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Chicago Home & Garden: A Lukas Machnik Home

I had the pleasure of talking to designer Lukas Machnik about one of his projects, an eco-friendly home in Old Town, for Chicago Home &…
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Chicago Home & Garden: Lake View home

A piece for Chicago Home & Garden on a stunning graystone in Lakeview, Chicago. The best feature was hands-down the built-in slide going into…
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Michigan Avenue Magazine: Rookies of the Year

For this 2011 Michigan Avenue feature, I got to highlight nine young men who were on the cusp of making it big. I interviewed the guys, wrote the story and organized the Wrigley Field photo shoot (a thrill for this Cubs fan). But my…
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Michigan Avenue Magazine: Ikram’s 10-year anniversary party

This one was a dream come true for a young writer: For the 10th anniversary of her boutique, Ikram Goldman, the Chicago-based global fashion icon, threw a three-day celebration that brought fashion stars such as Kate and Laura Mulleavy,…
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Michigan Avenue Magazine: Gillion Carrara

Gillion Carrara is one of Chicago's fashion treasures, though she flies under the radar most of the time. I sat down with her for a Michigan Avenue story to pick her brain about the industry, and her incredible Fashion Resource Center…
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Michigan Avenue Magazine: Ikram

I've had the privilege of interviewing Ikram Goldman several times, and she's one of my favorite people in Chicago. For this Michigan Avenue magazine piece, she talked me through her then-new, three-story boutique, which is easily one of…
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