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#HASHTAG: JODI MORTON

Evanston-based interior designer JODI MORTON has been renovating and flipping homes for her own family for more than 25 years. That passion led her to open her own interior design firm, 2to5 Design, more than 14 years ago. The name reflected her and her husband’s shared passion for design and hospitality and the growth of

#HASHTAG: PETER HICKEY

Along with his partners, North Shore native PETER HICKEY has just launched Peregrine Economics, an economic consulting firm. Hickey focuses his expert practice in the areas of financial markets litigation and regulatory matters, business valuation disputes, and complex commercial litigation damages. Hickey lives with his wife Dody and their three children in Wilmette where his

NIFTY NONAGENARIAN

Ever met Italian-born Lidia Lattanzi Ragusi, the 90-year-old woman who started volunteering at the Winnetka Thrift Shop around the time the movie Rocky hit the theaters in the mid-1970s? You should. The longtime Winnetkan is part treasure, part comedian, part storyteller extraordinaire, and all kinds of fun. She’s not as sharp as a tack; she’s

#HASHTAG: JACLYN MEDNICOV

Artist JACLYN MEDNICOV engages in painting, sculpture, and installation—exploring the concept of transformation and the evolution of memories over time. Employing nature as her primary medium, she incorporates plants to imprint various textures onto surfaces to create impressions. The surfaces then serve as the basis for constructing her tactile artworks in both clay and paint.

GEORGIA—AND READERS—ON HER MIND

Columnist and Wilmette resident Georgia Garvey likened an interminable respiratory infection to a drawn-out Allman Brothers song. She also transported her readers to summery days when the trill of an ice cream truck meant anybody with working taste buds turned into Olympic sprinters dashing to a sound. And, in another column, written near Thanksgiving 2020,

#HASHTAG: KILEY YOVANOFF

Neiman Marcus Northbrook recently welcomed KILEY YOVANOFF as its new Brand Experience Lead. Since the day she was born, the always optimistic Yovanoff has possessed an eye for fashion and loved to express herself creatively through art— both painting and graphic design. At The University of Alabama, she studied apparel and textiles with a concentration

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