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Peak Gait

It’s not easy being a small business owner, and the challenges are sometimes even greater when you’re a woman small business owner. Add to those rigors the unprecedented obstacles presented to all local businesses this year when COVID-19 resulted in shutdowns across the Chicago area and for many, it felt like the odds were stacked

Pop Into Designer Lisa Perry's World

“Hello.” “Goodbye.” “Fun?” “Enjoy!” These are just some of the words and punctuation marks that adorn the production output of designer Lisa Perry. From pillows and placemats to pretty A-line dresses, there is no question her brand is an exclamation of ’60s inspired style. Dots and circles, solids and stripes, flowers and rainbows, palettes of

Fashionable Friends

“As if she heard my soul crying out, I got a call from Mrs. Eunice Johnson, of Ebony magazine, asking if I would fly to Chicago and meet with her and her husband, Mr. John H. Johnson, scion of the Ebony empire,” writes André Leon Talley, former Creative Director and continuing Contributing Editor at Vogue,

Serene Scenes

At a time when we are coveting a sense of tranquility, MERINDA STUDIO offers interior decor aimed at bringing the outdoors in. Launched by two Chicago women, Erin McCarthy and Mindy Turitz, MERINDA STUDIO (a combination of their first names) livens up one’s home with their nature-inspired decor. From their washable wallpaper to digitally printed

Luxury Offerings: What You Get for $2 Million

Fa’side Castle, Scotland $2.27 million TRANENT • EAST LOTHIAN • EH33 2LE The Details: 6 Bedrooms, 3 Baths • 7,411 square feet, $306 per square foot • 2 Converted Cottages, Woodland and Courtyard, Outbuildings with Garage, Game Room, and Stables • Sits on approximately 2.3 acres Contact: Ele Robertson, Country House Residential, [email protected] An outstanding

Toward Equity

Steve Pemberton looks good in blue. It matches his eyes, a shade of cerulean quite like the sea waters off the coast of Portugal where some of his ancestors originated. The same blue twinkles up in the only little boy photo ever taken of Pemberton. Back then, in foster care, Pemberton knew nothing of his

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