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the perfect weekend
THe North shore weekend
For Ellen & Nat Riverbend is their Downton Abbey
01/19 – 01/20/13
We usually leave town late on a Friday. We work so hard, so when we leave we like to go big. Nolan (5) and Aiden (3) stay at home. We head north to Kohler. We like to stay at Riverbend on the Sheboygan River. It’s this beautiful old mansion where the Kohler family lived; now it’s a private club. The mansion has 31 rooms, and we prefer to stay at the carriage house with views of the river. We get there around dinner time. You get a private butler, and he’s waiting at the door. There are beautiful couches and chairs by fireplaces. We like to curl up by the fireplace. Nat unwinds with a Scotch, and I have a
We like to curl up by the fireplace ... the butler already knows what you want to drink. You have a chef who will create anything you wish.”
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Ellen and Nat Darnieder get together at the Chicago Botanic Garden, where they got married. Ellen owns Growth Spurts, an indoor play space for children in Wilmette.
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tea. The butler already knows what you want to drink. You have a chef who will create anything you wish, from a burger to a sea bass. On Saturday Nat will go tee off at Whistling Straits. I go for a run along the river or go to yoga — have some quiet time to myself. I’ll pick up a book and have some silence and enjoy the beauty. We both get back around 3 and have some tea and light fare. You can sit on a patio adjacent to the gardens. It’s like Downton Abbey. We get a couple’s massage in the gardens. On Saturday night we’ll go to dinner in the Immigrant Room (at the American Club). The atmosphere is really romantic. The food is something else. The Sashimi is fabulous. The Chilean sea bass is good. They have a chocolate and caramel crème brulee that is fantastic. After that dinner, we just fall asleep. We like to get up slowly Sunday morning, knowing we’re heading back to the daily grind. We’ll have breakfast in the garden and a walk along the river. Before we leave, we’ll go in the indoor/outdoor pool. We’ve never seen anything like it. You start swimming indoors and go outside. Everything there looks like it was dropped in 200 years ago and hasn’t changed. It’s such a great weekend. ■ Ellen and Nat Darnieder, as told to David Sweet
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