Sunday Breakfast

Chris Pickering was just a kindergartner when he discovered the restorative power of music in his family’s living room in Evanston. He had come upon his mother, Linda, who was resting and listening to Handel’s Messiah after work. The melodious large-scale work was working its magic right before his eyes. “Her eyes were closed,” Pickering,

Sarah Douglas knew exactly what to expect at home plate after she belted a walk-off—or sudden-victory—solo home run for DePaul University’s softball team in an NCAA playoff game more than two decades ago. Countless high fives from her teammates; hugs that hurt and felt good at the same time; joyous slaps to her helmet; and

Winnetka’s mad-about-golf Banas family— parents Reb and Megan and kids Madison, Reb Jr., Blake, and Ryan—vacationed in Colorado seven years ago while their golf clubs stayed home. That’s akin to passionate painters arriving at a studio without brushes. Or a group of serious scuba divers entering water without oxygen tanks. “We ended up playing golf,”

Winnetkan Charlotte Dellin devoured a book about all of the English monarchs last year. It took the recent New Trier Township High School graduate, who was born in London, an entire season to finish it. “That was my fall read,” Dellin says. “I’m a history buff and a big reader.” And, as of June 1,

Beth Boyd’s wheels—either the ones on her sleek velobike or the figurative ones in her mind—are always turning. In addition to being the founder and principal designer of Wiley Designs LLC in Highland Park and serving the final year of a three-year term as president of the board of trustees of the Lake Forest-based artists’