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THE BUZZ: JUNE 2023

VITANI Fixing a great martini requires a certain technique and just the right balance of ingredients. Today, bartenders and mixologists are celebrated in restaurants and bars for mastering this iconic cocktail. And because of this, martinis have become an event cocktail rather than being readily enjoyed. The North Shore’s Jackie Gichner decided to fix that

HERE’S … JIMMY!

In 2016, at the age of 52, Kenilworth native and longtime standup comedian/improv teacher Jimmy Carrane lost his father to pulmonary fibrosis, got attacked while standing on a pew and delivering an unwanted eulogy at the ensuing funeral, and became a first-time father. It wan an eventful year for Carrane to say the least, filled

#HASHTAG: ERIN MCCARTHY

Hailing from Orange County, California, current Wilmette resident, ERIN MCCARTHY, is living her lifelong dream of working as an artist, designer, and small business owner. About four years ago, McCarthy had an “aha” moment when she realized her fine art photographs of flowers, plants, trees, lakes, and streams could be digitally manipulated into surface pattern

ONE HAND, ONE HEART

When a lavish new production of the Broadway classic, West Side Story, hit the Lyric Opera stage in Chicago in 2019, it sold out performances and wowed local critics. Praised as both “a suite of searing, soaring melodies,” and “musical theater euphoria,” the 1957 musical that retells the story of Romeo and Juliet on the

FATHER KNOWS—AND VOLLEYS— BEST

There might not be a North Shore 10-year-old who knows what perseverance looks like better than Emma Weinlader does. She has watched her father, Wilmette resident and serial entrepreneur John Weinlader, embody the admirable personality trait for years. Her daddy, an avid platform tennis player, and his older brother, Dan, recently launched Volley, the first

#HASHTAG: ALLISON BRUCE

Allison Bruce is a “intentional” jewelry artist and award-winning writer. As founder of Flourish Integral Health, her mission is to help people feel cared for, empowered, and elevated. She is also a columnist for Energy Magazine. Bruce says it was “a time of despair followed by the pursuit of joy” that led her to develop

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