June 2021
Featured
We’ve dug up the quirkiest finds the burbs have to offer, from Route 66 joints to jewels…
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Better Together
It’s true: Jacqueline Salinas and Jose Perez decided to have a microwedding before…
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Discover
“I think Downers Grove is one of the hidden gems of the western suburbs,” says…
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Humanitarian
In 2019 Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois’s leaders decided to address…
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Naperscene
Fox Valley Patriotic Organization hosted its Swinging for the Stars and Stripes event…
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Kudos
By Rafael Guerrero North Central College professor Paul Bloom was one of 200 physicists…
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Shop
By Kelly Aiglon When shoppers step into Sophia Forero Designs, a giant bell attached…
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Market
By Kelly Aiglon Dig ItThe Hori Hori Classic tool is not garden variety, with its heat-tempered,…
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Home
When they moved to the Chicago area in 2004, it was the height of the teardown era in…
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Table for Two
Perhaps one of the unexpected boons of two decades of the craft beer explosion has been…
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Recipe
The grill masters from Chicago-based Weber offer a hot summer recipe from their Real…
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Local Flavor
Although the walk-up service and laid-back atmosphere at Knead: Urban Eatery (131 S.…
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Spotlight
A sporting match After playing football for over 20 years of my life, I needed a contact…
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Med Tech
A local microbiologist-immunologist recently won an innovation award for his nanoparticle…
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Ask the Expert
Now that summer is in full swing, we spoke with Jim Ruhl, owner of JW Ruhl Landscape…
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Develop
Starting in 2023, residents of 285 apartments will call CityGate Centre—and its bars,…
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Property
After years of negotiations that delayed development, the first residents of Central…
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Details
Is your work-from-home back aching? Phil Ramos has a fix for that. The Office Furniture…
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Modern Fare
Peppery arugula finished with lemon-infused olive oil. Paper-thin prosciutto di Parma…
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Farm Find
While the vast majority of beekeepers are hobbyists, Wayne residents Chris and Bernadette…
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Three Cities
Bristol, VirginiaThe Birthplace of Country Music MuseumCheck out “Our Living Past:…
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Living Well
It was a lab full of rats and a neighbor’s invitation that would start the trajectory…
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Community
We expect a slow but steady return to normal living as summer arrives and pandemic concerns…
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Journey
Music is a really important part of the culture here in Wisconsin,” says Anne Sayers,…
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By the Numbers
#1 Residents of DuPage County are the healthiest in Illinois, according to a 2021 report…
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