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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.
Posted inThey Do
Two young physicians specialize in long-distance love
Chaitasi Naik admits her first date with Joe Collins six years ago came perilously close to never happening. They met on a dating app just as she was finishing her last year of medical school in St. Louis. Collins, who grew up in Evanston and graduated from ETHS in 2010, was about to begin a five-year residency in pediatric neurology at St. Louis University Hospital. Naik was uncertain about where her own residency would take her and wary of commitments.
Posted inBusiness & Economy
Swantiques pop-up brings fab furnishings back to Main Street
Retro style rules inside the recently opened Swantiques pop-up at 518 Main St., where collector extraordinaire Lora Swanson has assembled a mashup of antique, midcentury and postmodern furniture and accessories. […]
Posted inTwo-Minute House Walk
Midcentury Colonial finds new life as breezy beach house
Steps from the lakefront on a quiet stretch of Dempster sits a captivating gray house with a distinctive gambrel roof, wide welcoming porch and hydrangea-lined walkway that could have been plucked from the shores of Nantucket. This stately grande dame was once an unassuming Colonial, but eight years ago one couple saw beyond the stodgy façade and uninspired interior and commenced a Pygmalion-like transformation.
Posted inCity News
Does paid parking promote turnover – or drive shoppers and diners away?
Nothing elicits higher levels of elation, despair and frustration among drivers than the hunt for free, convenient parking. Many even consider it to be a basic human right like free […]
Posted inTwo-Minute House Walk
Age and beauty converge in livable landmark home
The RoundTable’s Two-Minute House Walk column takes readers inside some of Evanston’s most distinctive dwellings. Today, take a virtual tour of a splendid Renaissance revival house designed by noted architect Lawrence Gustav Hallberg.
Posted inArt & Life
‘Wind phone’ at Canal Shores offers unique solace for mourners
Just beyond the 11th hole of the Canal Shores Golf Course, near a patch of rangy purple milkweed sits a bright red phone booth that seems transported from another time […]
Posted inCity News
After unimaginable loss, Evanston mom joins the fight against fentanyl
In nearly every way, Simon O’Donnell’s 25th birthday celebration on June 10 was everything he could have wished for. Some 300 family members and friends gathered at Double Clutch Brewing […]
Posted inTwo-Minute House Walk
A no-frills industrial space is reborn as a chic abode
Welcome to Two-Minute House Walk, a new column that will take readers inside some of Evanston’s most distinctive dwellings. We aim to showcase history, style, architecture and design in homes throughout the city, from grand lakefront residences to cozy coach houses, modern apartments and everything in between.
Posted inBooks
Can classic literature age gracefully – or do some books need a facelift?
Content warning: This story discusses racial epithets and other offensive language. Numerous classic novels have been receiving mini makeovers of late as the estates of literary luminaries authorize publishers to […]