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t’s hard to believe, but as late as the 1960s women were unable to apply for a credit card or a mortgage and were only rarely elected to public office. In 1969, more than 50 Chicago women banded together to change all that, joining forces in Palatine to establish the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union and demand that their voices be heard. Then a community organizer in Uptown, CWLU founding member Vivian Rothstein was inspired by her experience as part of a peace delegation to North Vietnam (“They would run literacy programs and daycare centers in villages and promote women’s leadership,” she recalls) and wanted to equip women with the skills needed to thrive on their own and create a new social order back in the States. “We never thought all you need to do is raise consciousness, or all you have to do is get women into top positions,” says Rothstein about the CWLU. “We felt like you had to do it all at once.” Initially staffed by volunteers, the radical feminist organization offered classes and services to more than 500 women through initiatives such as the Rape Project, a crisis hotline for victims (“We were very pluralistic and supported the phrase ‘Let a thousand flowers bloom,’” she says); the Liberation School for Women; abortion counseling; and the Women’s Graphics Collective, which promoted women’s liberation. “We really wanted an organization where women could be leaders,” says Rothstein, an active participant in the CWLU until 1974, three years before it disbanded. She attests to the group’s lasting impact on the women’s movement, adding with pride, “[Women] could change their lives, change their city, and change life for [other] women.” MA

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16 Front Runners 32 From the Editor-in-Chief 34 From the President and Publisher 36 …Without Whom This Issue Would Not Have Been Possible 41 Invited 58 The List

People 63 What’s in Store Marigay McKee takes one of Chicago’s biggest retailers into the future.

66 Designing Women The principals behind the Chicago design firm Simeone Deary prove that friends can make the best business partners.

68 “There’s Nothing You Can’t Do in the Loop” Chicago Loop Alliance exec Michael Edwards sings the praises of the neighborhood where he works and lives.

72 Bright Idea Social entrepreneur Andrea Sreshta finds a new way to light the darkness for disaster victims around the world.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle raises the bar for politicians in the Windy City and beyond.

78 Seeing Green Chicago Bears star Brandon Marshall and his wife, Michi, shine a light on mental health awareness.

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Culture 84 Pipe Dreams The Art Institute celebrates a master Surrealist with “Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary.”

86 You Can’t Go Home Again Sting talks with Michigan Avenue about his Broadway-bound show, The Last Ship.

88 Rising in the East The eyes of Chicago’s art world turn to Asia as Art Basel Hong Kong launches into its second year.

Taste 94 Haute Home Cooking Meet barbecue queen Lee Ann Whippen of Chicago q and other pioneers of the city’s home-style cuisine trend.

98 Prime Properties Real estate broker Janet Owen gives a guided tour of her favorite springtime dining destinations.

Chicago foodies are going healthy at gourmet juice bars all over the city.

102 Still the King Thirty years after opening Spiaggia, Tony Mantuano sets his sights on a major new concept.

104 Through the Grapevine As Motown the Musical launches its national tour in Chicago, Berry Gordy and director Charles Randolph-Wright toast the one-and-only Motown sound.

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May/June 2014 Treasures 110 Making a Difference With a new Chicago presence and a firm focus on philanthropy, Eileen Fisher inspires with style.

112 French Toast Sandro brings Parisian panache to the Gold Coast, and jewelry designer Graziela Kaufman shares her latest couture collection.

114 Beauty in Bridgeport Dorothy Coyle and Mary Beth Herr unearth treasures for the home in an eclectic warehouse space.

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120 Life of the Party From the pages of Playboy to the heights of Chicago’s social scene, Candace Jordan gets candid about her favorite places in the city.

122 Not Just a Pretty Face As seen at this year’s premier watch expo in Geneva, a bumper crop of wondrous watches is putting Windy City women at the forefront of mechanical timing trends.

Features 128 The Queen of Comedy From reality TV to her upcoming new book, comedy legend Joan Rivers is always working— and she doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

Dynamic, accomplished, and always aiming higher, meet seven Chicago women striving to make a difference in the city and beyond.

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With strong lines and crisp hues, the Chicago working woman’s wardrobe gets a potent new makeover this season.

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Love the bow tie! Alderman Deb Mell was a real trouper during our Power Players photo shoot, happily enduring frigid temps in late March. Coincidentally, our shoot location—the stunning new Jeanne Gang–designed WMS Boathouse—is just across the Chicago River from her home 33rd Ward.

FROM TOP: With Israel Idonije (happily a Chicago Bear again) at the opening of the Porsche Design store; enjoying Bunky Cushing’s Valentine’s Tea with visions-in-red Jennifer Lane, Darby Hills, and Sherill Bodine.

I grew up with two older sisters and a smart, incredibly hardworking mother, so you’d better believe I’m familiar with the idea of “women of influence.” They weren’t just my family; they were my babysitters and mentors, my guardians and role models, and they and the other strong women in my life—my elementary and high school teachers, my sports coaches, my theater directors—helped me find my place in the world. No question that I am the person I am today because of them.

That’s why it’s a genuine pleasure to devote this issue of Michigan Avenue to Chicago’s women of influence. All across the city, thousands of women are making an enormous difference at work, at home, and in their communities every day, and we’re proud to spotlight a handful of the ones who inspire us most.

Women like Toni Preckwinkle, one of the most powerful politicians in the city, who is respected as much for her candor as for her ability to get the job done. Like Elena Delle Donne, a true basketball phenom who, instead of being satisfied with WNBA stardom, is using her fame as a platform for the causes she is Follow me on Twitter at most passionate about. And like @JP_Anderson and at ABC- 7 anchor Linda Yu, who in michiganavemag.com. her 30-year career has been both a reliable and comforting source for the news and an inspiration to young women to follow their dreams into broadcast journalism.

If you’re going to talk strong Chicago women, you have to mention Joan Rivers, who is the perfect cover star for the issue. The Second City alum and legendary comic may be controversial, but as you’ll read in my interview with the 80-year-old icon, she’s never, never dull. And with a career that is well into its sixth decade, she has plenty to teach about being a woman of undeniable wit, smarts, and longevity. So here’s to Joan—and, in honor of this month’s holiday, here’s to all the city’s mothers. Because as we all know, they are truly the most influential women in Chicago.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIA PONCE BERRE (MELL); TERESA J. POTASIAK (VALENTINE’S); JEFF SCHEAR (IDONIJE, UNTITLED)

Celebrating with A Haunted House 2 stars Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Marlon Wayans, and Affion Crockett at Untitled.

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Three’s a charm: With Lissa Christman and Ryan Chiaverini at Parliament.

Toasting Saturday Night Live’s Cecily Strong at her Spring issue release party at the brand-new Godfrey Hotel.

ABOVE: At our rocking “Power of 2” celebration at Parliament with Editor-in-Chief J.P. Anderson and Celebrity Cruises’ April West and Rebecca Thompson.

LEFT: Crowning Porsche Design’s Chicago debut at The Shops at North Bridge with CEO Dr. Juergen Gessler and store owner Justin Pauly.

people didn’t fret over a “snowmageddon.” Nevertheless, I’ll wager that this winter was the most brutal I’ve soldiered through. (As if to punctuate her point, Mother Nature christened our Spring issue release celebration with a blanket of snow—although that hardly deterred a crowd of 550-plus Cecily Strong well-wishers). I’m happy to tuck away the salt-rimmed boots, bust out my loafers, and unpack our plans for the rest of the year.

And exciting plans they are. Most notably, we’ll be fêting May/June cover star Joan Rivers at Neiman Marcus. Close to Joan’s heart is Guide Dogs for the Blind, to which we’ll present a check on behalf of Hillshire Brands, Neiman Marcus, Terlato Wines International, and Michigan Avenue. In that same philanthropic spirit, on May 3 we’ll sponsor Make-A-Wish Illinois’s Wish Ball 2014. Benefiting children with life-threatening medical Follow me on Twitter at conditions, the gala—headlined @danuslan and on Facebook at by late-night king Seth Meyers— facebook.com/danieluslan. represents a marquee opportunity to manifest the ethic of philanthropy for which our city is so well known.

Visit illinois.wish.org for tickets and more information.

This time of year also heralds the return of my favorite place to take in an outdoor concert, Ravinia, which is famed not only for the talent it attracts, but also for its charitable initiatives. The chief exemplar is Music Matters, a benefit to raise money for music education, which we’ll sponsor on May 10 at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. To purchase tickets, visit ravinia.org/musicmatters.

Follow the action at MichiganAveMag.com, on our Facebook page, and via our Twitter and Instagram feeds. Whether we’re welcoming white-hot retail destinations or championing philanthropic efforts, we look forward to forging indelible memories in which all our readers can take part.

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former president of the Chicago Headline Club. She has written for USA Today, Time, the Chicago Tribune, and more than 30 other media outlets. Behind the story: “Toni Preckwinkle [‘Toni’s Time,’ page 74] is one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever interviewed.

Since we’re both six feet tall, it’s the first time I’ve gotten to interview a female politician eye to eye. I learned about how her greatgrandfather escaped life on a Georgia plantation with the Union Army during the Civil War and eventually ended up in Minnesota.

I also heard about how her uncle and paternal grandfather worked as dining car waiters on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways, which were predecessors to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.” Favorite spots in Chicago: “The gorgeous gazebo in Welles Park and the Montrose Harbor area.” Her inspiration: “I love talking to people and traveling because I’m curious about everything. Every day there is something new.”

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Little has been shooting food and portraits in the Chicago area for the past five years. His work can be found in Pitchfork Media, NS magazine, and Time Out Chicago.

Behind the story: “Coyle & Herr [‘Beauty in Bridgeport,’ page 114] is a museum of cool—it’s almost too easy to shoot in. Outside of the amazing space, owners Dot and Mary Beth were just plain fun to work with.� Favorite spot in Chicago: “I’ve had so many good times with great friends at Empty Bottle!� His inspiration: “I’m heavily inspired by the filmmakers I grew up watching: Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg.... I try to give a cinematic edge to my work.�

Katrina Wittkamp Credentials: A former photo editor for

the Chicago Tribune, Katrina Wittkamp has contributed to Architectural Digest, Ladies’ Home Journal, Midwest Living, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and more.

Behind the story: “Shooting Toni Preckwinkle [‘Toni’s Time,’ page 74] was a challenge because there are almost no power outlets in the lobby of City Hall.

Luckily I brought one battery-powered light, which I put to good use.� Favorite spot in Chicago: “The bar at The Langham.� Her inspiration: “My children, Ella and August.�

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The Junior Council welcomed 2,000 guests to the Great Hall of Union Station for an evening of live music and dancing. Sponsored by Michigan Avenue, the 26th annual gala raised $200,000 for the Pediatric & Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

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Michigan Avenue toasted Chicago’s power couples at Parliament with cocktails by Absolut Elyx. Throughout the festivities, 200 guests— including Mark and Penny Basso, Kim Jones and Jerry Riccioni, and Ted and Alexandra Milos—indulged in treats by Sugar Hills Bakery and Union Sushi + Barbeque Bar.

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Nearly 450 guests dressed in their 007 best to join Stefan and Morgan Holt at Face the Future Foundation’s gala at the Four Seasons Hotel, which raised $370,000 for The Craniofacial Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Attendees enjoyed cocktails, casino games, dinner, dancing, and auctions throughout the evening, which honored President’s Award winners Gus and Isabell Abello.

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The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago and the Auxiliary Board hosted their second annual cocktail party at Center on Halsted. Guests enjoyed a night of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music, and dancing.

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Music from Aloha Lives! entertained the guests throughout the Hawaiian-themed evening, which supported “Growing the Future,” the Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society’s $1 million pledge to the garden.

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Michigan Avenue welcomed actor Marlon Wayans to Hubbard Inn’s third-floor key club to celebrate his new film A Haunted House 2. Wayans and costars Affion Crockett and Gabriel Iglesias mingled with the crowd of 150 guests, who enjoyed the restaurant’s light bites and specialty cocktails by Hennessy Black.

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More than 600 guests attended the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s 21st annual fundraiser, “Into the Wild, A Road to the Cure,” at the UIC Forum. Chaired by Candace Jordan and emceed by NBC 5’s Peggy Kusinski, the gala raised more than $650,000 to support the nonprofit’s Bear Discoveries and Bear Hugs programs.

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Marigay McKee, the new president of Saks Fifth Avenue: “We need to give the customer the three E’s: excitement, entertainment, and experience.”

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arigay McKee walks into her newly remodeled meeting space and makes herself comfortable on a sofa, wearing one of the surrealist shift dresses from Stella McCartney’s Spring 2014 collection. It’s pink and covered in lips, hearts, and matchstick appliqués. “Stella would like that I wore this,” she says, speaking of McCartney as the friend she undoubtedly is. You see, McKee is English, fresh off a 20-year, no-way-but-up career at Harrods, and the new president of Saks Fifth Avenue, where she officially started in January. The storied department store was bought in a $2.9 billion cash deal last July by Canada’s Hudson’s Bay Company, whose CEO, Richard Baker, thought McKee was just the person to take the luxury retailer into the future. “It’s been full-on, like a grand prix from day one,” says McKee, who whizzed through 22 American states in three weeks to take the pulse of top retail markets prior to her first day on the job.

For a fashion powerhouse now running one of the country’s most celebrated retail brands, McKee has had an unorthodox career path.

Her first job out of London’s Middlesex University was teaching secondary school.

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BELOW: The new Fifth Avenue Man concept on Michigan Avenue.

continued from page 63 and develop people,” she says, “and how to—in a big group— find the person who has something to give.”

Five years into her teaching career, McKee was recruited to join Estée Lauder’s training program as an instructor in Spain.

“At a party one New Year’s Eve, a headhunter approached me and said, ‘You speak fluent English, Spanish, French, and Italian. You’ve been a teacher, and you’ve got your university degree. We need someone like you in the training department.’” She rose quickly at Estée Lauder and went on to join Fenwick, a British department store. “I was a junior buyer, a fashion buyer, and from there I started to do fashion, accessories, and cosmetics,” she says. “And then Harrods called me to head up its beauty division. In 15 years I had seven promotions. Every two years I had a new challenge.”

McKee was credited with bringing fresh thinking and modernity to the legendary store, which appointed her chief merchant in 2011. She introduced edgier designers and one-of-a-kind pieces while championing young London-based names such as Jonathan Saunders. She brought in lessexpensive lines, but dramatically raised prices, too. Harrods’s international clientele didn’t balk at gowns costing $100,000 as the store upped its high-fashion cool. “I had 20 percent annual comps every year for the last five years,” McKee notes. In the last fiscal year, turnover increased 10 percent to a record £716.3 million.

So why leave? When Baker came calling last summer, McKee hesitated. “It’s a tough choice when you have a home set up, and you have family and friends around you,” she says. Yet there was something about Saks—with its rich 90-year history of dressing style icons like Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Grace Kelly—that drew her in. “I went from saying ‘No way’ to ‘Maybe’ to, after a month or so, thinking, ‘This will be great. This is the right time. I think we can do this.’”

McKee is inaugurating her reign by diversifying Saks’s product offerings location by location throughout the US and by bringing in more one-of-a-kind designer pieces, collaborations, popups, and even new categories. “If we want to future-proof our brands,” she explains, “our job as retailers is to give the customer the three E’s: excitement, entertainment, and experience.”

In Chicago, that includes The Fifth Avenue Man, a concept newly installed on floors six and seven of the flagship store. (For the 15 years prior, the men’s offerings were sold at a separate location across the street; that outpost has been closed.) “We will do a lot of firsts over the next couple of years that are going to be fantastic,” she says. “I want to leave the customer breathless.” MA

RETAIL THERAPY Marigay McKee on success and the city. *on excellence “I wanted to live my life in a way that wasn’t mediocre. I always wanted to build something, to exceed expectations. I tried to stay focused on what’s going to add value.”

*on style “As a kid I read Vogue when all of my friends were reading comics. I had a very chic grandmother, and until the day she died at age 99, I never saw her without makeup and her pearls. That was a big influence on me.”

*the joy of giving back “I taught at privileged schools, but on the flip side, I also did prison visiting and young offender visiting.

When I first met Oscar [de la Renta], I was visiting an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. It had nothing to do with fashion.”

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*on instinct “I don’t sit on the fence, ever. I’m very decisive. I have always had this vision of what needs to be done, and it’s based on gut. If you’re a merchant and you know your stuff, you have a gut feel.

Every time I’ve veered away from it, that’s when I’ve made a mistake.”

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Lisa Simeone (LEFT) and Gina Deary, seen in their Michigan Avenue office, say balance is crucial to their relationship.

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isa Simeone and Gina Deary may look strikingly different, with Simeone’s cascading mane and Deary’s colorful vintage style, but it’s clear that the two have an incredibly deep personal and professional bond. “When we started the company, everyone warned us not to go into business with each other because of our friendship,” says Simeone. “But we feel that it’s because we are friends that we’re able to make it work. We’re inspired by each other.”

Simeone Deary Design Group was established in 2002, but it traces its roots to Lieber Cooper Associates, where Deary was a senior project designer focusing on hospitality ventures and Simeone served as vice president of hospitality design. There was an instant connection between them, according to Deary: Both knew that when the time was right, they would join forces to build their own company. Says Simeone, “Our goal was to think big thoughts—to create spaces that [previously] could only be imagined and to not let anything stand in the way of that.” They define their work as crafting “individualized concept experiences.” It’s a notion that’s reflected in their newly renovated Michigan Avenue offices, a spacious contemporary studio filled with dozens of young designers, where a unique art installation—56,000 pencils in a brocadelike array, a reflection of the firm’s attention to detail, says Deary—spans the reception wall.

With more than 100 hotel projects to its name, Simeone Deary has received numerous prestigious design awards, including a 2013 Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design and a 2013 Hospitality Design Award, both for its work on the Hilton Columbus Downtown, as well as a second Hospitality Design Award for the Hilton Dallas Park Cities. The firm earned the same awards in 2010 for its design of the Elysian Hotel, now the Waldorf Astoria Chicago, the client that Deary and Simeone credit for putting their company on the map.

These days, the team is making headlines for its recent renovation of the dining hot spot BOKA in Lincoln Park.

Simeone Deary is also tackling a slew of hotel and office projects around Chicago and as far away as Austin. The two share a laugh when asked which project defines their work. “There is no signature Simeone Deary project,” says Simeone. “If anything, that is our signature. Each project we do must have its own personality. At the end of the day, all we really want to do is the best we can for our clients, ourselves, and each other.” MA

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CHICAGO LOOP ALLIANCE EXEC MICHAEL EDWARDS SINGS THE PRAISES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE WORKS AND LIVES.

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he Loop is rightly renowned as a financial and corporate hub, theater district, shopping destination, and cultural hot spot.

But for thousands of Windy City residents— including Michael Edwards, executive director of Chicago Loop Alliance—this sector of skyscrapers is something more: home. As CLA launches its inaugural Living Loop Performing Arts Festival (thelivingloopchicago.com), a 12-week series of free, site-specific performances around the neighborhood starting in June, Edwards— who arrived in Chicago in late 2012 after holding positions in economic development in Pittsburgh and Spokane, Washington—reflects on how, for him, this downtown district is the ideal place for work and play.

“One of the trends has been that people are moving into the Loop, so when I got here I thought I would live in the neighborhood myself. What I really enjoy is that it’s so intense and busy—there’s global commerce going on all

around you—and yet you have your own space.

It’s a nice little refuge.

“I’m a big runner and cyclist. I live at Wells and Washington, so I run west from there and north onto the Riverwalk, which is already great but is going to be even better after the extension that’s under way. And of course, being able to run along the lake is just phenomenal.

I try to come back through Grant Park, and the run along Michigan Avenue on the park feels very urban. It’s a great park experience, and with all the buildings around it’s just beautiful.

“I really enjoy the variety of restaurants here— traditional Chicago restaurants on Wabash like the Exchequer Restaurant & Pub. The food there is good and there’s lots of it—ribs, chicken wings, fish. The people are really sweet, and it has a great Chicago vibe. I also like some of the newer modern restaurants, like The Gage, which is full of vitality. There’s a little bit of business going on and a lot of people having continued on page 70

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continued from page 68 fun—it’s a microcosm of what cities are really good at, which is bringing people together t o exchange ideas and make connections that create social and economic development.

That’s why we have cities.

“There are a lot of bookstores in the Loop, but my favorite is Sandmeyer’s, just outside the Loop on Printer’s Row. It’s locally owned, and I can never walk out of there without buying something. I’m reading a lot about Chicago these days, and they have a lot of Chicago books, as well as books on urban planning and how we live in cities; being in a first-tier city, this is my first experience with that. When I was in Spokane or Pittsburgh, the energy felt like ‘Well, those things happen over there, in Chicago and LA.’ Now I’m in the middle of it all.

“I’m also a fan of the Impressionist collection at the Art Institute, particularly Monet and Degas. I was just there with my daughter and she wanted to see some of Degas’s dancers, so we walked by and there they were. I also took the Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise with my daughter, which gave me an appreciation for everything along the river.

I was amazed at how engaged people were, the oohs and aahs. I think it’s one of the best ways

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LIFE IN THE LOOP These downtown spots connect Michael Edwards to the city.

EXCHEQUER RESTAURANT & PUB 226 S. Wabash Ave., 312-939-5633; exchequerpub.com “The food is good, and there’s lots of it.”

for people to really understand what’s going on in Chicago.

“I’m a once-a-month cigar guy, and my go-to cigar bar is Iwan Ries & Co., which has been around since 1857. The cigar store is open all day long, and in the evenings you can bring your own liquor. It’s a nice, comfortable, dark place just to smoke, and it’s on the second floor, so the trains are going by outside the window and you’re connected to the whole Chicago experience.

“The architecture of the Loop is incredible, particularly the Reliance Building. The glass, the terra-cotta glazing… it’s a beautifully done building at a great corner with a great use in the Atwood restaurant. It’s everything a building should be, in my estimation. And Millennium Park has been a real game-changer for the area as well. My favorite part of it is the Crown Fountain. I love to see people’s interaction with it and the changing faces and the water. It’s terrific.

“It’s such a convenience to live in this area; everything is right at your fingertips. There’s nothing you can’t do in the Loop. And living here, I feel like I’m really part of something that matters. Here you’re actually in meetings with people who are making a difference worldwide.

That’s an exciting feeling to have.” MA

THE GAGE 24 S. Michigan Ave., 312-372-4243; thegagechicago.com “It’s full of vitality.”

SANDMEYER’S BOOKSTORE 714 S. Dearborn St., 312-922-2104; sandmeyersbookstore.com “I can never walk out of there without buying something.”

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600; artic.edu “I’m a fan of the Impressionist collection.”

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Created by Andrea Sreshta (RIGHT) and Anna Stork, the LuminAID has helped thousands of people without access to electricity, like those living in tent cities in Haiti (BELOW).

Bright Idea SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR ANDREA SRESHTA FINDS A NEW WAY TO LIGHT THE DARKNESS FOR DISASTER VICTIMS AROUND THE WORLD.

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“We designed something easy to transport with a low cost.”

—ANDREA SRESHTA about how to structure the business,” she says, “and nowadays how to manage larger accounts.” She also tapped into resources at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, where she enrolled after completing her architecture degree, scoring $25,000 for LuminAID from the school’s annual Social New Venture Challenge in 2012 and winning one of the two $100,000 top prizes in the Clean Energy Challenge.

As for the future, Sreshta and Stork are already in the development stage on other devices they’re creating to fulfill the need for portable electricity. “We’re [definitely] thinking about products that will work in that [humanitarian] context,” she says. “It’s nice to put your skills to work to address that problem.” luminaid.com MA

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ood, water, shelter—these are the basic necessities you’d want first if your home were leveled by an earthquake, as was much of the nation of Haiti in January 2010. But what about the countless other essentials that are destroyed in a natural disaster? While Chicago resident Andrea Sreshta was studying at Columbia University’s School of Architecture and Planning in 2010, she took part in a class project that challenged students to develop items to help victims of the Haiti earthquake. Sreshta and her partner, Anna Stork, responded with the LuminAID, a lightweight, waterproof, solar-powered light that today is lighting the darkness for tens of thousands of disaster victims and others without stable access to electricity.

When Sreshta and Stork started the project, they immediately saw light as an unmet need. “There are nice portable solar lights on the market, but why don’t they exist in those situations?” Sreshta asks. “We wanted to design something more easily transported with a lower cost.” They hit upon the idea of making the light inflatable.

Because the LuminAID folds into a small rectangle when it’s not inflated, large numbers of them can be shipped cheaply. The transparent bubble diffuses the light like a lamp, illuminating a larger area than a flashlight, and it’s inexpensive to manufacture to boot. “It doesn’t require a mold like a flashlight, so we bypassed that investment,” Sreshta explains. Most important, the lithium-ion battery charges in seven hours and produces 16 hours of light.

There was immediate demand from relief organizations for the LuminAID, which quickly evolved from a bright idea into a burgeoning small business. Today the company works with the United Nations and a variety of nongovernmental and charitable groups, which distribute the solar lights in more than a dozen countries. (LuminAID also offers retail sales through Amazon.com. Through the Give Light, Get Light program, a light purchased on LuminAID’s website helps support its social mission.)

As LuminAID grows, Sreshta relies on the business sense she inherited from her parents, who ran a financial services company in Texas while she was growing up. “I would go to my dad a lot for advice that first year

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Toni Preckwinkle (RIGHT) admits that her height gives her an advantage, but that’s not the only reason she’s a towering figure in Chicago politics. BELOW: A quilt made by students in the 4th Ward when she was its alderman adorns Preckwinkle’s office.

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ome have called her “the Tower of Blunt.” At six feet tall, Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, is a female force whose no-nonsense style has made her one of the most powerful politicians—of any gender—in all of Chicago. “If you’re going to be in public life and be female, it’s much better to be tall,” she says, “because it’s harder to patronize or dismiss someone who can look you in the eye or look down on you.”

These days no one is dismissing this 67-year-old grandmother of three.

For the first time in her political career, which began with two unsuccessful campaigns for alderman, in 1983 and 1987, Preckwinkle will be running unopposed in November, so instead of focusing on re-election to her second term as board president, she is spending her time backing candidates for other offices and dodging speculation about a possible run for mayor. “I came into office with a to-do list, and we’ve worked our way through some of it, but I still have a lot to do,” she says. “I’m running for re-election for the job I’ve got.”

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Managing Cook County, the second most populous county in the country, isn’t easy, especially when it comes to public safety and health. Last fall, Preckwinkle asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene on behalf of the county and help move cases more quickly through the criminal justice system. Taking a two-pronged approach, she also filed a motion in federal court—the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois—to transfer executive responsibility for the Cook County Jail’s Administrative Release Program to her office in order to help alleviate jail overcrowding.

“The jail is at the intersection of racism and poverty in this country,” says Preckwinkle, who wants to reduce the number of individuals in jail awaiting trial for low-level drug offenses, petty theft, and other minor crimes.

“You’re in jail often not because of the severity of the crime of which you are accused but because you’re poor.”

She is also overseeing a comprehensive long-range transportation plan (something Cook County hasn’t had for 70 years); enhancements to the county’s healthcare system, designed continued on page 76

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COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE RAISES THE BAR FOR POLITICIANS IN THE WINDY CITY AND BEYOND. BY DAWN REISS

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“As a society, we have a lot of tough challenges, and if you don’t tell people the truth... it’s a disservice.”

following on the city’s notorious political scene. “As a society, we have a lot of tough challenges,” she says, “and if you don’t tell people the truth—both the nature of the problems we face and the difficulty of solving them—it’s a disservice. So I try to be as honest and forthright as I possibly can.”

Preckwinkle, who calls former US representative Barbara Jordan one of her heroes, adds, “The temptation is there to always say what’s soothing or what people find comfortable to hear, but that often is not the truth.” MA

MADAME PRESIDENT

Personal insights from one of Chicago’s most influential politicians. *soul sister “I like blues, jazz, and R&B. The musicians I love best are all deceased: Dinah Washington, Sam Cooke and Brook Benton, Jackie Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald.” *inspiring views “I live on the South Side, so coming into the city from the south, the skyline is beautiful. The best place to look at the skyline is by the Adler Planetarium, in the summer across the boats.”

*favorite presidents “Lincoln, because he was president of the United States at one of the most critical junctures in our history… and I’ve always liked Truman because he was an ordinary guy who worked his way up.” *on her success “There aren’t a lot of places in the world where women of color could have the same success in life that I’ve had. I try to remember that, and that a lot of people have helped me along the way.”

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continued from page 74 to shift it from a “physician-focused system to a patient-focused system,” she says; and the ambitious Next Century Conservation Plan, intended to improve and add to the 69,000 acres of open space in Cook County’s Forest Preserve District, the largest in the US. Preckwinkle’s upbringing may explain both her pull-no-punches style and her enthusiasm for public service. Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, she grew up the eldest of four children in what she calls a “loud and rowdy” household. Having parents who were public servants—her mother was a librarian and her father worked in the veterans affairs office as a real estate appraiser—was a “big influence,” adds Preckwinkle, a high school athlete in basketball, volleyball, softball, and track. As a youngster she emulated her grandmother, “a very feisty person” who spoke her mind and “didn’t care much about what people thought.” When Preckwinkle was 16, a high school teacher invited her to work on the campaign of Katie McWatt, the first African American woman to run for City Council in St. Paul. “Unfortunately, Katie didn’t win,” Preckwinkle says, “but I decided I really liked politics.”

After high school, she moved to Hyde Park to attend the University of Chicago, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and has been in the city ever since. Prior to winning election as Cook County Board president—the first woman to do so—in November 2010, Preckwinkle spent a decade teaching high school history, then served 19 years as alderman of the 4th Ward, where she fought for greater funding for education and affordable —TONI PRECKWINKLE housing and sponsored the Living Wage and Affordable Housing Ordinances. As an alderman, she also supported Barack Obama’s run for State Senate in 1996 and his unsuccessful bid for a seat in the US House of Representatives in 2000. Eight years later she was an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention.

Recently divorced and a mother of two grown children, Preckwinkle was often at odds with Mayor Richard M. Daley and has been a vocal opponent of Mayor Rahm Emanuel on many issues, including last year’s massive public school closings. Indeed, it is Preckwinkle’s willingness to serve as an outspoken critic that has earned her a dedicated

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People still aren’t necessarily comfortable talking about mental health. What inspired you both to publicly devote your energies to this cause?

Michi Marshall: I went to school for forensic psychology and worked in the field for a few years, so I’ve always been very passionate about [mental health]. Also, my mom had her PhD in psychology, [which is another reason] it is very close to my heart. I never quite knew how close it would become until Brandon was diagnosed.

Brandon Marshall: You spend time searching for answers and trying to figure out your purpose in life, and especially as men, sometimes it never seems good enough. I was always searching for more than football, and when I was fighting my fight in Boston, sitting in group therapy [at McLean Hospital], that’s when it hit me that this was my purpose—our purpose. It was pretty cool.

For Michi to have a degree in psychology and continued on page 80

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n two seasons with the Chicago Bears, All-Pro wide receiver Brandon Marshall has racked up 218 receptions, nearly 3,000 yards, and 23 touchdowns. But it’s off the field where Marshall may end up making an even greater impact. In 2010, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, the 30-year-old Florida native joined wife Michi to establish The Brandon Marshall Foundation and raise awareness about mental health issues. As the two prepare several initiatives for Mental Health Awareness Month in May (including lighting the skyline lime green, the cause’s signature color), they sit down with Michigan Avenue to discuss their passion for the cause and their vision for the foundation’s future.

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The Marshalls are diagramming a future in which their foundation is the world’s leading advocate and fundraiser for mental health.

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“It’s been interesting how quickly I went from being a patient to a provider.”—BRANDON MARSHALL night and thought, “How cool would it be to light these buildings lime green for the week?” Because they were pink at the time [for Breast Cancer Awareness Month]. So I told Michi, and then all of a sudden a week or two later, [our team] had plans all over our chalkboard in the office. It was like a big gift to me that they had gone out and done it.

MM: [Foundation advocate Souk Greiner and I] talked to owners of the different buildings about the initiative and what it would mean to us. We’re home-based, and Chicago is where our heart lies. So we got that message to the right people, and we got the Trump, Tribune Tower, the Wrigley, and the InterContinental all lit up.

BM: It’s our goal to have the White House lit up, even if it’s for 30 minutes or a day. We’re trying to use all of our resources there to get that done.

When you look out at the skyline and you ask, “Why is it lime green?”—well, it’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and what does that mean?

What does that mean for you? What does that mean for our nation, for our city? That’s a perfect way to start the conversation.

Are there any particular allies that have

stepped up in terms of supporting you?

BM: People look at me like I’m the big football player for the Chicago Bears, but it’s really Michi making the partnerships work. She’s blazing the trail. [For my part] I’ve tried to pinpoint the perfect partnerships, whether it’s government, corporations, or individuals. We’re going after Nike; we’re going after Walgreens, Johnson & Johnson.

What are some of the challenges that you’ve been facing as a foundation?

BM: Our biggest challenge is slowing ourselves down, because right now there are so many opportunities and so many people want to get on board, but we have to get them involved the right way. We need to be thoughtful and strategic and careful.

MM: As a foundation that’s focused on such a sensitive topic, we have to make sure that the people we partner with understand what mental health is and the need for mental health awareness.

Do you think the public’s perception of mental illness is changing?

BM: There’s more conversation; it’s starting to make its way to the dinner table. I still believe it’s continued on page 82

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continued from page 78 actually have worked in the field, and for me to be personally affected by it, made it something we realized was our mission. There are a lot of people out there who are suffering in silence and may not have the resources to get the help they need. Just a few months of treatment really changed my life, so that’s what inspired me to spread the word and be an advocate.

What has the response been like since you established the foundation?

BM: It’s been interesting how quickly I went from being a patient to a provider—not only in the things we’re trying to do in our foundation, but in the locker room: guys calling from other teams; coaches or referees calling, asking for help or asking, “What should I do?” I didn’t expect that to happen so quickly, so that’s been cool.

Michi, you’re very passionate about fashion.

Talk about how you have carried that aspect of your life into the foundation’s efforts.

MM: Being in school for fashion right now [at The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago], I had the opportunity to speak at a fashion show and, because of the platform that Brandon has created, I was able to talk to the students about the [parallels] between fashion and psychology. We use fashion as an expression and to portray an image of ourselves. Because of that combination, a few opportunities have presented themselves. We’ve partnered with the nail polish company OPI to create a lime-green polish for Mental Health Awareness Month in May; we’ll give the bottles to people who make a donation. I’ve also partnered with Alyce Paris, the prom and formal dress company, to do some collaborations for May, some lime-green dresses and some giveaways for girls who are part of underprivileged communities.

You lit up several buildings in lime green in October for Mental Illness Awareness Week, and you’re planning to expand on that in May. How did that come about?

BM: I was sitting in our condo downtown one

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continued from page 80 a civil rights issue, and I don’t think we look at it like that. There’s still a lot of discrimination.

MM: A lot of people think that every person who’s homeless has a mental disorder—but that doesn’t mean that the professional athlete you’re rooting for doesn’t, it doesn’t mean that your doctor isn’t suffering from depression, or that your kindergarten teacher doesn’t have an anxiety disorder. It’s about looking at people through a different lens and not pointing the finger at a stigmatized group and saying, “People who have mental illness look like that.” Let’s not discriminate; let’s try to get to the root of things and really understand “What is this?”

Dream scenario: Ten years from now, where do you want the foundation to be?

BM: The mental health community standing strong together, working toward common goals, and the Brandon Marshall Foundation in the forefront as the preeminent foundation. If Lance Armstrong has Livestrong and, paired with the right people, can raise over $88 million, I don’t see why we can’t be on our way to that. The community of people affected by mental illness in this country is 88 million strong, and that’s just those who are personally affected. That’s not the husband or the child.

MM: I see us paving the way to educate and provide treatment opportunities with the money that Brandon’s talking about being able to raise. The amount of treatment we could provide, the scholarships we could give to those who are mentally ill who are continuing their education, those who want to go into the psychology field, opening up beds in hospitals that may be inpatient/outpatient facilities—in 10 years, I see a whole lot happening.

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What: The venture philanthropy fund A Better Chicago welcomes the city’s business and civic leaders for cocktails, dinner, a live auction, and an afterparty to help empower Chicago’s low-income community.

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Pipe Dreams THE ART INSTITUTE CELEBRATES A MASTER SURREALIST WITH “MAGRITTE: THE MYSTERY OF THE ORDINARY.” BY THOMAS CONNORS

The Menaced Assassin

by René Magritte, 1927.

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ith its pocket watches melting in a barren landscape, Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory may be the poster image of Surrealism. But for many it’s a disconcerting work, brazenly daring the viewer to decipher what it’s all about. The art of René Magritte can be equally cryptic, yet his use of everyday elements and the simple way he rendered his subjects encourage our curiosity. “Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926 –1938,” coming in June to the Art Institute of Chicago, examines the pivotal years when the sober-minded Belgian-born graphic designer metamorphosed into a singular artist. “This exhibition is focused on that moment when Magritte decides that he is going to make a different kind of art,” explains Art Institute curator Stephanie

D’Alessandro, “an art that will make, as he said, the real world ‘shriek.’”

The Art Institute—which organized the show in partnership with New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and The Menil Collection in Houston—has long had a penchant for paintings that give pause. In 1947, it devoted its annual exhibition of American work to abstract artists and Surrealists. The press condemned the show, with the Chicago Daily News decrying the “feeble imitations of a score of foreign isms.” Two years later, the museum presented the superlative Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, which included works by Magritte, Marcel Duchamp, and Yves Tanguy. Before long, a handful of Chicago collectors—including Joseph Randall continued on page 86

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YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN Sting sets sail on the waters of musical theater with his Broadway-bound show, The Last Ship.

BY THOMAS CONNORS

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When did you leave home—not physically, but in your head, in your heart?

Very early on. I lived in the shadow of a shipyard.

As a child I’d wondered if that was my destiny. It’s not where I wanted to be. It’s noisy, dangerous, highly toxic.

I did everything in my power to escape. Got a guitar.

Had a dream about being a musician. And I think I dreamt it hard enough that it actually happened.

Going home is a recurring theme in literature. Why did you take this trip now, and what did you find there?

It’s ironic that the landscape I did everything in my power to escape from, and the community I abandoned and exiled myself from, should be the very place where I’d refind my creative juice—my muse, if you like.

Following a long writer’s block—not writing songs for about eight years—I decided to look back, to tell the story of the community I came from. Sidestepping my ego and giving voice to other people allowed the floodgates to open. The songs just came out of me, almost fully formed.

I suspect many people will be surprised that you have chosen to work in the relatively conventional mode of musical theater. Are you a fan?

My mother was a piano player, and she would bring Rodgers and Hammerstein albums into the house, which I played to death. So you scratch me and I start singing Carousel. I love it.

Songwriting is your craft, but a three-minute song is a different project from a full-out musical. Was this a challenging process for you? Or did you lean on Mr. Logan to fashion the connective tissue?

I’ve never written dialogue before, so I wouldn’t trust myself with that. But having a collaborator of that caliber is fantastic. It was a very rangy piece before he honed it down. He has a laserlike intelligence. He’d say, “This has to be lopped off.” It’s about killing your babies, you know? So songs that I adored, characters I loved were excised. But Logan is experienced and confident enough to tell me that.

June 10–July 13, Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., 800-775-2000; broadwayinchicago.com

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continued from page 84 Shapiro, a cofounder of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art— were making room on their walls for these reason-defying Europeans.

“While there was an interest in Surrealism in New York, it was Chicago where it really found an audience,” TOP: Magritte’s The False Mirror, 1928. says D’Alessandro.

ABOVE: Art Institute Today, thanks to such beneof Chicago curator Stephanie factors as Shapiro and his wife, D’Alessandro.

Jory; Mary and Leigh Block; and Lindy and Edwin Bergman, the Art Institute possesses a significant trove of Magritte works. Arguably its finest example, and key to “The Mystery of the Ordinary,” is Time Transfixed, from 1938. Featuring a locomotive emerging from a fireplace, the canvas epitomizes the artist’s ability to create a disjunctive mash-up that nonetheless suggests an alternative logic, while at the same time allowing the viewer to simply groove on the weirdness. As the artist himself said, “I do not juxtapose strange elements to shock. I describe my thoughts of mystery, which is the union of everything and anything we know.”

“When you think about 1926, you think about a painting by Picasso or a painting by Kandinsky or Matisse,” says D’Alessandro. “But Magritte sits down and devises the kind of painting that is very realistic, that depends on an acknowledgment of the traditional language of a painting— perspective and all the rest—and he turns it all on its head. He begins to make paintings that seem easy to read, because they look like what they seem to be. But when you take the time to look at those pictures, the world unravels. That was the revolutionary thing that Magritte did.” June 24– October 13, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600; artic.edu MA

A great physique and amazing staying power aside, Sting continues to stretch his artistic muscles, taking a crack at musical theater with The Last Ship, which draws from the musician’s memory of life in the seaside town of Wallsend, in northeast England. Directed by Wicked’s Joe Mantello and featuring a book by Tony Award winners John Logan (Red) and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), the musical runs from June 10 to July 13 at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre before its Broadway debut in October. Recently, Sting sat down with Michigan Avenue to offer insight into the project.

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Rising in the East

Bouquet 1 by Jennifer Steinkamp, 2013, from Lehmann Maupin, one of the blue-chip US galleries with an outpost in Hong Kong.

THE EYES OF CHICAGO’S ART WORLD TURN TO ASIA AS ART BASEL HONG KONG LAUNCHES INTO ITS SECOND YEAR. BY SUE HOSTETLER

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n just a few years, Hong Kong has evolved from a city that many considered a cultural desert to the fourth-largest global market for contemporary art.

More than $130 million in fine art was sold in the region in 2013, according to art market information source Artprice, partially due to record-setting auctions and the rise of billionaire art collectors in China. As recently as 2008, Hong Kong had no major art fairs, but the visionaries behind the influential Art Basel shows in Switzerland and Miami Beach helped push the cultural renaissance forward last year when they debuted Art Basel in Hong Kong.

Asia’s second annual Art Basel fair—which opens May 15 and features 245 of the world’s most influential galleries from 39 countries—will help add even more international exposure to the Asian art market. “Art Basel in Hong Kong aspires to provide a fair for Asia of global stature and the highest quality while retaining its unique regional flavor,” says show director Magnus Renfrew. “Hong Kong has long been regarded as the portal connecting the East and the West. It’s a major financial hub, and as such is [positioned] to allow for efficient transactions [between galleries and collectors].”

This year’s show will be marked by the strong programming that is a hallmark of the two other Art Basel shows. The Discoveries sector, dedicated to

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solo and two-person exhibitions by emerging artists, is building particular buzz. Also creating excitement is the Encounters sector, featuring largescale sculptural and installation pieces curated by Japan’s highly regarded Yuko Hasegawa of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. “Last year Yuko’s selection spurred a compelling discourse around contrasting generational and cultural approaches to artistic practices,” says Renfrew. “I have every confidence that her program this year will again present ambitious works that act as conversation points.” And one of Art Basel Miami Beach’s most beloved events—the Film sector—will debut in Hong Kong this year, developed by Chinese multimedia artist and curator Li Zhenhua and hosted in partnership with the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

These collaborations with local institutions help Art Basel support the burgeoning contemporary art scene in Hong Kong. Not only is the government pouring billions of dollars into developing a cultural district in West Kowloon, but the new M+, a world-class museum slated for completion in 2017, further illustrates Hong Kong’s commitment to the visual arts. Perhaps the most significant indicator is the number of respected Western galleries—including continued on page 90

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A scene from Art Basel Hong Kong in 2013. BELOW: Magnus Renfrew, the fair’s director. BOTTOM: A piece from Peng Wei’s embroidery series, at Hong Kong’s Galerie Ora-Ora.

ASIAN INFLUENCE Top guns in Chicago’s art world on the impact of Art Basel Hong Kong.

continued from page 88 Gagosian, White Cube, and Lehmann Maupin—that have opened Hong Kong outposts over the last few years. These dealers, along with influential homegrown stalwarts such as 10 Chancery Lane, Galerie Ora-Ora, and Pearl Lam, are instrumental in developing both artists and collections in the region.

According to Renfrew, these relationships with the local galleries and institutions (including Asia Art Archive, Para/Site, the Asia Society, and Spring Workshop) are essential to Art Basel in Hong Kong as they create a show “grounded in the city.” He explains, “The growth of Hong Kong’s museum sector and contemporary arts education will truly impact the larger discourse in the city, and that is something that we aim—through long-term partnerships—to cultivate.”

The fair’s impact is sure to be felt far beyond Asia. One need look no further than the talks planned as part of the Conversations and Salon program. A discussion titled “Global Art World/Making Biennials” will feature Juliana Engberg, artistic director of the 2014 Biennale of Sydney and artistic director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art; Eungie Joo, curator of the 2015 Sharjah Biennial; and Jessica Morgan, artistic director of the 10th Gwangju Biennale and curator of International Art at the Tate Modern in London. Such programming, coupled with a rapidly maturing Asian art market and the rise of Chinese art exhibitions across the US, will help draw record numbers of collectors to the fair.

Given that Asia’s potential as a major center for collectors and curators is only starting to be tapped, it’s no surprise that Art Basel in Hong Kong is generating excitement on both sides of the Pacific, and particularly for Renfrew. “The highlight is exposing new audiences to the depth of work from the region, and being part of that experience when collectors discover artists they have not yet seen—or when curators join in dialogue with artists whose work they have long followed.” artbasel.com/en/hong-kong MA

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“Art Basel is the most professional organizer of fairs in the world, hands down. Collectors are more willing to do business with galleries they meet at these top fairs.

If Art Basel in Hong Kong can help remove impediments and replace them with trust, relationships develop faster between gallery, artist, and collector.” —Paul Gray, director of Richard Gray Gallery “I’m excited by the growing number of collectors in the region who are willing to engage with artists, in the form of studio visits and commissioned works, and take a more active role in the development of their collections.”

—Adrian Wong, sculptor and performance artist “ABHK has grown the art market.

The growth potential has always been exciting, and attending has helped me get a better understanding of the market.” —Robert Casterline, comanager of G2 Art Fund and cofounder of Casterline Goodman Gallery

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Haute Home Cooking A PIONEER OF THE CITY’S HOME-STYLE CUISINE TREND, BARBECUE QUEEN LEE ANN WHIPPEN CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY AT CHICAGO Q.

BBQ goes upscale at Chicago q (ABOVE), where the handsome, homey décor is the perfect match for the charm of chef Lee Ann Whippen (LEFT).

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oming to Chicago was a good decision,” says Chicago q chef/ partner Lee Ann Whippen, who in 2010 made the move from Chesapeake, Virginia, at the behest of Chicago q owner Fred Latsko—even though it meant leaving behind her acclaimed restaurant Wood Chick’s, which she closed last year. Explains the petite blonde, “It allowed me to do barbecue I couldn’t do in Virginia.”

Four years later, that barbecue—with artisanal house-made rubs on everything from Wagyu brisket to Whippen’s award-winning pulled pork— has made the New Jersey – raised chef’s refined Gold Coast destination a continued on page 96

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While mainstays like Harold’s Chicken Shack have fed Chicagoans for decades, it’s a new crop of chicken spots, including Avondale’s Honey Butter Fried Chicken, that has lassoed the latest generation of bird lovers and is holding them tight. “There’s always been a good culture of fried chicken in Chicago,” says Honey Butter partner Josh Kulp. “[We just add] our own touches and spices.” Kulp and his partner, Christine Cikowski, have seen their poultry’s reputation thrive since introducing it at their underground Sunday Dinner Club. Its fans flock to the casual, fun spot on Elston Avenue to line up for their share of legs, wings, and boneless breasts topped with the restaurant’s addictive namesake honey butter, which melts into the fresh-fromthe-fryer chicken. 3361 N. Elston Ave., 773-478-4000; honeybutter.com

COOKIES ARE FOREVER “I like all cookies the same,” says James Beard Award–winning pastry chef Mindy Segal. “I go through stages.” Soon, Segal—and fans of her legendary sweets—can eat through all those stages, when she opens a new, yet-to-be-named, 6,000-square-foot bakery and café near Logan Square, a sibling of her nearly decade-old Bucktown restaurant Hot Chocolate. While crazes for doughnuts and cupcakes have soared in the last few years, for Segal cookies are forever. “When you were a little girl or boy and you were crying, your mom gave you a cookie,” she says. “You can’t say you don’t like cookies.”

Segal’s new spot will offer at least 20 types— chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, sandwich—that will rotate regularly (it will also serve breakfast pastries and sweet bread). So will cookies be the next big thing? Says Segal, “I don’t think there was a time when there wasn’t a desire for cookies.” Bakery opens in fall 2014; select cookies available now at Mindy’s Hot Chocolate, 1747 N. Damen Ave., 773-489-1747; hotchocolatechicago.com

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IT’S FRIED CHICKEN, HONEY continued from page 94 favorite among the city’s homestyle gourmet spots. And the trend has only intensified in the past few years, as barbecue has been joined by fried chicken as a comfort food given an upscale twist.

“Lee Ann’s place really did a lot to elevate what barbecue can be,” says Smoque BBQ co-owner Barry Sorkin. “It doesn’t have to be a hole-in-the-wall shack. It TOP LEFT: The bar offers dozens of can be a great restaurant and put wines and more than 50 bourbons.

ABOVE: Start your meal with barbecued out great food.” shrimp and herb-infused grits.

Just walking in the door of Chicago q’s cozy Dearborn Street space, it’s immediately clear that this is no typical barbecue joint: Gleaming bottles of high-end and smallbatch bourbon line a gorgeous wooden bar. In the bustling dining room, comfy green leather booths offset white wainscoting; large mirrors hang between tables that sit beneath pendants with linen shades; and overlooking the entire handsome room is a massive photo mural of a Virginia country road. Indeed, if it weren’t for the buzzing crowd and the intensely smoky scent wafting from the open kitchen in the back, you might think you’d stepped inside one of the homes in the tony surrounding neighborhood. And in a way, you have—for Whippen (who has been a regular on TV shows like Throwdown with Bobby Flay), Chicago q is all about offering an “intimate at-home dining experience, which is overlooked too often in the restaurant community today,” she says.

Whippen herself is a highly respected figure on the Chicago restaurant scene, described as “personable,” “engaging,” and above all “impressive” by her colleagues and barbecue-world contemporaries. “Lee Ann is passionate, cares, tries hard, and is smart and talented,” says Sweet Baby Ray’s founder Dave Raymond, a close friend. “What’s most impressive to me is that she does so much by herself.”

Whether it’s 50-something businessmen out for post-meeting Manhattans shaken with Angel’s Envy bourbon (a signature q cocktail) alongside slabs of baby back ribs; young families bonding over moist chicken and smoky pulled pork with sides of fried green tomatoes and continued on page 98

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n the spring, every restaurant in the city swings wide its front windows or sets out tables for picture-perfect patio dining. For Janet Owen, the top producer at KoenigRubloff Realty Group, this time of year is her favorite, since it means she can enjoy her working lunches alfresco. Owen specializes in the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, and Streeterville, neighborhoods that are also her favorite destinations for dining. Here are her top springtime spots.

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North Pond

“I have a lot of listings in the 800 North Michigan Avenue building, so I come here often. They know I like to sit in the shade and off to the side so I won’t disturb anybody if I’m on my phone. My favorite dish is the salmon, and if they don’t have that, they always have a great fresh fish on the menu.”

800 N. Michigan Ave., 312-239-4030; hyatt.com/gallery/nomi/index.html

“My husband and I love to have Sunday brunch here on the porch with the French windows open wide and the city skyline in the distance. I always start with a Bellini or mimosa. They have an herb garden tucked in right next to the restaurant and use the fresh herbs in the preparation. My favorite main course is the pan-roasted Arctic char.”

2610 N. Cannon Dr., 773-477-5845; northpondrestaurant.com

Pelago “There are no cell phones allowed, so if I’m having a lunch date, it’s a great place. For dinner, I love the roasted sea bream. They have something called a frollino that is sinful but delicious: a cookie ring with mascarpone sabayon and blueberry sorbet in the middle.”

201 E. Delaware Pl., 312-280-0700; pelagorestaurant.com

Chicago Yacht Club “There’s a shuttle that will take you from Michigan Avenue to the club and back if you just go for lunch—it’s like a mini vacation.

For lunch I always get the Cobb salad with extra chicken or the salmon citrus salad.”

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continued from page 96 cheddar hush puppies; or groups of Gold Coast friends getting together to celebrate over whole pork shoulder presented tableside, the place is packed nearly every night, and Whippen—the consummate hostess—is there strolling the room to greet table after table.

“An integral part of what I do on a daily basis is interact with our guests,” she says. “I’m excited about every conversation I have and for them to hear about our smoking methods, my history as a pitmaster, and to see via kitchen tours where and how the food gets to the table.”

Whippen makes it all seem effortless, despite the long hours at the smoker, at the restaurant, at charity events, and on the barbecue competition circuit—where she has won “between 60 and 75” awards (she can’t recall, admitting that it may be more) since first competing with her dad in 1996. She credits her father’s passion for barbecue, as well as childhood trips to her grandmother’s Missouri hog farm, for getting her where she is today, —BARRY SORKIN and for giving her the tenacity to survive in the admittedly testosterone-filled world of competitive barbecue.

“My dad was well known, so that gave me a foot in the door,” Whippen says. “When I started hitting the road myself, the men realized I could do this and beat them. I had to win repeatedly— but once you start winning, you gain respect, and it evolves from there.” Spoken like a true champion. 1160 N. Dearborn St., 312-642-1160; chicagoqrestaurant.com MA

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Liquid Diet CHICAGO FOODIES ARE GOING HEALTHY AT GOURMET JUICE BARS ALL OVER THE CITY.

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LEFT: Jared Van Camp and Anne Owen of Owen + Alchemy.

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or fans of fresh juice, long gone are the days of trekking through patchouli-scented health food shops in search of a liquid fix. Boutique stores peddling drinkable produce are becoming as ubiquitous in Chicago as Bikram yoga studios, and top local culinary talents are applying their touch to the trend.

Case in point: Chef Jared Van Camp of Nellcôte, Leghorn Chicken, and Old Town Social has partnered with Chicago native and publishing veteran Anne Owen on the Logan Square spot Owen + Alchemy (2355 N. Milwaukee Ave.; owenandalchemy.com), set to open in late spring.

Conceived as a modern apothecary, O+A aims to fill the space between “crunchy” and commercial, providing artisanal juices and customized services—think an on-site Chinese herbalist and nutrition consultations—in a chic setting that Owen describes as “edgy meets old-world.”

A Type 1 diabetic, the chef can’t drink fruit-based juices, so he takes a savory approach instead, focusing on nut milks and veggie-heavy drinks.

“You get the jolt of vitamins and nutrients without all the sugar you would get from straight orange juice,” he says. The nut milks on tap will range from a staple almond variety to flavor-forward options like exotic pistachio and local honey scented with kaffir lime leaves. The cold-pressed juice selection will include sweet potato and ginger as well as a fresh V8-style drink full of heirloom tomatoes, carrots, celery, and cilantro, with twists like watermelon, lime, or sun-dried tomato to “bulk up the savory notes.”

Juicing has come a long way.

“It’s more than a trend; it’s a full category on its own,” asserts Gail Taggart, president/partner at L3 Hospitality Group, the Chicago-area franchisee of the healthy fast-casual concept LYFE Kitchen (413 N. Clark St., 312-836-5933; lyfekitchen.com), where a variety of fresh juice offerings complement the health-conscious menu designed by star chefs Art Smith and Tal Ronnen. “Chefs are driving the flavor profiles,” Taggart adds, calling out the dairy-free kale-ginger-banana smoothie as a best seller. Hot-handed restaurateur Brendan Sodikoff (Au Cheval, Gilt Bar, Dillman’s) has taken notice as well: His West Loop joint, Jack & Juice, opens this year.

Ultimately, the story is that juicing is no longer about deprivation. Among these new juice purveyors, the mind-set is that juice should be a supplement to your diet, not a replacement for it. Whitney Fitzgerald, owner of True Juice in Winnetka (542 Chestnut St., 847-784-8796; truejuice.net), views juicing as “medicine for the body” rather than a quick-fix weight-loss method. Owen explains that while Owen + Alchemy will offer juice cleanses, the goal is much more about sharing the benefits of juicing for the long term: “We want to create something that will work into your life on a daily basis.” MA

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For chef Tony Mantuano, resting on his laurels isn’t on the menu. BELOW: Squid ink chitarra pasta with lobster, mint, and bread crumbs.

Still the King THIRTY YEARS AFTER OPENING THE CITY’S ULTIMATE FINE DINING DESTINATION, TONY MANTUANO CELEBRATES A NEW ERA FOR SPIAGGIA—AND SETS HIS SIGHTS ON A MAJOR NEW CONCEPT. BY MEG MATHIS

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“We’re getting ready for the next 30 years.”

—TONY MANTUANO and roast chicken carved tableside— just delicious, old-school cooking.

The menu was inspired in part by your travels to London?

There’s a restaurant in London called Roast that’s really inspirational, but there are a lot of places we went to in New York that were terrific, or up and down the East Coast, where they do full-flavored, real cooking. We have a special oven where we can roast chickens in 25 minutes. There’s something about roast chicken when it’s right out of the oven and you cut into it. We’re going to be able to roast chicken to order in a combi-oven that we’ve tricked out, and it’s the moistest, most delicious chicken I’ve ever tasted.

Do new innovations in kitchen technology still excite you?

Oh, yeah. Where they manufacture these ovens in Wisconsin, we took a road trip with a cooler full of 30 chickens, and one of the chefs and I went up there and just started roasting all day. It was a lot of chicken! 980 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Fl., 312-280-3300; spiaggiarestaurant.com MA

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piaggia’s 30-year history perched above the Magnificent Mile has been star-studded, literally. From Mick Jagger and Princess Diana to Lady Gaga and President Obama, the stately room has hosted some of the world’s biggest celebrities, all the while garnering four-star reviews on a yearly basis. As chef/partner Tony Mantuano—a James Beard Award recipient and star of Top Chef Masters—unveils a freshly remodeled dining room, he raises a glass to Spiaggia’s coming three decades and looks beyond Italian cuisine to a new riverside project he’s cooking up this spring.

What inspired the redesign at Spiaggia?

We wanted to do something special for the 30th anniversary, and the [idea] that came out is a refresh—not just the way the room looks, but the whole style of what we’re doing. Not that we’re going to change anything on the plate or the incredible wine list, but we’re getting ready for the next 30 years.

One thing we’ve never had is a lounge, so we’re going to have a beautiful lounge with a completely new menu that is a different way to experience Spiaggia.

What will be on the lounge menu?

Executive Chef Chris Marchino spent the last month in Italy working in the best places.

We want to feature the best of the best when it comes to Italian ingredients. The best Parmigiano cheese you’ve ever experienced, with a drop of 50-year-old balsamic vinegar from the same town—those two things together are one of the most incredible taste sensations. Italian caviar that’s farmraised in Lombardy; incredible langostinos from Sicily cold-poached in the greatest olive oil.... Elegant, beautiful ingredients.

How else are you celebrating 30 years of Spiaggia?

You’re going to see a lot of modern touches to the way things are served, and by “modern” I mean more artful. The whole thing about Italy—it’s all about doing things effortlessly and looking good when you do those things, and that’s what we’re trying to do: create this effortless elegance in the dining room, which was a little stuffy before [the redesign].

You’ll soon be shifting course with a new concept, River Roast, at the former Fulton’s on the River space. What’s in store there?

It’s taking a space that should have been turned into a restaurant a long time ago. No one has that position right on the river like we do. All the cooking will be done right in front of you, and it’s not Italian. Roast beef

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MOTOWN MEN What: Vino and vegan bites at Sixteen.

When: A crisp Wednesday night on the cusp of spring.

Where: Sixteen, 401 N. Wabash Ave., 312-5888030; sixteenchicago.com

Charles Randolph-Wright and Berry Gordy (FAR LEFT) talk about Motown the Musical at Sixteen (ABOVE), where the vegan options might include decadent chocolate ganache with cocoa nib tuile and blood orange sorbet (LEFT).

Through the Grapevine WITH MOTOWN THE MUSICAL LAUNCHING ITS NATIONAL TOUR IN CHICAGO, BERRY GORDY AND DIRECTOR CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT RAISE A GLASS AT SIXTEEN TO THE STILL-CAPTIVATING, ONE-AND-ONLY MOTOWN SOUND. BY MEG MATHIS PHOTOGRAPHY BY GALDONES PHOTOGRAPHY

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he Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love,” The Temptations’ “My Girl,” The Four Tops’ “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”—each song on Motown’s seemingly endless hit list is instantly memorable, and collectively they defined a generation. Nearly 20 years after publishing his autobiography, To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown, label founder Berry Gordy adapted his story for Broadway in Motown the Musical, chronicling his rise from boxer to revolutionary record mogul against a soundtrack of more than 60 classics by the likes of The Jackson 5, Martha and the Vandellas, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, plus new songs written for the stage. As the musical kicks off its national tour in Chicago, the living legend shares a meal and a toast with director Charles RandolphWright at Sixteen, where they discuss their mutual vegan lifestyle, why the

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truth always prevails, and what it means to be loved.

You have such a deep-rooted background in the Midwest, but what does Chicago in particular mean to you?

Berry Gordy: I have so many great memories here. The Regal Theater meant a lot to Motown. At the Regal Theater, Stevie Wonder made up “Fingertips (Pt. 2),” and it went to number one—it was a big, big hit for us.

[In] the old days, the first record that I produced with my own personal production company was put out by the Chess brothers. Phil Chess had my first record with The Miracles: “Bad Girl” was one of our biggest [hits].

Those are just the memories I can rack off my brain now.

Charles Randolph-Wright: The film Mahogany, he shot that here.

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continued from page 104 because it was the first film—actually the only film—that I ever directed.

CRW: We premiered [Motown the Musical] in New York, but what he talked about often was that we’d go to other cities. Chicago being the first place is so important because we set up the tour—we set up what people around the country will see, and what they want to hear. It’s a real responsibility.

[Sequoia Grove 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon is served.]

BG: Detroit was the key to so many things, but Chicago was also another key, so opening the show here is incredible. And I guess we’re selfish, too, a little bit, because we know Chicago people are going to love the theater as well!

CRW: [Laughs] It makes life a little bit easier.

BG: It’s very important that we give back to Chicago the love they’ve given throughout the years. The first black company that inspired me when I was an independent producer was Vee-Jay Records. Ewart Abner, who became my president, was from Chicago, and I admired him more than anyone. There are a lot of reasons, emotionally, that we want to come here.

CRW: In the city where Johnson publications were handled...

BG: See, there’s so much stuff! [Laughs] We got our first covers with [ Johnson Publishing Company].

They just honored me in New York with a lifetime achievement award, and I showed the Ebony cover of The Supremes. It was the first cover we ever had.

How did you both become vegan?

BG: I [became] vegan about 10 years ago. I believe in preventative maintenance. I drink wine, but I believe in a healthy lifestyle. I started being vegan because I didn’t really eat meat, and I wanted to eat food that I like.

CRW: I’m what I call “veganish” because I grew up in South Carolina, so it’s impossible to go home and be vegan because everything is fried with cheese sauce. They think, “Oh, we made you some vegetables,” and it has bacon fat in it. [Laughs] Once in a while I’ll have fish or chicken if it’s organic, but with him it’s great because we eat the same. And look at him!

BG: I’m lucky because I’ve got people that have studied how to make vegan food really tasty. When I’m home, I buy vegan food as a gourmet meal: artichokes that are roasted with pepper....

CRW: I love that we’re talking about this.

As a director, what’s it like to tell Berry Gordy’s story?

CRW: As he says, “The truth is a hit.” I knew that the show had to be honest, but it also had to enable audiences to take their own journey of the Berry Gordy character. Everyone from Motown has a version of how it happened, and this is the Berry Gordy version. But what happens nightly in New York, and I feel will happen here, is that audiences come in with this predisposition for this music. It’s in their DNA. They live it again.

There’s so many things that happen in this show, and our job together was to find “How do you tell that in an evening that’s two and a half hours?” ’Cause it could have been 10.

BG: We fought and we laughed and cried, lived and died to make Motown what it is today. And I’m so grateful to the artists, but when they came to opening night, Diana [Ross] was crying, Mary Wilson was crying, and

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—BERRY GORDY

Smokey, and all the people for once were so relieved that they could see a story they were part of. We just told the truth. Holland-Dozier came and said, “Boy, I didn’t know you were going to just tell it like it was. Were we that bad?” [Laughs] CRW: I look at the show as the next extension of Motown. It’s “Hitsville USA is now on Broadway” and “Hitsville USA is opening in Chicago.”

Did you approach the show’s original songs, like “Can I Close the Door,” differently from your existing Motown portfolio?

BG: No, it’s the same simple process: How do people feel? “To Be Loved”: I went to my sister’s house and she took me in—I was a bum, my wife had kicked me out, I had three kids, and I quit my job. I wanted to follow my dream. I was trying to get [my sister] to really understand, but it was no question: “You’re not a good husband, but you’re a great brother; let me fix you something to eat.” I had tears in my eyes, and I sat at her piano and I made up the song: “Someone to care/Someone to share/Lonely hours/And moments of despair/To be loved, to be loved/Oh, what a feeling/To be loved”— CRW: “Some wish to be a king or a queen.”

BG: See, you know it better than me. [Laughs] MA

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o fashion brand has a commitment to principled thinking collection that accounts for more than 25 percent of our line. We work to on issues like sustainability and social consciousness more create products that are designed to last and easy to care for.” Reflecting ingrained in its corporate ethos than Eileen Fisher. This fall on the label’s anniversary, she adds, “Simplicity is at the core of will mark 30 years since the former interior and graphic designer set up the design idea I planted as a seed all those years ago—a colshop, and she has made her name as much by running a community- lective of simple shapes that work together in many ways. focused company as by producing gorgeous, simply made clothing, The intention is to give women the pieces to put themselves together easily and joyfully from drapey cardigans and flowing skirts to archiso they can focus on life.” tecturally constructed blouses.

This spring, Chicagoans can also That philosophy is communicated through focus on more of the designer’s complete recent initiatives like Green Eileen, a chain of line, as Neiman Marcus on Michigan stores stocking only previously owned Eileen Avenue launches an Eileen Fisher “hard Fisher pieces, and #SheDocs, an online docushop.” This luxe store-in-store conmentary film festival sponsored by the company. cept is devoted to offerings like those Explains Fisher, “Business has the power to make of Fisher Project, a new collection a difference and can be a movement around social —EILEEN FISHER that reinterprets the essential elechange. Our work with women and girls, human rights, and the environment, and how we work as a company, com- ments of the Eileen Fisher look with an edge, such as pletes the circle: It’s about the product, people, and planet, and the a cropped motorcycle jacket, a tuxedo vest, and silk crêpe de chine shorts. For this cherished favorite choices each of us makes every single day.”

The commitment to ethical living is, in fact, literally woven into the with a 30-year tradition of pairing social conbrand’s fabrics. “Sustainability starts with design,” Fisher says. “When sciousness with impeccable style, it’s a fitting we select fabrics and yarns, we are making choices about better farming new awakening. 737 N. Michigan Ave., practices, greener dyes, and innovative production, building an eco 312-642-5900; neimanmarcus.com MA

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Eyeing Colors Chicago-based jewelry designer Graziela Kaufman shares her newest couture collection.

Rubellite, diamond, and iolite ring, Graziela Gems ($8,900).

French Toast SANDRO BRINGS PARISIAN PANACHE TO THE GOLD COAST. THE WINDY CITY just got a little more French, thanks to the casualchic Paris-based brand Sandro, just arrived in Chicago. The label’s new Oak Street outpost echoes the minimalist designs of its creative director, Evelyne Chetrite, featuring a mix of raw wood and stately marble.

The Spring/Summer 2014 collection is both modern and feminine, with tailored separates in black, white, and red. Favorite pieces include clean-lined sheath dresses, expertly cut jackets, and plenty of subversive leather made sophisticated. “Chicago is appealing because it’s a culturally diverse city with Midwestern roots,” says Chetrite, who founded the label in 1984. “This unique mix creates a consumer who is attracted not only to the signature refined styles that define Sandro, but also to offbeat, urban-inspired elements.” 102 E. Oak St., 312-649-9224; sandro-paris.com MA

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Brazilian-born jewelry designer Graziela Kaufman of Graziela Gems has made Chicago her home for 15 years and draws on her adoptive city for inspiration. “Chicago has some of the most beautiful architecture, and one of the most unique skylines in the world,” says Kaufman. “The diversity of [building] styles present here influences many of my modern and geometric designs.” Look for city dwellers and celebrities alike (fans include Michelle Dockery, Kate Bosworth, and Jennifer Lawrence) to be clamoring for appointments at Kaufman’s Highland Park studio, where her newest couture pieces are now available alongside her custom commissioned baubles. This season, Kaufman journeys back to her Brazilian roots by using gems such as Paraiba tourmalines, blue opals, tanzanites, and colored diamonds, resulting in a riot of bold color. Another reason to feel good about buying from Graziela Gems? Five percent of each purchase price is donated to Kaufman’s pet project, Tails of Hope (tailsofhope.org), a shelter that helps the elderly, chronically ill, and terminally ill find new homes for their pets. $3,000–$40,000.

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HIDDEN CHICAGO These vintage decanters are among the many uncommon discoveries at Coyle & Herr, a treasure trove for home decorators.

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ot Coyle smiles, her hands gliding along an oatmeal wraparound sofa. “Harvey Probber was the creator of the sectional style of furniture, so it’s definitely the Midcentury look,” she says. The well-preserved sectional is priced at $4,700. “This is one where you’d probably want to keep the original upholstery, so it could be used as is.”

The Probber piece, along with a wing chair and a selection of nesting tables, sits prominently in a vignette in Coyle & Herr, the 12,000-squarefoot Bridgeport consignment store that Coyle owns with Mary Beth Herr.

Friends for more than 20 years, the duo first met at Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, where Coyle, then director of tourism, often collaborated with Herr, a former designer, on installations promoted by the city.

It was auction house owner Leslie Hindman who suggested that the two create a home furnishings consignment store as an alternative to the continued on page 116

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“You’re reusing a piece to give it another life.”

continued from page 114 auction marketplace, and in 2011 Coyle & Herr opened its doors 20 minutes from the downtown hustle. Of the shop’s tucked-away location in the Bridgeport Art Center, a former Spiegel warehouse about a mile from U.S. Cellular Field, Herr says, “It’s given us a lot of room to learn what we’re doing, see how deliveries work, and really get to know the business.”

Coyle considers the warehouse a “great incubator,” where she can apply the destination marketing she focused on while a public servant for the city of Chicago. “We know people probably [don’t walk] down the street and all of a sudden decide they’re going to come to Coyle & Herr,” she says of the residential area. “We’re used to looking at things that maybe are not getting enough attention, and driving people’s perspective—trying to be inclusive and accessible, too.”

Coyle handles the business’s marketing strategy but says Herr (whom she refers to as M.B.) has the “magic” eye of a curator. “[It’s amazing] how she can look at something and put it together. Everything is seen by M.B., so lots of stuff doesn’t make it in the door because it doesn’t reflect what we want.” What they want, explains Herr, is an edited selection of décor that constantly surprises, such as a Murano glass chandelier that Coyle herself fell in love with but still sold (“It’s easier to let go of than you think it might be based on how much you love it,” she says), or vintage furniture from Johnson

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Publishing Company. “You just don’t know what you’re going to find,” Herr adds. “Our consignors all have a really interesting story, and it’s fun to get to know them—it makes their pieces interesting.”

With its soaring ceilings and 15-foot windows, Coyle & Herr is undeniably massive, but the everchanging vignettes make the sunlit space seem cozy. A wooden Baker dresser faces a pair of quilted pink floral sofas, with each piece priced to accommodate any refinishing work that might need to be done. (“The fabric is unusual,” says Coyle of the sofas, “so these would be great candidates for getting re-covered; it’s actually really pretty if you like that combination of colors.”) Indeed, the duo particularly values sharing resources with those working on design projects, which frequently begin at Coyle & Herr. “You can really stack up a lot of impact just off one piece,” says Herr, who often refers buyers to upholsterers to give a wellframed item of furniture a fresh look. “Sustainability in the truest form is our interpretation of it: You’re reusing a piece, putting it back out in the market, giving it another life, and you’ve really helped the economic engine at the same time.”

Those with a specific decorating agenda might head straight to one of Coyle & Herr’s sections devoted to seating, lighting, books, or dining, where a 1970s butter-yellow and gray table from Johnson Publishing Company sits prominently. “M.B. was hyperventilating when she called me,” Coyle says of Herr’s visit to the Johnson offices, where she handled the consignment of various items with Linda Johnson Rice, the company’s chairman.

“Spectacular,” says Herr. “It was a religious experience.” Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W. 35th St., Unit 1D, 773-575-9880; coyleandherr.com MA

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JASON LITTLE; ILLUSTRATION BY SARA FRANKLIN

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Life of the Party FROM THE PAGES OF PLAYBOY TO THE HEIGHTS OF CHICAGO’S SOCIETY SCENE, WOMAN-ABOUT-TOWN CANDACE JORDAN GETS CANDID ABOUT HER FAVORITE PLACES IN THE CITY.

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With her piercing eyes and signature close-cropped hair, Candace Jordan is one of the most recognizable figures on the Windy City gala circuit, and her enthusiastic interview style has made her website, CandidCandace.com, a go-to source for Chicagoans who can’t get enough of the socialite scene. It’s just the latest chapter in the life of the former high school valedictorian from tiny Dupo, Illinois, who moved here to work at the Playboy Club, ended up gracing eight Playboy covers, and became an unabashed fan of the city. “It’s the people that really make Chicago interesting,” she says. “They’re down to earth, they’re hardworking, they’re not pretentious. That’s what I love most.” As Jordan prepares to launch a revamped website, she shares some of the places that make the Windy City special to her.

“I shop everywhere for clothing—high, low, in between—and I don’t really have a favorite designer. I am known for my statement necklaces, though, and my favorite place to shop for them is ESKANDAR (70 E. Walton St., 312-649-6080; eskandar.com). It’s such unusual craftsmanship, unusual styles and designs, things I’ve never seen before. They’re not inexpensive, but if you want to make a statement, that’s the place to go.

“Going to so many big black-tie events and dress-up galas, I gravitate toward restaurants that are low-key and casual. I just love LA SCAROLA (721 W. Grand Ave., 312-243-1740; lascarola.com). The food is great—I’ll order any kind of pasta with marinara sauce—but it’s more about the atmosphere for me. I love the people there; [owner] Joey Mondelli and chef-owner Armando make that place fun. They’ll sit with you and hand out tequila shots, and I love all the photos on the walls, many by Victor Skrebneski, so they’re iconic pictures. There’s just a great buzz. I also love PIZANO’S (864 N. State St., 312-751-1766; pizanoschicago.com), which is about a block from my home. I’m crazy about Christmas—I collect antique Christmas items—and they have Christmas-like décor up 365 days a year. It’s very charming and inviting.

“I’m a huge believer in buying antiques at auctions. I love SUSANIN’S (900 S. Clinton St., 312-832-9800; susanins.com) because you never know what you’re going to find there. I’ve known Sean Susanin for years, way before he moved to his current space. He usually includes offbeat items as well as serious artwork in his auctions. We bought a Baccarat chandelier there that is one of our very favorite things.” MA

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“I’ve been going to CHARLES IFERGAN salon (106 E. Oak St., 312-642-4484; charlesifergan.com) for 30 years. He’s been my only hairdresser in Chicago. We collaborated on this haircut early on—I’ve had it for years. He’s obviously a fabulous hairdresser, but he’s so charming; he inspires great loyalty in all of his clients.

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Cartier’s Les Indomptables de Cartier brooch watch (price on request) features a green enamel dial with a crocodile scale motif and enamel leaves.

The crocodile, which can be removed from the watch and worn as a brooch, is made with 18k gold and brilliant-cut diamonds and boasts emerald eyes.

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walk through the halls of SIHH—the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie luxury watch exhibition, held in January in Geneva—was an eye-popping experience. The “booths,” in actuality, were sprawling spaces. Inspired by their brands’ respective messages, they offered a glimpse into a mansion’s living room, a peek at an ocean reef, even a mechanical wonder featuring life-size automatons holding watches under magnifiers and turning in place once every hour. The message this year among the makers of haute timepieces is clear: Women reign supreme. More than ever before, the unveilings focused squarely on satisfying the demands of today’s discerning female clientele. As brands recognize this arena as a new luxury playground, they also realize that when it comes to choosing a watch, women expect more than just a pretty face.

“Women have been getting notoriously sophisticated over the past several years about watchmaking culture, and that is becoming even more obvious lately,” says Richard Mille, founder of the eponymous brand. “There is no question that women have knowledge about even the most technical aspects of watchmaking.” Mille has dubbed 2014 the Year of the Woman, and while he first crafted feminine timepieces nine years continued on page 124

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worn as a brooch. This season’s models include a watch with a removable gold, diamond, and emerald crocodile, and one with a gold and diamond flamingo over a mother-of-pearl dial, emulating a piece made for the Duchess of Windsor in 1940 by Cartier’s famed designer Jeanne Toussaint.

Meanwhile, Jaeger-LeCoultre is building on the strength of its two-year-old Rendez-Vous collection, made exclusively for women who appreciate both form and function. This year the brand introduces a perpetual-calendar version and the Rendez-Vous Date, with the 27.5mm Calibre 966, one of the smallest mechanical movements on the market. “While we have a long history of making watches for women, this one was different,” says Philippe Bonay, president of Jaeger-LeCoultre North America. “We had to create an all-new case just for women, as opposed to shrinking something down from the men’s collections. Especially in the high-end watch sector, there is a culture of women who know exactly what they want, who see the watch as a horological piece. While they still want beauty and precious materials, they want a movement that makes a statement and elicits a response to their knowledge.” MA For more watch features and expanded coverage, go to michiganavemag.com/watches.

Richard Mille’s RM 07-01 Ceramic ($105,000) houses the specially designed caliber CRMA2, a skeletonized automatic high-performance movement. The watch is crafted in gold and scratch-resistant high-tech ATZ ceramic.

Atelier Swiss Fine Timing, 645 N. Michigan Ave., 312-337-4700; richardmille.com

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F.P. Journe’s new quartz-powered Elegante ($11,400) stops displaying the time after lying flat for 30 minutes but is awakened by motion, automatically readjusting the clock. Available in June at Swiss Fine Timing, 645 N. Michigan Ave., 312-337-4700; fpjourne.com

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continued from page 122 ago, this year the brand debuts larger sizes with more high-tech materials, all created with women in mind. Focusing on technically sophisticated and unusual haute horology, Mille unveils the RM 19-01 Tourbillon Natalie Portman, bearing a spider motif in diamonds, and the avant-garde RM 07-01, which is crafted in advanced ATZ ceramic and houses a skeletonized automatic movement with specialized titanium bridges.

Says Mille, “All of our ladies’ watches have a distinctly glamorous side in addition to being extremely technical.”

Of course, Mille isn’t the only watchmaker focusing on ladies’ timepieces. Several brands are now producing female-focused automatic and mechanical watches with small complications, such as chronographs, skeletons, calendars, moon phase indicators, and more. F.P. Journe—a traditional watchmaker known for its handmade mechanical movements and heritage-inspired complexities—takes a different approach with its inaugural women’s line, which includes another first for the company: a quartz-powered timepiece. “We can’t close our eyes to the fact that some women like the ease of a quartz watch,” explains Pierre Halimi Lacharlotte, general manager of F.P. Journe in America. “But Journe would not have been able to build a quartz watch unless it had complications and unusual abilities. It had to be something different—something beautiful and dedicated just to women.”

Called Elegante, F.P. Journe’s women’s collection also offers a unique feature: When the watch lies flat for more than 30 minutes, it stops displaying the time, but when it’s picked up again, the motion wakes the watch, which automatically adjusts to the proper time in the quickest way possible, moving either forward or backward. Eight years in the research and development stages, the watch embodies Journe’s tireless commitment to precision by housing two different movements—one for seconds, one for hours and minutes—a design that also maximizes its decade-long battery life (although the brand recommends that the battery be replaced every five years, along with the gaskets, in order to maintain water resistance). Yet this electromechanical marvel is still thin and indeed elegant. Says Lacharlotte, “There is a whimsical, dreamy appeal to a watch that goes to sleep but can wake up on touch.”

Perhaps more than ever before, Cartier is focusing on versatility, which plays a key role in its Métiers d’Art collection. First released in 2013, the series features artistic dials with overlaid sculptures, which can be removed from the case and

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Comedy From Fashion Police and reality TV to an upcoming new book, comedy legend and Second City alum Joan Rivers is always working— and she doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

By J.P. Anderson

Photography by Charles William Bush

You’ve got to hand it to Joan Rivers.

Nearly 50 years after the Brooklyn native made her first appearance on The Tonight Show, Joan Alexandra Molinsky is still making audiences around the world laugh—whether it’s by skewering celebrities on Fashion Police, performing stand-up on her tireless tours, or trading witticisms with her 2 million followers on Twitter. In an exclusive interview with Michigan Avenue as she was wrapping the fourth season of her reality show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best and preparing for the summer release of her 12th book, Diary of a Mad Diva, the 80-year-old comedy icon gets serious about her days in Chicago, what it takes to be a successful female performer, and the up-andcoming comics who keep her in stitches.

Joan, you’re 80 years old and busier than ever.

What’s your secret to longevity?

Formaldehyde. [Laughs] No, I’m just lucky. I come from a family where there was always in every generation one woman with great energy. That, and eating whatever I want. I don’t believe in “Oh, today you should eat wheat, and tomorrow don’t touch wheat, and coffee is bad for you, coffee is good for you....” I call it “scrounge eating.” I truly eat every morning a bag of Cheetos. And airplane food I totally believe in.

Let’s talk about your Chicago days. You spent

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a year performing with Second City back in 1961. How did that happen?

Truly, I was the 60th girl they auditioned, and I had waited from 10 in the morning till 6 at night for the audition because an agent friend snuck me in—I wasn’t even with the agency, which was William Morris, at the time. I was so angry, and hungry, and tired that I gave a great audition, because they said, “What do you think goes on in this room?”

And I just went nuts. So I got into Second City, and they always used to say to me, “We saw a fire in you… what happened?” Well, I got fed! But it was the first time I ever made money, supported myself, and was accepted as a performer, so I adore Second City. It’s a very special group, and to this day, anyone who’s a Second Cityite, it’s almost like belonging to a club. If they say, “I was in Second City,” right away you have great respect for them because you know what it entails.

How do you think the experience helped you as a performer?

Oh, it was the first time somebody took me seriously. It was incredible, and they let me say what I thought was funny. It opened up the world to me.

Doing that off-the-cuff improv comedy really hones the craft—you have to be able to think on your feet.

I still work that way, in the moment. When someone vomits onstage, you’ve got to acknowledge

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Rivers says her experience at Second City “was the first time somebody took me seriously....

It opened up the world to me.”

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Rivers with daughter Melissa, an executive producer on all three of her mother’s current series.

that; you can’t step over it and keep going, and that’s what Second City taught me: “Live in the moment; be in the moment.”

What were your experiences of the city when you weren’t onstage? What did you enjoy about Chicago?

Let me tell you what I enjoyed and [still] enjoy, all right? I love Chicago because the women look great. I love it when women go out in evening gowns and Uggs. I love that they embrace the cold weather. It’s a sophisticated, great city. I’m tired of you people—tired of you people—saying, “Well, we’re not New York.” F--- New York.

You’re a great city, so shut up, and you got a beach. And your hair can always look windtousled. [Laughs] I hope you have enough limo services there. I worry about you.

Do you have any particularly favorite places in Chicago?

Michigan Avenue at Christmas—a lot of stars. I love that. What was the park where they had the big old atrium? Lincoln Park. They tore down the atrium; it was amazing because it was like we were back in Victorian times. I just love all the bridges going across the river, and I love that you turn the water green on St. Pat’s.

I’m crazy for Chicago. I’m looking for a rich, old Jewish man who lives in Chicago and wants to have fun.

Exactly. When you were growing up, who did you watch who made you want to be a performer?

Moses. He was so smart—he didn’t even have the tablets or anything yet.

[Laughs] As a mentor, my dad was a doctor, and he would make house calls. Remember those kinds of doctors? On Sundays, he’d make a house call and we would listen to the radio in the car while they went upstairs, so I grew up on the old Jack Benny Show and the Fred Allen Show—I grew up on radio comedians because that’s what we heard in the car, and they were always so good, and so smart, and so clever. My first theater experience, and not comedic, was my aunt taking me to see Paul Robeson in Othello and going backstage and smelling

those costumes, and I knew: “This is it. This is it.

How do I move in?” I’ve always loved the theater. Still I go backstage and say hello to anybody, and I’m in awe, I’m in awe that they allow you to go into—I always call it “the temple.”

Comedy especially was such a boys’ club back then. What made you think you could break through that glass ceiling yourself?

Comedy is a very masculine profession, and don’t give me this “boys’ club, girls’ club.” My old standby line is “If Eva Braun had 10 minutes, they’d put her onstage and say, ‘She has learned and changed,’” as long as she didn’t say the n-word. She could say the c-word, the a-word, the p-word—can’t say the n-word. It’s not a boys’ club; it’s just a very masculine [world]. Look at the women that are in it: Ellen DeGeneres, lesbian.

Rosie O’Donnell, lesbian. Paula Poundstone, lesbian. Jane Lynch, lesbian.… Seriously, it’s not a boys’ club, and it wasn’t then. It just didn’t appeal to women, and when I started in the ’60s, if you were pretty, you were a singer. You didn’t want to stand onstage and make a fool of yourself. Women [had to be] very strong and not attractive to be considered funny. Tina Fey’s changed that; Sarah Silverman now looks so gorgeous. It’s changed a lot now—they’ll accept funnier women. Phyllis Diller in private life was a very good-looking woman who only wore couture, and then she’d go onstage and have to look ridiculous for people to laugh at her.

In the early ’80s you were on top of the world: You were hosting SNL, you had that great gig hosting The Tonight Show, you had a Grammy-nominated album on the charts….

What was that time of your career like, to be on top of everything?

In all fairness, you don’t think you’re ever top dog, ever. Even Meryl Streep gets turned down— she wanted desperately to play Lincoln… and then Daniel Day-Lewis just whisked it away from her. Everybody’s career, seriously—you never think you’re on top, and those that think they’re on top are the first ones to fall, because there are no laurels to rest on. You’re exactly as good as your last movie, as your last set of numbers. In the ’80s, I was working the way I’m working now—I always work every day. Now I have a ref lexologist that sits there and does my feet, and I get a masseuse to work on my back, but I still am thinking.

In ’86 you were banned from The Tonight Show, and that ban just ended when you were invited to come back for Jimmy Fallon’s first show.

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In her Second City days, with Avery Schreiber and Bill Alton.

Kimora Lee Simmons, Kelly Osbourne, Jenny Packham, Joan Rivers, George Kotsiopoulos, and Melissa Rivers on the set of Fashion Police.

“I’m tired of you people saying, ‘We’re not New York.’ F--- New York. Chicago is a great city, so shut up, and you got a beach.”

—JOAN RIVERS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES (GRIFFIN); ANDREW H. WALKER/GETTY IMAGES FOR MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK (FASHION POLICE ); COURTESY OF SECOND CITY (SECOND CITY)

At her Comedy Central roast, with Kathy Griffin.

Yes, Carson banned me from The Tonight Show. I had the nerve when my contract was up—the nerve—to go off and do my own show, which, by the way, Cosby had done, Carlin had done, David Brenner had done. Everybody did it, but because I was a woman, he just didn’t think I would ever leave the show.

So how did it feel when you stepped back onto that stage for the first time in so long?

It was very emotional because they put me in the original dressing room, but the hot water still didn’t work. [Laughs] It was amazing, but it was also by coincidence 49 years to the day that I had first walked on the Tonight Show stage—February 17th, which my agent told me. I didn’t even realize that. It was really great, and then Jimmy invited me to come on. Knockout moment— knockout moment.

That’s great. What do you think of Jimmy?

Wouldn’t it be funny now if I said, “Oh, garbage!

Oh my God”? [Laughs] I said this the first time I did The Late Late Show with him: He is so right for the job, he is so adorable, he is still a fan, he is so talented in so many ways, he’s a big throwback to Carson—he can do skits, he can play instruments.... He’s terrific.

Season 4 of your reality show Joan and Melissa is currently airing. What has that experience been like, opening your life up

to the cameras like that?

Oh, it’s been so easy. After the Kardashians, anything goes. It’s been great because I get to live in Melissa’s house with her half the week, so that’s terrific—with [my grandson] Cooper.

Melissa’s not quite as happy because I keep redecorating, but I am beyond happy. It’s a terrific season. We’ve just done everything from making a porn tape to auditioning zombies in Melissa’s house, which is the final episode.

How would you describe your relationship with Melissa? You two have worked together so much.

She’s very upset because she just found out she’s not adopted. Really threw her. No, we do very well. Every time we have a big fight, though, I just strip naked and say, “One day, you’re going to look like this,” and that just kills her. We’re very lucky. We have a very good mother-daughter relationship. Of course we argue—we’re very strong women. She’s the executive producer of Fashion Police, she’s the costar of Joan Knows Best, she’s on my Internet show, In Bed with Joan.... We work together, and we have differences, and we’re a mother and daughter, so you have differences over that. And she gets upset when I bring sailors home—she hates when I come to get a condom. [Laughs] Speaking of In Bed with Joan, what gave you

the inspiration for that show?

I just love to interview people, and I love to get stuff out of them that others don’t. Everything now is a two-minute interview, or a one-minute interview, and when they go on Fallon or Letterman or Jimmy Kimmel, they’re always plugging something—everyone’s got an agenda. I just wanted to get people to sit in bed in a tiny room, and they’re very relaxed because they’re in bed.

If you look at where we shoot it, you know no one is watching, so they tell me a lot more than they would tell automatically. I’ve had great people on—Kathy [Griffin], Nick Kroll.... I had Margaret Cho give me a recipe for dog. I mean, that’s great.

And of course, Fashion Police has been huge.

My darling Fashion Police—it’s so much fun.…

The nice thing is we all still really like each other.

George [Kotsiopoulos] is terrific—he knows fashion and he has fun. Giuliana [Rancic] is smart and clever; she’s great. And Kelly [Osbourne]— my darling Kelly—is a whole different generation with a whole different viewpoint.

You’re also an author, and you’ve got a new book coming out in July, Diary of a Mad Diva.

What was the inspiration behind that book?

My editor said, “You need another book.” I wanted to do a continuation of my book that was on the best-seller list, I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me, and she said, “Continuations don’t do

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“Years ago a Vegas mafia guy said to me, ‘Run your own race—wear blinders like a horse,’ and that was the smartest advice I got.”

—JOAN RIVERS

I went in to get some and they weren’t there.”

[Laughs] Maybe I couldn’t do that a couple years ago, but everything—everything—is allowed to be funny. That’s how I get through life, and that’s how I think people have to get through life.

Do you pay attention to what other comics are doing?

No. Years ago a Vegas mafia guy said to me, “Run your own race—wear blinders like a horse,” and I truly believe that was the smartest piece of advice I got. That, and “Stay out of the desert.”

Or to keep your knees intact.

Who else makes you laugh these days?

All the younger comics. Little Britain they tried to bring over here and it just didn’t work, and they’re brilliant. Go look them up. Nick Kroll, Anthony Jeselnik... there are so many young,

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good comics coming up, and of course, my God, listen to Chris Rock. Robin Williams—still brilliant. Cosby, you’ve got to give him credit—he does that fatherly thing, and it’s beautiful to watch the perfection in his act. Mel Brooks—anything. I will walk behind him and carry the train.

You’ve been an advocate for causes like God’s Love We Deliver, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Guide Dogs for the Blind.... Why do you think it’s important to give back?

Well, they give kickbacks. If I give them $10, I get a buck back. No, I’m really into these causes. With God’s Love We Deliver, I had so many gay friends, and they were dying in those days of “gay pneumonia”—it wasn’t called AIDS yet— and nobody cared, and they began to bring meals around on bicycles in New York. I’ve been involved with them forever and ever and ever.

Guide Dogs for the Blind—you give a blind person a dog, and he gets around without help, and you’re giving them a life, and a friend. And when the dog dies, a meal—you can’t beat that.

[Laughs] I’m also very big in any animal kind of thing, any animal rescue. All my dogs are rescues. I’m very big into that.

Looking back on your career, what are you proudest of?

That I’m still here—and I’m totally relevant. I just switched agencies, and they went to look at who watches me, who my core group is, and 22 years old is the average age. How about that one?

And of course it goes all the way up and all the way out. Whatever I’m doing, I’m of the moment, and I’m so proud of that. I’m not doing Wendell Willkie jokes.

Is there anything yet that you feel like you haven’t accomplished that you want to?

Everything. I want to go back to Broadway; I have yet to win an Academy Award... everything, everything, everything. Every day I get up and say, “I want, I want.” I want a late night show; I want a late, late, late, late night show where we would call it Nobody’s Watching, Who Gives a F---, Let’s Have Fun. And I’d like to put it on at 3 in the morning—people would Tivo it. It’s a different world now. Nobody watches in real time.

What do you want your legacy to be?

You want to know something? Vincent van Gogh didn’t sell a picture during his life. I don’t care about my legacy. “That she was a good person, and she had exquisite taste, and she deserved that fur coat.” And I beautify America with beads and trinkets on QVC. [Laughs] MA

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Rivers with Sarah Silverman on an episode of In Bed with Joan.

well.” Like, Fifty Shades of Beige isn’t going to do as well as Fifty Shades of Grey. So we said, “Let’s just do a diary about everything that annoys me during the day.” I have a whole section on “I’m so bored now with the cold homeless people.”

You’re wearing 60 sweaters in the summer!

How do you think the comedy world has changed since you were coming up?

Good question. It’s changed in that I’m allowed to say a lot more; comedy’s a lot rougher, and a lot more real. When I was pregnant with Melissa on The Ed Sullivan Show, I couldn’t even say “pregnant”—I was seven months pregnant—and I had to say, “So, Mr. Sullivan, you’re going to hear the pitter-patter of little feet.” So it’s changed tremendously, and I think that’s wonderful.

Do you find that the way audiences react to you has changed over the years?

In those days I was considered very wild and outspoken, and now I’m considered very outspoken—it’s just that what they consider outspoken has changed, what you’re allowed to discuss has changed. Last night I was onstage talking about the tragedy in New York of 7-Eleven, and then finally someone said, “9/11,” and I said, “No, I mean 7-Eleven, because on 9/11 the firefighters had gone in and they’d run out of Snapple, and

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POWER PLAYERS ALYSSA QUINLAN

This JP Morgan banker invests her time in championing causes close to her heart.

WHEN A CONSULTING JOB TOOK KILDEER NATIVE Alyssa Quinlan to New York in the ’90s, she loved the buzz of the Upper East Side— but she also missed home, especially going to outdoor concerts at Ravinia.

So on moving back to Chicago a few years later, Quinlan was inspired to join the Ravinia Associates Board, and on May 10 she’ll chair its 25th anniversary Music Matters gala, which benefits Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play music education programs. A private banker at JP Morgan, the Lincoln Park resident is also a sustaining member of the Children’s Home + Aid associate board and is involved with the Chicago Children’s Theatre, whose productions include special performances for children with autism. Says Quinlan, “I would love to [be able to say] I’ve made a difference in this world.”

Hidden talent: I watched Leslie [Hindman] doing an auction and thought, I would love to become an auctioneer. It’s not an easy thing to learn, but Leslie was very patient and taught me. I do eight or 10 charity auctions a

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year. It’s fun to be part of that energy—you never know what’s going to happen. Ravinia favorites: The 1812 Overture with cannons. It’s a tradition my children look forward to every year. Advice I’d give my 15-year-old self: I thought I was going to get engaged, get married, and have kids at a certain age. Knowing that I could be more flexible and not thinking I had to have all the answers would have been helpful, because you learn every day.

Family time: I have done about 10 marathons, but since I have two little kids, now I just run recreationally. I take them down to the lake and jog with the stroller, which they love. Definition of beauty: This is particularly important now that I have a daughter. I try to focus on inner beauty and making sure she understands the importance of helping others—giving kids in need presents at Christmastime, or just helping throughout the year.

Signature style: I’ve been wearing blazers and skirts since I was in first grade. To this day I won’t get on an airplane wearing jeans. Getting better with age: I always tell people that I’m going to hit my prime at 50.

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NANCY REINSDORF

This doyenne of philanthropy ensures that the Bulls are always team players in the Chicago community.

CHICAGO BULLS CHARITIES PRESIDENT Nancy Reinsdorf has two families. At her home in Glencoe is her husband, Michael, president and COO of the Bulls, and their three children, with whom she shares passions like horseback riding and photography. Twenty-five miles south at the United Center, though, Reinsdorf is a maternal figure to the 13 team members of the Chicago Bulls. Since becoming president in 2012, the North Shore native has revamped the team’s charity component to boost the players’ local involvement outside the stadium, including visits to hospitals and schools and working with groups on violence prevention. “We learn the players’ stories and hear what touches their hearts,” she says.

“Then we figure out how to help the organizations in that space.”

Motivation: Our communication with the team is incredible. The respect we have for them—and the respect we have gotten from them—is the thing

that keeps me going. Definition of success: Whenever you become a part of something that speaks to you and what you love to do, you’re there.

You’ve made it. Most memorable Bulls game: A playoff game in 1991— the first game I went to with my [now] husband. Work/life balance: I don’t draw the line between our players and my own children. I try hard to figure out who and what needs the most attention at that moment and give some strength and extra love and care there. Whether it’s one of my kids or something at work, it’s when they’re at full strength that they’re able to circle back and support the other. Who inspires me: It’s not one specific person. I always look to the people who are doing the best they can, who excel in their own job and inspire the people around them. It’s not always the leader of a department—I love to see the people who give 100 percent and take the opportunities that are around them, and do all of this with pride, kindness, and humility.

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LINDA YU

Thirty years into her career at ABC-7, this beloved broadcast journalist continues to speak up.

VETERAN NEWS ANCHOR Linda Yu has covered countless stories over the years, but April 13, 1992—when she spent her entire workday on the air reporting on the Chicago flood—has particular meaning. The next day, Yu recalls, “one woman said to me, ‘When bad things happen, you make me feel safe.’” Following her recovery from injuries she sustained in a traffic accident earlier this year, the six-time Emmy Award– winning broadcast journalist and mother of two is back behind the news desk to continue her 30th year at ABC-7. “Everybody tells me that when it comes to breaking news and ad-libbing, I’m really good,” she says. “I don’t know where that came from—maybe my love of talking.”

Definition of success: That changes over the decades. In the beginning it was “What in my career have I accomplished?” As I got into this business, it was “Have I done any stories that have helped anybody?” Then it became “What kind of mother am I?” Now success for me is “What kind of young people have I raised?”

Advice I’d give my 15-year-old self: I was painfully shy—barely spoke above a whisper, was afraid to raise my hand in school—and it took becoming a journalist to start speaking up. I would have started to do that earlier.

Causes closest to my heart: I cofounded the Asian-American Journalists Association chapter in Chicago, and that’s been very important in helping young journalists. Part of the reason I came to Chicago was thinking, Maybe I can open some doors for other Asian-Americans.

What keeps me centered: I used to say to young women, “You can have it all; you just can’t have it all at once.” You can be single-minded in your career, and then something else comes along and you find balance in other spaces opening up. Biggest hero: Bill Fyffe gave me my first job in TV and proceeded to take every one of my scripts and rip it apart. One day I marched into his office and said, “Stop it. I know I’m a good writer.” He leaned back in his chair and said, “That’s what I was waiting for. I wanted to see you get mad and defend yourself and know that you are good.” It made such a difference in my life.

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TONI IRVING

The fearless leader of Get In Chicago is determined to create a safer city for all.

“I AM 100 PERCENT A CHICAGOAN,” says Dr. Toni Irving, who moved to the city from her native Philadelphia 14 years ago to be an assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame before being named deputy chief of staff for Governor Pat Quinn. On a Wednesday morning at Yolk, in her Streeterville neighborhood, Irving’s plate is filled with a hearty breakfast— and the weight of her newest role as executive director of Get In Chicago, where she’s charged with bringing safety to the communities hit hardest by violence. “It’s like a rallying cry,” Irving says of this public/private partnership backed

by First Lady Michelle Obama, which targets key neighborhoods and analyzes risk factors in order to prevent violence. “As Chicagoans, we can’t have a divided city—North Side, South Side, safe areas, and unsafe areas. This city is all of ours, and we all need to invest in it.”

Proudest achievement: When I came to the state, we had 1,337 youth in the juvenile justice system reporting to adult parole officers, [and under my leadership] all kids in Cook County were given social workers to track them, so it became a more supporting, therapeutic model of care. The last day I was at the state, there were 850 [kids in the system], and they were doing so much better. Definition of success: I always felt I was supposed to make a difference in the world, and I also think it’s really about making a difference in the lives of people closest to me: my family, my close friends. What keeps me centered: I was at the theater on Monday, and the week before that, and the week before that....

Steppenwolf’s my favorite. Biggest hero: Since I’ve come to Chicago, it’s [Loop Capital chairman and CEO] James Reynolds Jr. He’s the most grounded, kind, centered person. Advice I’d give my 15-year-old self: Take a lot of pauses and reflect. You can get on a track where you’re just going and going.… It’s like Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: If you walk by the color purple and don’t acknowledge it, that makes God angry. How I hope to make my mark: As much as we want to change individual lives, I’m more interested in changing the conditions of those lives, so there aren’t multiple tiers of citizenship where you’re born in one neighborhood and your life outcomes are always predicted.

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DEB MELL

This passionate civic leader relishes the challenges and rewards of life as an alderman.

LESS THAN A YEAR INTO HER TENURE AS ALDERMAN of the 33rd Ward, the district where she grew up, Deb Mell awakens each morning eager to see what the day will bring. “City Council, committee meetings downtown, coming back to the ward and looking at various issues like water main breaks or businesses not shoveling, someone coming in because they want a dog park at Horner Park….” The eyes of the former state representative for the 40th District widen as she recites her agenda.

“It’s amazing what happens in the alderman’s office,” marvels Mell, who was raised in Logan Square and Irving Park and now lives in Avondale with wife Christin Baker, “but that’s what keeps it really exciting.”

Proudest achievement: Right off the bat, we made communication between the alderman’s office and the ward a lot more accessible with a

weekly e-mail and social media. My dad [former 33rd Ward alderman Richard Mell] didn’t have any of that, and it’s active throughout the day.

Issue closest to my heart: I was the chair of the mass transit committee as a state rep, so transportation issues [are important to me]. I want to see people move about with mass transit, walking, biking.... On marriage equality in Illinois: Once it’s become the law of the land, I think we’re going to be really proud Illinoisans to have been in the forefront. How I hope to make my mark: I want to be known as someone who, when you leave me, you don’t feel like there’s been a lot of BS. I’ve always been straightforward. Definition of success: I’ve never been motivated by power or money—those don’t really satisfy me as much as personal relationships with people, with friends, with my wife. Advice I’d give my 15-year-old self: Lighten up. I believe in a higher power and think we need to be happy, joyous, and free in this life.

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ELENA DELLE DONNE

On and off the basketball court, the WNBA’s rookie of the year is shooting to make a difference.

CHICAGO SKY GUARD/FORWARD ELENA DELLE DONNE IS everywhere these days: on the court, where she’s preparing to kick off her second season in the WNBA; on the sides of buses, advocating flu shots for the Chicago Department of Public Health; on ESPN, being lauded as the WNBA’s 2013 rookie of the year; and sporting her EDD11 logo on a custom line of apparel by Nike, one of her many sponsors. But for this 24-year-old native of Wilmington, Delaware, being in the spotlight is about something much larger: She’s using her renown to bring awareness to causes like the fight against Lyme disease, which has afflicted her since college, and the Special Olympics, for which she was just named a global ambassador.

“More than anything, I knew that when I became a pro I wanted to do something with the spotlight and be able to give back,” Delle Donne says.

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Proudest achievement: We had an incredible season [last year], and I’m very proud of how we did as a team. We made history by getting to the playoffs for the first time. My hope for the game of basketball: That one day girls won’t have to go overseas to make money [playing basketball]; they’ll be able to stay here and grow their own brands in America. That’s a big reason I decided to stay here in the offseason, so hopefully I’ll be able to have an impact on that. Biggest hero: My sister [who is mentally and physically handicapped].

When she was born, my parents were told that she wouldn’t be able to walk or even lift her head up, but she is an extremely strong person and has never let anything hold her back. She does the most with her God-given abilities, and that’s something I try to do also. My style: Business casual—colored skinny jeans and a classy top. I like Banana Republic: I’m 6-foot-5, so sometimes it’s difficult to find clothes that fit, so I find the right brands and stick to them.

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JUANITA VANOY JORDAN This South Side native stays mindful of her roots as she branches out to raise awareness.

“MY NEXT PROJECT WILL BE the one I’m most proud of,” declares Juanita Vanoy Jordan.

As president of Vanoy Jordan Enterprises, this mother of three (with ex-husband Michael Jordan) oversees production and talent management, personal finance, real estate investments, and much more. She is currently in the midst of establishing a family foundation, and soon she’ll begin filming a documentary about African American girls’ perceptions of beauty and identity, in conjunction with Reel Beauty, where she is a member of the board of directors. For the time being, though, Jordan is basking in the glow of a fundraiser she recently hosted for her alma mater, Christian Fenger Academy High School. “I’m very, very proud of that,” says the South Side native, beaming. “I see what I’m doing directly impacting children and making a difference.”

Cause closest to my heart: Reel Beauty mentors at-risk girls and puts on workshops to build self-confidence and spiritual awareness; they are life-changing. As a board member, I traveled with the organization and thought, Why don’t we document this? It’d be a great story to tell. I love being behind the camera. Biggest hero: Both of my parents influenced me in being a hard worker, showing up, teaching me to treat people the way I want to be treated. Sisterhood: My sisters [and I] are close. I’m the fifth of six, but they like to call me the “big sister” because I have a tendency to take charge. Definition of success: Loving what you do. I don’t think titles define you, and I don’t think being in a job that you’re unhappy in makes you successful. It’s about finding your niche and enjoying life every day. What keeps me centered: I meditate daily—it gives me clarity. Now that I’m 55, I’m starting to think about my health more. At some point I would like to say, “I’m going to train for a marathon.” Favorite travels: I love Lake Como, Italy—it’s like you’re looking at a picture. Monaco is just beautiful, and Tokyo’s a great experience. I’m going to Greece this year. I want to see the whole world. How I hope to make my mark: I’m just a girl from the South Side of Chicago, and I always want to be conscious of giving back to my community.

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FF FASHION FORWARD

With strong lines and crisp hues, the Chicago working woman’s wardrobe gets a potent new makeover this season.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT ASCROFT STYLING BY LAUREN FINNEY AND FAYE POWER

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ON SHELBY: Dress ($3,045) and belt ($990), Lanvin. Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-6500; saks.com. 18k yellow-gold and rock crystal caged earrings, Verdura ($8,000). Neiman Marcus, 737 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-5900; verdura.com. 18k yellow-gold Celtic Dunes ring, H.Stern ($3,200). Neiman Marcus, SEE ABOVE; neimanmarcus.com. Pumps, Aquazzura ($595). Intermix, 40 E. Delaware Pl., 312-640-2922; intermixonline.com. ON ERIKA: Dress, Oscar de la Renta ($1,790).

Saks Fifth Avenue, SEE ABOVE. 18k white-gold Fulfillment round diamond earrings, Hearts on Fire (price on request). James & Sons, 1845 N. Clybourn Ave., 773-327-8800; heartsonfire.com. 18k white-gold and PerlĂŠe diamond motif ring, Van Cleef & Arpels ($15,250). 933 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-8988; vancleefarpels.com.

Pumps, Dolce & Gabbana ($598). 68 E. Oak St., 312-255-0630; dolcegabbana.com

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Dress, Emporio Armani ($1,175). 25 E. Oak St., 312-337-3120; armani.com. 18k rose-gold Perlée diamond earrings ($24,000) and 18k rose-gold Perlée ring ($2,600), Van Cleef & Arpels.

933 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-8988; vancleefarpels.com. 18k pink-gold double coil Serpenti watch with diamonds, Bulgari ($38,400). 909 N. Michigan Ave., 312-255-1313; bulgari.com. Bag, Dolce & Gabbana ($3,295). 68 E. Oak St., 312-255-0630; dolcegabbana.com.

ON SHELBY: Dress, Bottega Veneta ($2,250).

800 N. Michigan Ave., 312-664-3220; bottegaveneta.com. Sterling silver medium Atlas hoop earrings, Tiffany & Co. (price on request). 730 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-7500; tiffany.com. Porsche Design P’9982 smartphone by Blackberry, Porsche Design ($1,990). The Shops at North Bridge, 312-321-0911; porsche-design.com OPPOSITE PAGE, ON ERIKA:

THIS PAGE: Dress, Bottega Veneta ($2,650).

800 N. Michigan Ave., 312-664-3220; bottegaveneta.com. 18k rose-gold bangle ($23,500) and 18k rose-gold bracelet ($44,700), Pomellato. 41 E. Oak St., 312-649-9720; pomellato.com. Bag, Dolce & Gabbana ($2,895). 68 E. Oak St., 312-255-0630; dolcegabbana.com

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THIS PAGE: Vest, Donna Karan New York ($1,495). Neiman Marcus, 737 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-5900; neiman marcus.com. 18k yellow-gold Perlée diamond motif earrings ($14,500) and 18k yellow-gold Perlée diamond motif ring ($14,850), Van Cleef & Arpels.

933 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-8988; vancleef arpels.com. Bracelet, Vita Fede ($675). Elements, 741 N. Wells St., 312-642-6574; elementschicago.com OPPOSITE PAGE, ON ERIKA:

Jacket, Gucci ($4,500). 900 North Michigan Shops, 312-664-5504; gucci.com. Tank, Donna Karan New York ($595).

Neiman Marcus, 737 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-5900; neimanmarcus.com. Trousers, Boss ($295). The Shops at North Bridge, 312-321-0700; hugoboss.com. Bag, Valextra ($3,990). Barneys New York, 15 E. Oak St., 312-587-1700; barneys.com. ON SHELBY: Dress (worn as top), Donna Karan New York ($995). SEE ABOVE. Skirt, Stella McCartney ($2,185). Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-6500; saks.com. 18k white-gold Fleurette diamond earrings, Van Cleef & Arpels ($25,400). 933 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-8988; vancleefarpels.com. Star Classique Lady automatic watch, Montblanc ($5,400).

900 North Michigan Shops, 312-943-1200; montblanc.com

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THIS PAGE: Pump, Manolo Blahnik ($835). Ikram, 15 E. Huron St., 312-587-1000 OPPOSITE PAGE:

Jacket ($3,900) and pants ($1,250), Dior. Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 N. Michigan Ave., 312-944-6500; saks.com. Shirt, Burberry London ($325). 633 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-2500; burberry.com. 18k white-gold Fulfillment round diamond earrings, Hearts on Fire (price on request).

James & Sons, 1845 N. Clybourn Ave., 773-327-8800; heartsonfire.com. iPad case, Smythson ($635). Barneys New York, 15 E. Oak St., 312-587-1700; smythson.com Hair by Julien Farel of Next Artists for Julien Farel Haircare Makeup by Tracy Crystal of Next Artists using Chanel Manicure by Myrdith Leon-McCormack using Dior Vernis at Factory Downtown Set design by Sergio Esteves for utopianyc.com Hair assistance by Mark Anthony and Amanda Troisi for Julien Farel Haircare Makeup assistance by Shain Kish Models: Erika P. and Shelby C. at New York Model Management

Beauté: Chanel Vitalumière Aqua Foundation in Beige 10 ($45), Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Colour in No. 30 ($57), Rouge Allure Intense Long-Wear Lip Colour in Passion ($35), Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow in Lotus ($29), Écriture de Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner ($34), Inimitable Mascara in Noir ($30), and Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil in Brun Naturel ($29). Chanel, 935 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-5500; chanel.com.

Hair: Moroccanoil Treatment ($43). moroccanoil.com

ON ERIKA THROUGHOUT:

ON SHELBY THROUGHOUT: Beauté: Chanel Perfection Lumière Foundation ($57), Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Colour in No. 60 ($57), Rouge Allure Intense Long-Wear Lip Colour in Pirate ($35), Écriture de Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner ($34), Joues Contraste Powder Blush in Emotion ($43), Inimitable Intense Mascara in Noir ($30), and Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil in Brun Cendré ($29). Chanel, 935 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-5500; chanel.com.

Hair: Moroccanoil Luminous Hairspray Medium ($22). moroccanoil.com

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MAY 10: MUSIC MATTERS

MAY 16: KILLER COLLECTIONS & MARIO, MAKE ME A MODEL

Join the Ravinia Associates Board—ranked as one of the region’s most infuential “junior boards” by Crain’s Chicago Business—at the Radisson Blu Aqua for the cornerstone of their fundraising eforts, Music Matters.

Tis exciting black-tie event includes dinner, dancing, live music and a special tribute to founding Ravinia Associates Board President David Weinberg. Tis evening provides funding for Ravinia’s REACH*TEACH*PLAY education programs.

Join Mario Tricoci and 600+ guests for an evening of Chicago fashion and the exciting conclusion of Mario, Make Me a Model! Five fnalists will walk the runway with professional models in a show featuring Killer Collections from top Chicago Designers.

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Cocktail Reception 6:30-7:30 Runway Show 7:30 Tickets start at $39.50

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Celebrating 25 years of comfort. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams began in 1989 with upholstered dining chairs. Today, the company offers a full line of tailored and slipcovered furniture, casegoods, lighting, fine linens, accessories, rugs and wall art.

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Situated on the edge of the Loop at the gateway to River North, transportation, fne dining and world-class shopping are all minutes from your doorstep.

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APRIL 30 - MAY 11: THE JOFFREY BALLET U.S. PREMIERE OF ROMEO & JULIET Krzysztof Pastor’s contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece is set in Italy against a striking multimedia backdrop. Tis iconic tale of love and loss unfolds to Sergei Prokofev’s dramatic score. Bravura dancing, touching lyricism, and epic storytelling unite in this rendering of ill-fated true love.

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Haute Property NEWS, STARS, AND TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE

The former Lake Shore Athletic Club is now a grand residential building with gracious public spaces.

Adapting a Legend A REMNANT OF THE PREWAR LUXE LIFE GETS A FITTING 21ST-CENTURY MAKEOVER.

BY LISA SKOLNIK

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIAN KRAUS

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n a city renowned for its historic buildings, what becomes a legend most?

The luxury treatment, of course, ideally coupled with adaptive reuse.

That tried-and-true formula has been especially successful in Streeterville; the first edifice in the area to get the swan transformation was the American Furniture Mart (currently known as 680 North Lake Shore Drive) in the mid-’80s, followed by the Palmolive Building in the mid-’oughties. Now the Lake Shore Athletic Club—rechristened with just its address, 850 North Lake Shore Drive, like many other grand buildings that line the boulevard—is joining this exclusive group of regal residential properties.

All are kindred structures: architecturally significant buildings with sensitively conserved exteriors and resourcefully adapted interiors; note-

worthy Chicago architectural firms behind their makeovers (Lohan Associates did 680, while Booth Hansen did 850 and the Palmolive); and expansive apartments, thanks to the high ceilings and deep floor plates dictated by the commercial codes that originally governed their design.

But unlike its predecessors, 850 reflects a new world order, filling a postrecession marketplace need: Its 198 units are for rent rather than sale. “No one has this product,” says Matt Phillips, CEO of Integrated Development Group and the visionary behind the project. “It’s a new format in Chicago.”

Phillips is spot-on. “This property is very different than the competition,” adds Gail Lissner, vice president of the real estate consultancy Appraisal continued on page 158

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Vintage Chicago homes are a prize worth waiting for. plans. “When I read that there was a lot of local public support during that waiting period to save the building,” he says, “I contacted Northwestern and reminded them of my intention to do an adaptive reuse and turn it into luxury senior housing.”

His tenacity paid off. In 2008, Northwestern accepted his bid. But two years later, with construction drawings in hand, Phillips found it impossible to secure financing for the project because the market had tanked. But he knew he had a “special and incredibly valuable asset,” he says, and was determined to “find a way to save it.” A proposal to turn the building into luxury rentals did the trick.

With a new plan, the architects had to add more units. “The condos were designed to be bigger and have more double-height spaces,” says Booth Hansen principal George Halik. “We had to subdivide them with new floor slabs to fit in more units. And to garner more lake views, we moved the double-loaded corridors on the upper floors to the back of the building.” That made the apartments extra-deep, “which led to 64 unique floor plans.” Yet while “the units are modern in concept,” Halik adds, “the building’s detailing is consistent with the historic exterior.”

With its posh apartments and classy trappings, “they’re aiming at pretty high-level renters, and getting them,” he notes. “People want exclusivity, and this fills that need.” Still, the remarkably high caliber of the project raises the obvious question: Will 850 go condo someday? No one will say, but it’s clear that a conversion would be one indication of a full market recovery. 850 Lake Shore Dr., 312-915-0850; 850lsd.com MA

Renting a grand apartment in a historic Chicago building is a privilege for the very few. “There are only a handful of options that haven’t turned condo besides 850,” says Baird & Warner broker Robert Shearer (312909-8641), a luxury rental specialist and himself a North Lake Shore Drive renter. Also, these units rarely turn over. “I got my own because I knew the people living there before me for 35 years,” he says. For the patient and persistent, here’s where to look.

1420 North Lake Shore Drive, a 1929 Gothic Revival building managed by DK Living (312-951-0229), sports just two cavernous apartments per floor.

70 East Walton Residences, a “petite” high-rise also managed by DK Living (312-787-8080, ext. 1), is vintage on the outside, new inside, and offers shortterm rentals with concierge services.

3240, 3260, and 3270 North Lake Shore Drive and 3000 North Sheridan Road are all vintage grande-dame high-rises with spacious units, managed by Wirtz Realty (312-943-7000).

The waiting times are often lengthy— with the longest by far at 3240.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIAN KRAUS

continued from page 157 Research Counselors. “The other new development taking place is generally very contemporary, with a younger orientation, lots of smaller units, and not on Lake Shore Drive. But this property has lake views, lots of large apartments, and unique, character-rich spaces.”

Indeed, these residences come with lavish fixings and finishes, a coveted amount of space, and cosseting amenities, including fitness facilities, an impressively large pool, and a landscaped roof deck with gas grills. The units average 1,300 square feet and boast nine- to 14.5-foot-high ceilings. At 772 to 900 square feet and $2,290 per month and up, the five studios are larger and more costly than most one-bedrooms; the largest apartment is a 3,800-square-foot duplex for $12,000 a month.

In truth, the 1927 building—a patrician, classically detailed number with gracious public spaces and top-drawer athletic facilities (Olympic gold medalist and movie star Johnny Weissmuller trained in the posh pool), designed by noted Chicago society architect Jarvis Hunt—narrowly escaped the wrecking ball and a subsequent plan to turn it into luxury condos for seniors.

“Northwestern University bought it in the 1970s for student housing, then put it back on the block in 2007,” says Phillips, “but Fifield Realty won the request for proposals, and they were going to tear it down and build condos.” (At the time, his company was one of the losing bidders.)

Fortunately for Phillips, the historic building was coded orange and thus subject to the city’s Demolition Delay Ordinance, which gives citizens a period in which to comment on a developer’s

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BROKERS’ ROUNDTABLE

LEFT: This lakefront home at 322 Sheridan Road in Winnetka is listed by Peter Cummins for $1.349 million.

RIGHT: Also with Cummins, the stately Tudor at 790 Bryant Avenue in East Winnetka is on the market for $2.895 million. BELOW: Gloria Matlin and Peter Cummins

Northern Exposure FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, SUPPLY AND DEMAND ARE DICTATING THE LUXURY MARKET TRENDS ON CHICAGO’S TONY NORTH SHORE. BY LISA SKOLNIK

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t’s not surprising that the latest S&P/Case-Shiller numbers show that single-family home prices in the Chicago metropolitan area jumped more than 11 percent last October, posting their best year-over-year rise since December 1988. After all, “bidding war” has been the byword for prime properties in the city for months—a trend that’s growing, according to the national real estate brokerage Redfin, which in January named Chicago the only market to see a year-over-year increase in

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the percentage of offers facing competition. But neither trend applies to the North Shore, insist bigticket brokers Gloria Matlin of Coldwell Banker and Peter Cummins of @properties. Here’s why.

So prices aren’t up on the North Shore, even for luxury properties?

Gloria Matlin: What people want goes so fast that these homes usually sell for top dollar before they hit the listing services. Brokers get their buyers in there before you can even think bidding war, and they pay what it takes.

Peter Cummins: Everyone has different priorities, but there are two new universals: Everyone wants the New Trier school district and new construction with new everything inside and out. That’s the problem: Nothing new has been built in the last few years.

Developers are just gearing up again. As soon as they put up a building sign, someone sees it and buys the house straight from the plans for, say, $1.6 million before it comes to market. But that’s not luxury.

Those are starter homes.

Where does that leave luxury prices?

GM: Much higher than in the city. Nice starter homes go for $1.6 million to $2.4 million, but true luxury starts at $2.5 million. Don’t get us wrong: You can get a really nice house for under a million, but it’s dated.

PC: It’s cheaper to buy resale and renovate, and more expensive to buy new, but buyers can get mortgages more easily than home equity loans for renovations. People used to be willing to buy a gorgeous old house for $2 million and put another million in, but now they don’t have the time and can’t get the money. So that makes a beautiful, clean, 3,500-square-foot house more valuable.

What about locations? Is it still better to be near the water?

GM: It depends on what you want. Working couples may want to be close to the train; families might want to be in a certain lower school district.

If you have three kids, it’s nice to be in Kenilworth because it’s the same school for K to 8.

PC: The most important thing is to work with someone who can help you figure out what you really need and get you there.

Gloria Matlin, Coldwell Banker, 640 Vernon Ave., Glencoe, 847-835-6058; coldwellbanker.com. Peter Cummins, @properties, 30 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, 847-881-0200; atproperties.com MA

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44 E. Grand Ave., 312-521-8701; bafforistorante.com Brindille Veteran chef Carrie Nahabedian offers a taste of Paris in River North. 534 N. Clark St., 312-595-1616; brindille-chicago.com Bottlefork Four Seasons alum Kevin Hickey teams with Rockit Ranch Productions for creative cuisine and cocktails in River North. 441 N. Clark St., 312-955-1900; bottlefork.com Bull & Bear Don’t miss the addictive griddled salami sandwich at this sleek haunt near the Merchandise Mart. 431 N. Wells St., 312-527-5973; bullbearbar.com Café des Architectes Fine French fare in a sophisticated Sofitel setting. 20 E. Chestnut St., 312-324-4063; cafedesarchitectes.com Carnivale Latin flavor in an updated Technicolor West Loop setting. 702 W. Fulton Market, 312-850-5005; carnivalechicago.com Chicago Chop House Go old school at this clubby River North steakhouse classic. 60 W. Ontario St., 312-787-7100; chicagochophouse.com Chicago Cut Steakhouse Colossal steaks and shellfish in a sleek riverside location. 300 N. LaSalle St., 312-329-1800; chicagocutsteakhouse.com Chop Shop A butcher shop breathes new life into a former auto shop in Wicker Park. 2033 W. North Ave., 312-342-1909; chopshopchi.com Cicchetti Michael Sheerin (Trencherman) brings Italian small plates to Streeterville 671 N. St. Clair St., 312-642-1800; cicchettirestaurant.com The Dawson Billy Lawless (Henri, The Gage) pays homage to Chicago’s industrial past with this pairing-driven hot spot in River West.

730 W. Grand Ave., 312-243-8955; the-dawson.com Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen Feel-good fare tucked away on Walton Street. 100 E. Walton St., 312-626-1300; docbsfreshkitchen.com

COPPERVINE Just Grapes owner Don Sritong brings food pairings to Lincoln Park with some help from chef Michael Taus. Try the crispy Miller Farms fried chicken with buttermilk whipped potatoes and Sriracha mayo (PICTURED).

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Dusek’s Board & Beer Longman & Eagle duo Bruce Finkelman and Craig Golden transform Thalia Hall with this new Pilsen destination.

1227 W. 18th St., 312-526-3851; dusekschicago.com Eataly An eye-popping emporium of all things Italian. Grazie mille, Mario Batali. 43 E. Ohio St., 312-521-8700; eataly.com Found Kitchen and Social House American fare with a conscience. 1631 Chicago Ave., Evanston, 847-868-8945; foundkitchen.com Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse Enjoy the finest people-watching in town. 1028 N. Rush St., 312-266-8999; gibsonssteakhouse.com Grace Curtis Duffy (Avenues) aims for four stars with this elegant spot. 652 W. Randolph St., 312-234-9494; grace-restaurant.com Hubbard Inn Head to Hubbard Street for

small plates like seared scallops and chickpea crêpes. 110 W. Hubbard St., 312-222-1331; hubbardinn.com IO Urban Roofscape Ascend to the Godfrey Hotel’s fourth-floor rooftop lounge for an unparalleled vantage point. 127 W. Huron St., 312-649-2000; godfreyhotelchicago.com Japonais by Morimoto “Iron chef” Masaharu Morimoto brings a fresh perspective to River North institution Japonais. 600 W. Chicago Ave., 312-822-9600; japonaismorimoto.com Jellyfish Late-night sushi in a stunning atrium overlooking Rush Street. 1009 N. Rush St., 312-660-3111; jellyfishchicago.com Little Goat Breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Top Chef toque Stephanie Izard. 820 W. Randolph St., 312-888-3455; littlegoatchicago.com LYFE Kitchen Gluten-free, vegan, and everything in between from star chefs Art Smith and Tal Ronnen. 413 N. Clark St., 312-836-5933; restaurant.lyfekitchen.com Mastro’s Steakhouse A glitzy River North destination for steaks and sushi. 520 N. Dearborn St., 312-521-5100; mastrosrestaurants.com Morton’s The Steakhouse The Chicago original. 1050 N. State St., 312-266-4820; mortons.com Nouveau Tavern Year-round Mardi Gras with seafood gumbo and jambalaya. 358 W. Ontario St., 312-915-4100; nouveautavern.com Pearl Tavern Come for the oysters but stay for the lobster roll at this new concept on the cusp of the Loop. 180 N. Wacker Dr., 312-629-1030; pearltavern.com Piccolo Sogno Due Chef Tony Priolo brings his signature rustic Italian to River North.

340 N. Clark St., 312-822-0077; piccolosognodue.com Pump Room A Chicago icon returns to its former glory under Ian Schrager. 1301 N. State Pkwy., 312-787-3700; pumproom.com The Radler Craft sausage and aged beer in an open Logan Square space. 2375 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-276-0270; dasradler.com continued on page 168

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KINMONT Sustainable seafood—think mussels (PICTURED), grilled sturgeon, and Door County whitefish chowder—is the story at this River North hot spot from the team behind Nellcôte and Old Town Social. 419 W. Superior St., 312-915-0011; kinmontrestaurant.com

Siena Tavern Top Chef alum Fabio Viviani conquers the Windy City. 51 W. Kinzie St., 312-595-1322; sienatavern.com Sixteen Executive Chef Thomas Lents’s cuisine is a feast for the eyes. 401 N. Wabash Ave., 312-588-8030; sixteenchicago.com Sophie’s Savor jumbo lump crab cakes and Wagyu burgers at this restaurant overlooking the Mag Mile. 700 N. Michigan Ave., 7th Fl., 312-525-3400; sophies.com Spiaggia Exquisite Italian fare in an iconic

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Magnificent Mile space. 980 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Fl., 312-280-2750; spiaggiarestaurant.com Tanta A taste of Peru comes to the Windy City.

118 W. Grand Ave., 312-222-9700; tantachicago.com Travelle A stunning Mediterranean destination in the super-sleek Langham Hotel. 330 N. Wabash Ave., 312-923-9988; travellechicago.com Untitled An impeccably outfitted underground food-and-drink parlor with a speakeasy vibe.

111 W. Kinzie St., 312-880-1511; untitledchicago.com Drink The Aviary Twenty-first-century cocktails from the Next team. 955 W. Fulton Market, 312-226-0868; theaviary.com ¡Ay Chiwowa! The Rockit Ranch nightspot scores with killer tacos and more than 80 tequilas.

311 W. Chicago Ave., 312-643-3200; aychiwowa.com The Berkshire Room Old-world cool meets modern mixology at the Acme Hotel’s lounge.

15 E. Ohio St., 312-894-0800; theberkshireroom.com Billy Sunday Imaginative mixed drinks in Logan Square. 3143 W. Logan Blvd., 773-661-2485; billy-sunday.com Bodi Late-night bites, bottle service, and a clubby vibe in River North. 873 N. Orleans St., 312-440-9680; bodichicago.com Brixton Bar bites and bubbly in Andersonville.

5420 N. Clark St., 773-961-7358 CH Distillery Tour Chicago’s first vodka distillery and try The Tradition, a shot of vodka with a side of rye bread and pickles. 564 W. Randolph St., 312-707-8780; chdistillery.com Deca Restaurant + Bar The Ritz-Carlton’s super-civilized watering hole. 160 E. Pearson St., 312-573-5160; decarestaurant.com Double Cross Lounge A new lounge tucked away on the sixth floor of the Kinzie Hotel.

20 W. Kinzie St., 312-395-9000; kinziehotel.com Drumbar Creative cocktails by Alex Renshaw atop the Raffaello Hotel. 201 E. Delaware Pl., 312-924-2531; drumbar.com DryHop Brewers Raise a glass to hop-centric ales in Lakeview. 3155 N. Broadway, 773-857-3155; dryhopchicago.com Fairways This recently opened Lincoln Park lounge features 18 craft beers and a reservationsonly golf club with HD simulators. 1141 W. Armitage Ave., 773-698-6020; fairwayschicago.com Jimmy This ’70s-inspired lounge specializes in sophisticated cocktails like the Dirty Little Secret. 610 N. Rush St., 312-660-7191; jimmyatjames.com Lagunitas Brewing Company The California

CELESTE The stars have aligned at this celestialthemed River North supper club, which serves heady cocktails like the signature Constellation, a mix of rum, sherry, citrus, and strawberry. 111 W. Hubbard St., 312-828-9000; celestechicago.com

import hits Pilsen with a 300,000-square-foot brewery. 1843 S. Washtenaw Ave.; lagunitas.com Le Bar This boîte at the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower attracts a premium crowd. 20 E. Chestnut St., 312-324-4000; cafedesarchitectes.com/le-bar Links Taproom Craft beer, sausage, and hand-cut fries in Wicker Park. 1559 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-360-7692; linkstaproom.com Lone Wolf Restaurant Row welcomes a new watering hole with this tavern from Heisler Hospitality. 806 W. Randolph St., 312-600-9391 Maude’s Liquor Bar A West Loop hot spot with whiskey shots aplenty. 840 W. Randolph St., 312-243-9712; maudesliquorbar.com NoMI Lounge Enjoy the Junipero gin–laden Driver cocktail while soaking up the sights above the Magnificent Mile. 800 N. Michigan Ave., 312-239-4030; hyatt.com/gallery/nomi Parliament Opulent River North club. 324 W. Chicago Ave., 312-380-0004; parliamentchicago.com Potter’s The beloved lounge in the Palmer House debuts a renovated space. 124 S. Wabash Ave., 312-917-4933; palmerhousehiltonhotel.com Public House Game day goes gastro at the intersection of State and Kinzie. 400 N. State St., 312-265-1240; publichousechicago.com Roof Climb to this sultry bar atop theWit hotel.

201 N. State St., 312-239-9501; roofonthewit.com Sportsman’s Club This Humboldt Park tavern continued on page 170

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continued from page 167 Seasons 52 Take a break from shopping at this 475-calories-or-less restaurant in The Shops at North Bridge. 520 N. Michigan Ave., 312-222-1622; seasons52.com Sepia Michelin-starred cuisine by Executive Chef Andrew Zimmerman. 123 N. Jefferson St., 312-441-1920; sepiachicago.com SideDoor A new gastropub nestled inside the historic McCormick Mansion. 100 E. Ontario St., 312-787-5000; sidedoorchicago.com

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Shop Azeeza Luxury womenswear designer Azeeza Khan brings razzle-dazzle to the 900 North Michigan Avenue Shops. 900 N. Michigan Ave., 5th Fl., 312-649-9373; atelierazza.com Barbour Cheers to the British retailer’s new Gold Coast outpost. 54 E. Walton St., 312-944-0250; barbour.com/us

CHALK BOUTIQUE Owners Carrie Kane and Sharon Watrous curate a chic selection of women’s apparel and accessories from labels like Rosie Assoulin, Chloé, Delpozo, and Hellessy at this boutique tucked away on the North Shore.

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Barneys New York The Midwest flagship stocks heavy hitters like Balenciaga and Proenza Schouler. 15 E. Oak St., 312-587-1700; barneys.com Bloomingdale’s Six levels of chic looks by contemporary designers. 900 N. Michigan Ave., 312-440-4460; bloomingdales.com Brioni Custom Italian suiting hits Walton Street. 12 E. Walton St., 312-649-9100; brioni.com Buccellati Handcrafted baubles from Milan.

62 E. Oak St., 312-600-9224; buccellati.com Burberry Chicago finds its London calling at the gleaming Michigan Avenue flagship.

633 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-2500; us.burberry.com CH Carolina Herrera Classic silhouettes and pops of color in a lovely Oak Street space.

70 E. Oak St., 312-988-9339; carolinaherrera.com Christian Louboutin Paint the town red with fabulous pumps. 58 E. Oak St., 312-337-8200; christianlouboutin.com Citizen Stone The next best thing to raiding tastemaker Alexis Cozzini’s closet. 1440 N. Dayton St., Unit 302, 312-624-9062; citizenstone.com Edith Hart This Bucktown boutique stocks coveted designers like C/Fan and Paper Crown.

1917 N. Damen Ave., 773-252-3350; edithhart.com Ermenegildo Zegna Tailored suits for the man-about-town. 540 N. Michigan Ave., 312-587-9660; zegna.com Escada Add some sporty elegance with European-inspired designs. 51 E. Oak St., 312-915-0500; escada.com The Fifth Avenue Man A sophisticated sanctuary for the well-dressed gent. 700 N. Michigan Ave., 6th and 7th Fls., 312-944-6500; saks.com Frye The Jillian boots are made for walking at this Rush Street retailer. 1007 N. Rush St., 312-642-3793; thefryecompany.com Graff Diamonds Brilliant baubles in the Gold Coast. 103 E. Oak St., 312-604-1000; graffdiamonds.com Hermès The ultimate in aspiration, straight from Paris. 25 E. Oak St., 312-787-8175; hermes.com Ikram Definitive fashions from Chicago’s own style maven Ikram Goldman. 15 E. Huron St., 312-587-1000; ikram.com J. Toor Bespoke suiting for the modern man. 900 N. Michigan Ave., 5th Fl., 312-291-8249; jtoor.com Louis Vuitton Monogrammed leather bags and luxury trunks galore. 700 N. Michigan Ave., 312-255-0470; louisvuitton.com

CHARLES TYRWHITT This mainstay of London’s Jermyn Street hits the Financial District with crisp, classic shirting and suiting that last well beyond the 5 PM bell, all for the most dapper of gents.

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LuLu’s on the Avenue An unmatched selection of vintage jewelry and couture. 900 N. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl., 312-888-9149; lulusbellekay.com Maje Parisian chic hits Oak Street. 100 E. Oak St., 312-649-9228; us.maje.com Marshall Pierce & Company This familyowned jeweler adds sparkle to Chicago. 335 N. Michigan Ave., 312-782-4403; marshallpierce.com Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Sleek home furnishings in Lincoln Park. 1555 N. Halsted St., 312-397-3135; mgbwhome.com Neiman Marcus Home to haute names like Tom Ford and Alexander McQueen. 737 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-5900; neimanmarcus.com Porsche Design Luxe looks in The Shops at North Bridge. 520 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Fl., 312-321-0911; porsche-design.com Roam This Old Town boutique is tailor-made for the sartorially adventurous. 1419 N. Wells St., 312-664-2222; roamchicago.com Saint Laurent The iconic label returns to Chicago with a sleek boutique designed by Saint Laurent’s creative director, Hedi Slimane.

11 E. Walton St., 312-202-0166; ysl.com Salvatore Ferragamo Put your best foot forward in classic Italian designs. 645 N. Michigan Ave., 312-397-0464; ferragamo.com Sararose Wunderkind stylist Sararose Krenger’s chic boutique-with-a-view. 67 E. Oak St., Ste. 5W, 773-654-3421; sararosekrenger.com Tom Ford The new king of Oak Street. 66 E. Oak St., 312-605-5041; tomford.com Tommy Bahama Island fever along the Mag Mile. 520 N. Michigan Ave., 312-644-8388; tommybahama.com Vineyard Vines The first Midwestern outpost of the iconic Cape Cod brand. 540 N. Michigan Ave., 312-828-9601; vineyardvines.com MA

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These are women not seen in public without looking their exquisite best, with an insatiable need to publicly trumpet their social position and power. Their fervor for fashion borders on religious, and their laser-focused goal is to see and be seen by their peers. Four select restaurants are their chosen lunchtime destinations, three in the Gold Coast and one in River North. Because I hope to continue breathing and live to a ripe age, I will give these establishments fictitious names after my four nephews—Todd’s, JT’s, David’s, and Tony’s— although they are easily recognizable to those in the know.

Out of necessity, the general managers and table captains of these culinary menageries possess an elephantine memory of their patronesses’ likes, dislikes, and needs, not least of which is to be seated no closer than S. Pellegrino bottle – throwing distance from their current husband’s ex-wife, mistress, or shady business associate. One high-ranking social lioness is said to grow deathly pale when her late husband’s call girl enters JT’s on the arm of a detested hairdresser. And at David’s, baronial portraits of Downton Abbey-esque ancestors gaze down upon intrigues Ian Fleming would have found delicious. One skeletal, superbly dressed, and bejeweled grande dame occupies a booth that was once the domain of her

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former best friend; machinations worthy of Che Guevara have installed her there. The delicate lamplight and sparkling mirrors of Todd’s soften expertly nipped-and-tucked faces—in stark contrast to Tony’s, where sunscreen is a sober necessity to combat the intense sunshine that pours through its two-story windows overlooking an elegant shopping avenue below.

Among these Chicago-chic ladies, blonde hair is de rigueur, coiffed and spun into a monsoon-proof sugar-coated helmet.

Jewelry is understated and correct—diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but not at lunch. Luscious deep-sea pearls are occasionally seen resting on giraffelike necks, framed by luncheon suits on the order of Giorgio Armani and Carolina Herrera. Food is consumed in negligible quantities, belying a gladiator’s appetite for gossip as decadent as a platter of chocolate ganache cake. Confidences are exchanged with a solemnity that altar boys reserve for the Confiteor Dei. How farcical this world is in comparison to the Saline Downtown Diner, six miles from my sister’s farm in southeastern Michigan. Ladies of “the D” talk not of clothes and clandestine trysts, but of grandchildren and the upcoming summer 4-H competition. Their clothes are conservatively cut, dark, and accented with reset family sapphires and restrung family pearls.

A hearty lunch is required to sustain them through afternoon committee meetings concerning county farm assessment-tax increases and Grange benefits. Despite sunburned faces and careworn hands, they are every bit as giddy and gossipy as a 24k Windy City socialite. Albeit without the self-absorption and vanity. A reality show? I’d name it The Real Ladies Who Lunch. MA

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