Crain's Best New Event Spaces 2018

Crain’s Best New Event Spaces 2018

This was my second year doing the Best New Event Spaces story for Crain's Chicago Business, and it's one of my favorites. It's a beast of a feature, for sure. But I love being able to chat with entrepreneurs about what drives them and how…
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Crain's Best New Event Spaces 2017

Crain’s Best New Event Spaces 2017

It was such an honor — and so much fun — to work on this feature for Crain's Chicago Business. It's a list of the city's best new event spaces, and it involved visiting so many incredible spaces. Narrowing it down to the strongest,…
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Chicago Home & Garden: A Lukas Machnik Home

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

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

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

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

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

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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