michelle McKenna

Everything is coming up roses for Winnetka’s Allison Cassato and Michelle McKenna who recently took a leap of faith by taking ownership of the former Chestnut Street Florist in August of 2019.  Cassato’s right-brained creativity in partnership with McKenna’s left-brained sensibility makes their business—Chestnut Street Flowers—one that blends artistry with unmatched customer service. Best of

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Carl Backer brings hope for the littlest hearts

Dr. Carl Backer

It was the day after Christmas, 2007, a blustery Chicago morning. Dr. Carl Backer was heading to Children’s Memorial Hospital (now the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago) to perform a heart transplant on baby Fintan Schiltz. Grabbing a coffee on the rush to the hospital, Backer glimpsed the cover of the

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