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IT’S 9 P.M. on a weekday, say a Thursday, and North Shore native Chip Green (a fictitious name) wants to work on his golf game ahead of an annual outing to South Carolina with his buddies Max “Mini” Driver and Sandy Von Trapp. Were he a member of Champion Ways, a unique indoor training facility

A holistic approach to health is all that Christie Jordan has ever known. “I was born in Seoul, Korea, and my mother raised us very naturally,” Jordan says. “She followed old-school Korean culture by treating anything that was troubling us with a natural approach. Even our food sources were very important to her.” But it

AT THE FIRST MEETING following one of the most successful showhouses in its chapter’s history, board members of the Lake Forest Chapter of Infant Welfare Society (IWS) had a surprise for their president Chrissy Davis. “It was so kind,” says Davis, overcome with tears as she tells the story. “I was wrapping up a chapter

Not everything needs a function, artist, designer, and educator Norman Teague often tells his students at the University of Illinois Chicago. It just needs to be beautiful; that could then be its function. Yet, Teague’s art and custom furniture are often a combination of the two. “My motivation comes from reflections that I have on

Gina Kaiser isn’t one to believe in coincidences. She believes wholeheartedly that things happen for a reason. Kaiser opened It Gym inside Hoffman Estate’s Bell Works Chicagoland in September After years spent in marketing and advertising, she felt compelled to open a gym that was geared toward people at all fitness levels. “I was a

MILESTONES ARE OFTEN a time of reflection. And Jen Bobay’s 10-yearanniversary of founding Jar Bar Makeup is no exception. Jar Bar Makeup is a mineral makeup line that is free of parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, and talc. “When I first launched my company in 2014, I thought my business would be more education about makeup