Tails were wagging and the sun was shining Mother’s Day morning, May 12, as nearly 100 people and a half-dozen dogs gathered at the Canal Shores trail for a two-mile […]
Author Archives: Nancy McLaughlin
Nancy McLaughlin is an Evanston-based freelance writer who has a fascination for the everyday events that shape our community in extraordinary ways. She covers human interest stories for the RoundTable.
13 finalists selected for fashion design competition
Move over, Heidi Klum. An evening fundraiser at the Evanston History Center on June 27 will incorporate the irresistible element of a fashion design competition and provide a showcase for […]
Evanston educator named to Italian basketball team’s hall of fame
Mason Rocca, an Evanston teacher and school administrator who played professional basketball in Italy from 2001 to 2015, was recently inducted into the Olimpia Milano Hall of Fame, a distinction […]
For grieving mom, Canal Shores charity hike is step to healing
Two years after losing her 18-year-old son, Patrick, to suicide, Laurel O’Sullivan is still navigating the complex terrain of grief, but recently she has found comfort in creating ways to […]
Couple ties the knot with an engagement cat, two-part wedding
In an age of weddings artfully designed to wow Instagram followers, Cara Pratt, Evanston’s sustainability and resilience manager, and her fiancé, Ankur Gupta, longed for something simpler and managed to […]
Specialty food company plans return to Evanston
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but hunger was the catalyst for the creation of Whole & Free Foods, a startup launched four years ago from a Davis Street […]
Style blooms inside hidden gardener’s cottage
Food deliveries are nearly impossible, admit Lora and Kent Swanson, but pretty much everything else is perfect about living in a historic gardener’s cottage tucked behind the landmark Wilson mansion at the corner of Forest Avenue and Greenleaf Steet.
Antique shop with bohemian flair set to open downtown this spring
Cora Violet Auctions, a new antique business that includes a shoppable showroom, is taking shape at 620 Grove St. in the space most recently occupied by Becky & Me Toys. […]
Modern couple woos aging Victorian beauty
Glenview empty-nesters Ghram and Mindy Debes thought it was time for a change from suburban life. Initially they envisioned returning to Chicago. They didn’t expect to fall for a rambling 1890 Victorian in Evanston with a leaky roof.
The lazy shopper’s guide to effortless holiday giving
If you missed Black Friday and snoozed through Cyber Monday, there’s still no need to panic, pay eye-popping express shipping charges or visit the Old Orchard Death Star with its […]