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STILL LIFE: BETTER THAN A BOUQUET

THE BUZZ: MAY 2026

PATIO PERFECT North Shore native Amy Kehoe of Nickey Kehoe Design draws on a deep appreciation for outdoor living with the NK Café Chair and NK Café Bench. Both pieces are inspired by a quintessential Portuguese terrace chair from the 1940s, featuring powder-coated stainless steel frames in Nickey Kehoe’s curated off-white, tomato red, or olive

JOURNEY OF INTENTION

We caught up with Lake Forest native and Vanderbilt University junior Redding Worth, who in addition to her podcast about young adulthood, recently took on a role as Chief Storyteller at Fairytrail—a travel-based app reimagining how people explore the world. Here are a few words about how she finds meaningful connections to people and places.

UP FRONT: LOOP CANVAS

If you’ve noticed more people knitting, puzzling, baking, or stitching lately, you’re not imagining it. So-called “grandma hobbies” are having a major moment. In our increasingly digital world, many people are looking for ways to unplug, slow down, and spend time making something with their hands. These nostalgic, analog pastimes are known to reduce stress,

THE BUZZ: MAY 2026

COFFEE TIME Meet the Cinquantotto—Italian for “58”—Rocket Espresso’s refined evolution of the beloved R58. Thoughtfully engineered for both performance and beauty, it brings a sense of ritual and precision to your daily coffee. At its core are dual, independently operated boilers with PID control, allowing you to dial in the perfect extraction for any bean

FROM BARRINGTON TO THE BEE

After winning the Lake County Regional Spelling Bee, seventh grader Aditi Mopur heads to the national stage—one word at a time. The moment Aditi Mopur heard the word, she knew she could spell it. “My winning word was sumi-e, a Japanese ink painting technique,” said the seventh grader from Barrington Middle School-Prairie Campus. “After confirming

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