Wilmette’s Jenny Sloan can often be found pedaling around town with her three kids in tow or encouraging her Shred415 clients to give it a go. Whatever role she chooses to play, Sloan is grateful for the gifts she has been granted each and every day. This busy and fit mom shares her city and shore favorites with Sheridan Road.

What’s on the horizon? Continuing renovations on our 100-year-old home

Mantra? I’m grateful for where I am and excited about where I’m going

Best grooming tip? Dry shampoo and EltaMD tinted moisturizer

Guilty pleasure? Bravo TV and online shopping

Favorite foods? Mexican food and dark chocolate

Music you love? Top 40 and Country

Best advice ever given to you? If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours—Dolly Parton

Best advice you’ve given? I tell my kids every day to try your best and be kind

Earliest memory? Moving into my childhood home in Glen Ellyn

When you wake up, you? Snuggle with whichever child woke me up

Before bed, you? Read

What’s on your bookshelf? Amy Harmon’s What the Wind Knows and Rhys Bowen’s The Tuscan Child

You can’t live without? Coffee and naps

Love to escape to? St. Kitts

Advice you would give to your younger self? The moment that you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do

ON THE SHORE

Your style is? Workout gear and a top knot

Can’t leave the house without? Snacks and my phone charger

Transportation? Minivan or my Yuba Cargo bike

Driving music? K-love radio. Great messages for little ears

Place to eat? Depot Nuevo, Fuel (their chilaquiles are heavenly)

Shop? Alexis Vintiques in Kenilworth, Bookends and Beginnings in Evanston, and Nordstrom Rack

Best thing about the Shore? Great schools, a wonderful sense of community, and beautiful old houses

Worst thing about the Shore? Jimmy Johns doesn’t deliver to my house

The perfect day is? Teach or take a class at Shred415, brunch, shopping, and dinner out

IN THE CITY

Your style is? Jeans, heels, and statement earrings

Can’t leave the house without? A great lipstick and Google Maps; my sense of direction is less than desirable

Transportation? Metra there and Uber home

Driving music? The Chainsmokers

Place to eat? Left Coast, Pasta Palazzo, and RPM Steak

Shop? Southport Corridor boutiques

Best thing about the City? Great restaurants, the lake path, and the beautiful skyline

Worst thing about the City? If it weren’t for our brutal winters, everyone would live here. Chicago has it all

The perfect day is? Room service in bed, visiting a museum, and dinner at a new restaurant