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Road Warrior

The most impactful words a young Pat McKillen ever heard from his mother, Diane, at home in Tower Lakes weren’t, “Go to your room.” Nor were they, “Eat your vegetables.” They were, “Did you hear that?” “My mom liked to listen to music in our house when I was growing up,” recalls McKillen, a 2006

Dream Tarts

In Portugal, little egg custard tarts called Pastel de Nata are ubiquitous, found at every espresso stand or coffee shop. “We eat them every day there,” says Teresa Sousa, co-owner and spokeswoman for Inbictus Factory bakery. “They’re as popular as doughnuts are here.” Eggy desserts have been a Portuguese favorite since the 18th-century, thanks to

Barrington High School Alums Return For Christmas Sing-A-Long

Around town, it’s beginning to not only look, but sound, a lot like Christmas. The critically acclaimed Nancie Kozel Tobison, longtime former Barrington High School Choral director, will be leading a Christmas Carol Sing-A-Long at Barrington’s White House, on Sunday, December 19, from 3-4:40. Yes, the wonderful family tradition that was started back in 2019

Marketing Maven

Two years ago, Alicia Waters was living in Paris with her husband Dan and their two children, Ben (14) and Ruby (11), in a brief overseas stint for her husband’s job. The expat experience marked the first time the marketing executive had ever taken a break from working—she graduated from scooping ice cream in high

Hawyard and Upward

Rock star. Wimbledon champion. Lawyer. Transactional lawyer, specifically. Bob Hayward, the youngster, envisioned all kinds of careers while growing up in Barrington Hills and playing three years of varsity tennis at Barrington High School (Class of 1990). But the vocation that ended up luring him more than the others was the one that required, more

Producing Partners

Utter the words “Sheridan Road” and the listener’s mind might conjure up images of stately homes and soaring high-rises or recall a vivid fashion shoot within the glossy pages of this magazine. Thanks to the efforts of Maryilene Blondell and Jim Kreutzer, the team behind Sheridan Road Productions—a Lake Forest-based international television and film development

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