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COMING HOME ​ HE NORTH SHORE’S REPUTATION FOR FINE HOMES DESIGNED BY SOME T OF THE WORLD’S FINEST ARCHITECTS IS WELL KNOWN, BUT THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE THE MAIN DRAW.

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While the North Shore is well known for its grand estates and beautiful mansions, what’s often overlooked is the sense of community its cities and villages have to offer, with award-winning schools, charming neighborhoods, and quaint, walkable downtowns.

With the fall real estate season in full force, local real estate professionals shared their recent experiences and perspective on the role community contributes to the quality of life on the North Shore.

“I feel like a lot of my clients now are coming back to their hometowns.

They lived in the city and now they're coming back to where they grew up,” says Ted Pickus, a broker with @properties in Highland Park.

“You may go somewhere else, but I sell a lot in Highland Park and Deerfield and I'm finding a lot of young parents with small children, or they've just gotten married, and they're coming back.”

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NEWS

14 going for gold

Lake Forest native Kate Hartman Rosenzweig is new Chief of Communications for the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics

LIFESTYLE & ARTS

16 nurturing birds through autumn

How to keep our feathered friends fed and happy through fall weather

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Pickus says these young families remember the parks and other amenities, and they want their kids to have a similar experience.

It was the COVID-19 pandemic that made these families realize how important it was to be able to walk their children home from school or have a beach day.

Increasing options to work from home was also a spark.

“Maybe they're only commuting three days a week and it's worth living out in the suburbs and raising their children the way they were raised,” says Pickus “They all went to the city and were thinking they had to live in the city for a job, but now that has changed.”

One other twist, Pickus says, is that younger buyers don’t necessarily want that pristine new or updated house. They’re looking for character. Too many were watching too much HGTV but now their desires have changed.

“I just sold a home to a client on Linden in Highland Park. It's a classic older, colonial red brick house, and that's what she grew up and she just loves it,” Pickus says.

“This house reminds her of her childhood home, and not only the house’s style, but the community also where she grew up.

It was very refreshing, a couple of buyer clients who were looking for old and charm instead of new.”

Michael Mitchell, with @properties in Glencoe, says the appeal of communities on the North Shore is that they’re made up of villages, rather than suburban sprawl.

Some brokers refer to it as “Mayberry on the Lake.”

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over. Including the city, but what I think the North Shore offers is small town living, not suburban living. It feels less suburban than most suburbs,” Mitchell says. “When you buy on the North Shore, you're buying in established communities that have huge trees and diverse housing stock.”

Mitchell says the charm is to be found in meeting neighbors in communities that have neighbors who have been there for 50 years and neighbors that have just moved in.

“It was great when we bought in our neighborhood in Glencoe in 1993. We were one of the first of the young couples to buy and saw what it was like to be surrounded by grandparents and we were so thrilled,”

he says. “They got such a kick out of the fact that we were the young family with kids.”

Mitchell takes regular advantage of the amenities Glencoe has to offer, such as the golf courses, tennis courts, ample parks, and nearby Botanic Gardens.

“There’s always a tennis court to be found on a weekend if we want to go hit,” he says.

“I mean, I can go on and on, but you know, it’s for those reasons that I think the life is so rich.”

Mitchell cites the example of a client who relocated from Glencoe to Des Moines and was homesick. Even though she wasn’t brought up in Glencoe she loved the charm of the North Shore and couldn’t

wait to get back.

“You know the postman, you know the grocery, you know the couple of restaurants ... everybody kind of knows everybody,” he says.

Highland Park @properties broker Susan Brown Burklin says even within the larger community of Highland Park you can find small villages within it that help to form relationships for a lifetime “Because Highland Park is comprised of small villages within a city, the communities enable residents to build lifelong friendships,” Burklin says. “Children grow up being able to walk to school and the Continued on PG 12

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small classrooms forge strong relationships that all four of my children have carried into their adulthood.”

Burklin says her oldest son is still best friends with his childhood friend and that

Ted Pickus, who sold this property at 149 Pierce in Highland Park, says the house is indicative of some of the older charm younger buyers are looking for.

his closest friends now are pals with whom he played travel baseball. Going to childhood sporting events week after week and year after year created strong neighborhood bonds and connections.

“My daughter is one a group of six girls who became friends in 6th grade and all of them, regardless of where they are geographically, remain extremely tight knit,” she says. “Collectively, the bond we have created watching our children evolve and sharing one another's joys and, unfortunately, tragedies is what community is all about. We are there for each other, our children are there for each other, and together we are strong.”

Family ties and connections are crucial for Chris Veech, with @properties in Winnetka. Veech grew up in Evanston and

raised her three sons in Winnetka.

Her son recently married a woman from Wilmette who was his prom date at Loyola Academy, and another son lives with his girlfriend who is from Northfield.

“This topic really speaks to my heart,” Veech says. “We are so blessed to be living on 26 miles of gorgeous lakefront communities built for raising families, just minutes to the world class city of Chicago where I was born.”

People come to the North Shore for the amenities—schools, convenient train stations, charming downtowns, beaches, park districts, and pretty neighborhood homes—but Veech says they quickly meet neighbors and form friendships that can last a lifetime.

“Neighbors on the North Shore raise their children together and bond like crazy over the incredible shared experience of parenthood,” she says. “We celebrate the daily joys, fun times, sports teams, school life, and birthdays together … and the years of shared history build quickly, even if some of the days are long.”

Veech says the community also turns up during difficult times, rallying around friends facing adversity with the “strength

of an army,” to provide support and ease their burdens.

“In addition to building community through our schools, our incredible array

are so many great people here to meet, and it’s a wonderful combination of families that have been here for generations and new people arriving from the city, from all over the country, and the globe.”

Connie Dornan, a broker, with @properties in Winnetka, she can identify with her clients who are contemplating a move to the North Shore because clients have similar reasons for moving to the area that her and her family did when they moved here.

While schools are always a top priority for parents, events and other activities bring communities together.

“Being part of a community that has all sorts of social functions for adults is really engaging and fun, from block parties to art fairs, to volunteering within the community, music festivals, and more,” Dornan says. “The cultural aspect is far ranging for all ages.”

Julie Dowdle Rogers, with @properties in Winnetka, says she’s never had a dissatisfied client who’s purchase a home on the North Shore.

“I’ve never had a client not settle well; they are very happy to the point when I ask them how everything is going, nobody has

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of churches and temples, clubs, service organizations, and fitness outlets offer endless opportunities for strong and lasting friendship bonds to form,” she says. “There

a bad thing to say,” Rogers says. “No matter what your age or interest, you can find it up here. It’s friendly and welcoming. It’s Camelot.”

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GOING FOR GOLD LAKE FOREST NATIVE KATE HARTMAN ROSENZWEIG MAKES HER TEAM USA DEBUT AS THE NEW CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE U.S. OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS.

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When Kate Hartman Rosenzweig was growing up in Lake Forest, she never imagined that she might someday be donning Team USA gear. But perhaps she should

have, as today she sports the winning title of Chief of Communications for the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics (USOPC).

“You know, no one would ever have called me an athlete,” says Rosenzweig with a laugh. “But I always introduce myself as the seventh of 10 children. I was born on to a team. I understand how they work. So,

it makes sense that today I’m on the team behind Team USA.” Earlier this spring, Rosenzweig began her new role after a storied career with CocaCola in Atlanta. Her roles with Coke took her to the Olympic games in both London and Rio. “Coke offered me a space where I never stopped learning,” she says, having moved to Atlanta from Chicago for the post with her husband and former high school sweetheart, David Rosenzweig. “It taught me so much about our country and different parts of the world. I couldn’t have asked for any better training ground for the job I have today.”

When the Olympics called to recruit Rosenzweig back in January, she turned them down. “I had just been promoted at Coke and we were still in the thick of the pandemic,” she says, who had been working at home full-time since March 2020. “But a few months later, they called again, and my husband asked me what I was waiting for.

He knew how much I loved the Olympics, and this was an opportunity for me to fol-

low a passion and work for an organization that was rooted in purpose.”

But not until Rosenzweig had an open and honest discussion with her soon-to-be boss, Sarah Hirschland—the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics—did she agree to make the move.

“Covid forced me to think about things differently. I realized that in the last year, I spent the most time I ever have with my family, even more than when my two children (Charlotte, age 9 and JD, age 7) were born,” she says. “That was a tough pill to swallow, but it made me very aware of how I wanted things to be moving forward. If I were to make a move from Coke, I wanted a healthy balance between work and family and Sarah said she would work with me to make this happen.”

Rosenzweig knew Hirschland was a woman of her word. One of the biggest cultural shifts for the USOPC in recent years under Hirschland’s leadership has been supporting athletes’ entire well-being: not just their physical health but also their mental

U.S. Olympics and Paralympics Chief of Communication Kate Hartman Rosenweig.

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NEWS and emotional health. “The organization has changed the way we look at mental toughness. Our athletes are stronger and better prepared than ever because they’ve put in the work to achieve their truest potential across both physically and mentally.”

Hirschland also oversaw the uniting of the Olympic and Paralympic organizations and their rebranding under one umbrella.

“The organization changed its name because its mission is to build an inclusive world through sports,” says Rosenzweig. “Sarah inherently knew you can’t be inclusive if you’re leaving out some of the country’s strongest most inspirational athletes. I knew I was going to work for a true advocate, a real force for good I couldn’t wait to help tell these stories.”

So just three months shy of the 2021 Olympic games in Tokyo, Rosenzweig went to work. Managing a team of 12 who are working remotely across the country, and supporting 47 National Governing Body press offices, most of her days are spent in back-to-back virtual meetings.

“I was really looking forward to the games getting underway for many reasons, one being it was be the first time our team got to be together in person,” Rosenzweig says. She had two stints in Tokyo this summer—17 days for the Olympics and seven days for the Paralympics. “But our first challenge was to get our more than 600 athletes to Tokyo safe and healthy.”

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Team USA was ready.

They were ready to win and they made this country proud. I am honored and excited to be a part of their journey.

sible for leading the USOPC’s public relations and media relations efforts, including storytelling and stakeholder engagement with athletes, fans, National Governing Bodies (NGBs), team members, and other important partners to increase visibility and support for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic movements. “And while my role is communications based, the organization is values driven—one where we are all responsible to pursue excellence, lead courageously,

foster belonging and serve others.”

One of Rosenzweig’s first Olympic memories is watching the Atlanta games as an eighth grader in 1996.

“We didn’t watch a ton of TV growing up, so the fact that my mom and dad and my younger siblings were all up late and watching the Olympics together really stands out,” she says.

“It was the night Kerri Strug did the vault and landed on one foot—the most amazing thing I ever saw happen and we talked about that as a family for days.”

Rosenzweig is a huge believer that the Olympics had to happen in 2021. She might even go as far to say that the United States needed for it to happen.

“Team USA is the one entity that all of the United States gets behind and supports—there’s no other unifier like it. Team USA was ready. They were ready to win and they made this country proud. I am honored and excited to be a part of their journey.”

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NURTURING BIRDS THROUGH AUTUMN AS DAYS GROW SHORTER AND NATURE’S BOUNTY BECOMES LESS BOUNTIFUL FOR OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS, CREATE SPACES AND SOURCES TO HELP THEM THRIVE IN THREE STEPS.

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Feed the birds, please. One of the great persisting myths in backyard bird care is that feeders should be taken in during the fall season. Some well-intention bird lovers bring in hummingbird, seed, and suet feeders, mistakenly believing that providing food throughout autumn delays or stops migration, but this is not true. Shortened day light hours and changes in temperature are what trigger the departure of migrating birds. As they prepare for this lengthy trip south, birds need extra sustenance that our feeders can provide. If they are accustomed to a feeder throughout summer, taking it down may prevent building the necessary body fat required for their long journey.

All birds are gearing up for change during autumn. Non-migrating birds are also working to pack in calories and fatten up, preparing for the frigid midwestern winters.

They frequent feeders more often and remain for longer periods of time, eating much more at one sitting compared to their summer feeding sessions. Migrating birds stopping by for a quick meal on their way to warm environs as well as non-migrating birds who have made a particular back yard home benefit from suet feeders, which provide food high in protein and fat. Soft fruits like apples and pears are also loved by birds, who are not the slightest bit picky about a wrinkle here or a blemish there the way children are!

Hummingbirds, too, need sustenance

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before their migration. Their feeders can be removed and stored for the winter, but it is important to wait until later in the season,

when several weeks have passed without a sighting.

Provide fresh water, consistently.

A regular supply of water is integral to the health of birds in all seasons, but the temperature pendulum swings drastically here in autumn. With sweltering early season moments and freezing nights later on, providing a steady, clean water source carries particular importance. Moving water (made possible with a mister or bubbler) is especially attractive to birds and may draw unique passersby in for a dip or drink during migration—a great bonus for the armchair birdwatcher. Birdbaths should be placed in a safe, open place far from predators, if possible. And adding a birdbath warmer, available at hardware stores and garden centers, prevents water from freezing over when the mercury dips, keeping your permanent residents hydrated and happy.

Create a space that nurtures, naturally.

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Sunflowers provide nourishment from late summer to early fall, especially if planting is staggered from early spring to midsummer. Spent sunflower heads can be cut and placed in a dry area to dehydrate, then hung near feeders. Native perennials should be left alone until spring—their seeds will provide great nutrition. Black-eyed Susans, asters, coneflowers, goldenrod, and thistle are just a few of the flowers that provide helpful food well into winter. And they look beautiful dusted in snow!

Finally, autumn is the perfect time to plant end-of-season-discounted perennials.

The cooler temperatures also make it a great time to put in native shrubs and trees, giving birds something to eat and shelter from predators and inclement weather. When planting and clean-up is complete, make a brush pile with the cast-offs, cuttings, and leaves, which offers birds and other critters foraging opportunities (not to mention great hiding and resting spots).

This natural shelter, along with consistent, nourishing food and fresh, flowing water, will keep our feathered friends healthy and give them reason to return, year after year.

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LIFESTYLE & ARTS

NORTH SHORE FOODIE

SAUERKRAUT SUPPER

BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Ask my 95-year-old father, Bob, about food memories and he is sure to tell you about sauerkraut. His mom (my Grandma Lydia) had a big barrel on the back porch of the family’s flat on Chicago’s south side. About this time of year, she would fill that barrel with fresh cabbage to make sauerkraut.

Sometimes, the cabbages came from dad’s childhood business, selling vegetables from a wagon he pulled up and down the alleyways with his brother Emil. Other times, Grandpa Albert bought them from a truck farmer. Either way, making sauerkraut was a family affair: Grandpa sliced the cabbage with a metal-bladed contraption fitted over a washtub. Grandma gathered up the shreds, put them in the barrel and sprinkled handfuls of salt over all at practiced intervals. Between each addition, Dad and Emil would get to work with a huge wooden pestle, (they called it a “stomper”) pounding down the cabbage to release its juices. Once the barrel was nearly full, a piece of wood, sized to nestle inside the barrel top, was weighted down with a heavy stone, the barrel was rolled onto the porch, and the cabbage left to naturally ferment in the cool air. It transformed over a few weeks into proper sauerkraut.

“We ate it almost every day during the fall and winter—all the way through to the spring,” says Dad. “Mom would scoop out portions of the sauerkraut and cook it with pork neck bones or other inexpensive cuts of meat, which added good flavor. We usually had it with some boiled potatoes and always rye bread.”

Decades later, my mom made sauerkraut dinners, too. But we didn’t have that big barrel, and mild, naturally fermented cabbage wasn’t sold at the store to use as the base of the dish. So, Mom used whatever bottled kraut she could find—often, with a taste more sour than she and dad liked. To mellow the flavor of bottled kraut, mom would rinse it, and then add fresh cabbage sauteed with onion, and a little caraway seed, cooking it all in a big pot as Grandma had, with pork neckbones. Served with fresh rye bread, buttered potatoes, and some sausage on the side, it was a delicious, homey meal.

Today, fresh, naturally fermented sauerkraut can be found in the refrigerated aisle at the grocery store. I mix that with a pound of mild German bottled sauerkraut, plus a head of shredded cabbage, onion, and pork neckbones for this recipe. If you can’t find fresh naturally fermented kraut, either use two bottles of the mild German variety, or choose whatever bottled brand you can find that has only cabbage and salt listed as the ingredients. If the brand you source is very sour, rinse it well with cool water before cooking.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS

INGREDIENTS

METHOD

FOR THE SAUERKRAUT:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place pork neckbones in an ovenproof casserole dish. Rub bones with salt and pepper; drizzle with 1 Tbsp oil. Place neckbones in oven and brown for 20 minutes.

While neckbones brown, in a large soup kettle over medium-low heat, cook onion and cabbage with the remaining 2 Tbsp oil until softened; stirring frequently and adding ¼ cup water (as needed) to prevent browning. Add neckbones, caraway, lightly rinsed bottled sauerkraut (if using) and unrinsed fresh, naturally fermented sauerkraut. Mix well. Add two cups water.

Cover. Simmer over low heat for 1-½ hours or until meat is tender, and flavors have melded well, removing lid to stir occasionally. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Serve sauerkraut hot with buttered potatoes, sliced Polish sausage and fresh rye bread. Note: If desired, you can pick the meat from the pork bones to mix into the kraut.

• 1, 1-lb container of fresh, uncooked, naturally fermented sauerkraut plus 1, 1-lb bottle of mild, German sauerkraut (Hengstenberg Authentic Germin Sauerkraut is a good one) OR 2, 1-lb containers of fresh, uncooked, naturally fermented sauerkraut (I used Chicago Famous Sauerkraut from A-Z Sales Inc.) • 1 ½ pounds (six to eight pieces) meaty pork neckbones, fat discarded • 3 Tbsp vegetable or olive oil, divided • 1 small head of cabbage (core and outer leaves discarded,) shredded • 1 onion cut in thin slices to make 2 cups • 1 Tbsp pepper • 2 tsp salt • 1 tsp caraway seed (optional) FOR THE BUTTERED POTATOES AND SAUSAGE:

• 2 lbs. small red potatoes, boiled • 1 lb. Polish sausage, steamed, browned and sliced • ¼ cup butter • 2 Tbsp fresh minced parsley, minced, to garnish potatoes

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S U N D AY B R E A K FA S T

BIZ WHIZ NORTHBROOK NATIVE AND ENTREPRENEUR PAIGE ISEMINGER EXPECTS SPARKLING SUCCESS AFTER LAUNCHING THE ORGANIC TEQUILA SELTZER, FRESHIE, WITH HUSBAND RYNE.

BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

Paige Martin Iseminger says she was loud and engaging and outgoing during her Glenbrook North High School years.

“Some,” she adds with a laugh, “would say I was rebellious back then. I was also the most likely to appear on the reality television series The Real World. I never hesitated to speak my mind. I did not like to be told what to do.”

No wonder Paige Iseminger, now 32 and still living in Northbrook, is an entrepreneur. Like her husband of nearly four years, Ryne (named after Chicago Cubs great Ryne Sandberg) Iseminger, is. Like her father, longtime Northbrook resident Timm T. Martin, is.

“We love ideas, especially business ideas,” Paige says. “We’re serial entrepreneurs.

Once my husband and I get started on anything related to a business idea, we can’t stop talking about it. Ask anyone who knows us, and some would probably tell you we’re annoying. But we can’t help ourselves.”

Co-creators of the clothing and footwear online company Festy Besty (founded in 2014), the couple launched Freshie, an organic tequila seltzer, in December 2020. It’s a superior ready-to-go canned spirit (99 calories) featuring citrus notes, sparkling water, lime, tequila, and agave nectar. It’s produced in Mexico, thanks to a partnership Ryne and Paige formed with a family that runs a solarpowered, zero-waste, all-organic distillery in Guadalajara.

“People told us we were crazy to start a venture during the pandemic,” says Paige, who met Ryne—a Loyola Academy graduate who grew up in Chicago and in Glenview—in the first week of their freshman year at the University of Kansas. “But we were excited about the product because, unlike other seltzers out there, a Freshie doesn’t have artificial sweeteners and synthetic flavoring powders.”

Also true: A hangover triggered the creation of the first Freshie. In 2016 Paige had imbibed a tad too many sugary margaritas on a family vacation in Mexico and could not get out of bed the next morning. She needed a “hair of the dog.”

Ryne unleashed his creativity after opening a refrigerator door and prepared the beverage that would stir his future wife.

It then became the drink of choice at every gathering of family and friends, as well as at weddings.

The couple’s entrepreneurial spirit and chops took over from there.

Freshies can be found at hundreds of locations—including retail, restaurants, and

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bars—in Illinois, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Mr. and Mrs. Iseminger plan to introduce two other flavors and Authentico by Freshie (a blanco tequila) in 2022.

Some 14 years ago, after she had met her “random roommate” in a co-ed dorm during move-in day at the University of Kansas, Paige thought for sure she’d spend the next

Such a go-getter, my father. He’s my real-life superhero. He’s all about, ‘Work hard to either create your dream or to create a dream for someone else.

Paige Iseminger

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four years in Lawrence being single and studying hard.

Until a guy, living in the same dorm, happened to enter Paige’s room with other students for a quick visit one day.

“After he left,” Paige recounts, “I asked my roommate, ‘Who is that gorgeous guy?’”

Paige got introduced to dreamy Ryne from Loyola Academy and found out his family’s house in Glenview is only a five-minute drive from her family’s house in Northbrook.

“Funny, isn’t it?” Paige says.

“I had to travel all the way to Kansas to meet someone who had lived so close to me.”

The business majors sat next to each other sophomore year in Professor Wally Meyer’s Entrepreneurship class and came up with a product, a Smart Planner app, and the app’s business plan for a class assignment. Meyer admired it, and the pair’s app later finished runner-up in a competition.

“He told us, ‘Use that as motivation,’” Iseminger says. “He also told us, ‘Always follow your heart.’”

Paige and Ryne loved that class—so much so that they went before the UK Board before turning 20 and convinced it to add Entrepreneurship as a minor.

The first two UK students to graduate with a minor in Entrepreneurship, two years later?

You get two guesses.

“My biggest inspiration has been my father,” says Iseminger, adding her father, an architect/entrepreneur and a huge Freshie fan, serves as CEO of Freshie. “He hustles, he dreams, and he turns his passions into businesses. Such a go-getter, my father. He’s my real-life superhero. He’s all about, ‘Work hard to either create your dream or to create a dream for someone else.”

Paige Iseminger’s No. 2 superhero has four legs. His name is Banksy, an English Cream Golden Retriever and an emotional support animal extraordinaire. He entered the lives of Paige and Ryne several years ago on a December 23, weeks after the couple had survived a horrific, early-morning car accident in Florida while transporting a 14-foot trailer containing Festy Besty merchandise.

“Thank God it was 2 in the morning and not many other cars were on the road,” Paige recalls. “Our Tahoe whipped around, completing at least three donuts. The trailer jackknifed. We got out of the car as soon as we stopped and then ran. I’d never been in a car accident. Ever. I broke down, crying. Ryne, the most positive person his whole life, experienced a full-blown panic attack.”

They lost all their merchandise, but lost something priceless a week later: Luke, the couple’s Golden Retriever, died.

“There we were, a couple of entrepreneurs, with practically nothing,” Iseminger continues. “We had to make calls, so many calls, including ones related to insurance claims.

Then Luke died. We were spinning out of control.”

They searched online for a pet and stopped their search as soon as a certain English Cream Golden Retriever appeared. Smitten, instantly. They received him two days before Christmas and named him Banksy, after the England-based street artist who’s anonymous and one of the world’s most talked about artists in the world (and currently featured in a rare exhibit in Chicago).

“Our ‘Christmas angel,’” Iseminger says.

“And he’s the world’s sweetest dog. He’s never hyper and he knows how to calm us. Our Banksy boy senses stress or anxiety or sadness in everyone, not just us. People who see him for the first time experience the calming effect Banksy has and usually say, ‘There’s something special about this dog.’

“Our heart rates go down to nothing around him. He’s our saving grace.”

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