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Kendall County MAGAZINE

FALL 2018

COUNTRY Living Gomoll family builds thriving farm in the heartland FALLING INTO FASHION PAGE 14

DECORATE YOUR HOUSE FOR FALL INSIDE AND OUT PAGE 20

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INSIDE FAMILY

HOME & LIFESTYLE

9 COUNTRY LIVING Yorkville’s Gomoll family is building a thriving farm and home décor shop

20 DECORATE YOUR HOUSE FOR FALL-INSIDE AND OUT Tips to bring autumnal décor to your home

13 SUBURBAN SUPERDAD Life skills in the century of tech

DINING

14 FALLING INTO FASHION Discover autumn fashion trends

23 TIME FOR TEA AT BELLADONNA TEA ROOM Newly opened Yorkville tea room brings delicious fall beverages and local fare

17 BROW BEAUTY Explore eyebrow trends to make your peepers pop

25 SMILE AND SAY CHEESE Steve Buresh takes cheesecake to a new and tasty level

TRAVEL

OUT & ABOUT

FASHION

19 THE GLASS-HALF-FULL GUY Travel and Family

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28 FALL INTO AUTUMN Events and activities in and around Kendall County

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Editor's Note Ah, autumn. It is a time when the hot, humidity of summer falls away and cooler, crisper air signals a time for sweaters, bonfires and pumpkins.

Fortunately for residents in Kendall County, there are plenty of activities and events to welcome the season.

Let’s start with our cover family and their farm in Yorkville. Jen and Joe Gomoll’s farm and homestead sell specialty apples, fresh eggs and honey harvested by hand. Read more about their farm and home décor shop, Olde Farm Creek, on Page 9.

Owner and professional photographer Melissa Kiest brought her love of fashion to life and turned online only store, Melissa Jean Boutique, into a brick and mortar shop in downtown Oswego. You can learn about her story and fall’s fashion trends on Page 14.

Ready to bring autumn indoors? Check out “Decorate your house for fall – inside and out” on Page 20 and glean insight from Winding Creek Nursery and Garden Center, Stonehouse Market and Cooper Home Furnishings on how best to showcase your home with fall plants and décor.

offering special fall season menu items such as mulled pomegranate cider and Harvest Latte. Owner Adrian Frost also owns Wolf’s Hollow Farm in Plano that provides vegetables and herbs to its lunch menu. Read more about the business and its offerings on Page 23.

If you are a cheesecake aficionado, you need to look no further than Steve Buresh’s Cheesecake Store and Sandwich Shop in Oswego. He says Campfire cheesecake is just one of the fall flavors the shop offers during the autumn season. Read more on Page 25.

This edition of Kendall County Magazine has a listing of fun fall events from the Oswego Food and Truck Feast to Plano Oktoberfest to the Taste of Sandwich and more. You can find out more about these fall festivities on Page 28.

As we say so long to summer and a hearty hello to autumn, it’s a great time to explore Kendall County and everything it has to offer.

Thanks for reading.

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Published by Shaw Media 109 W. Veterans Parkway Yorkville, IL 60560 Phone: 630-553-7034 news@kendallcountynow.com PUBLISHER Daily Chronicle & Suburban Weekly Group Laura Shaw lshaw@shawmedia.com LOCAL SALES MANAGER Jaclyn Cornell 630-845-5234 jcornell@shawmedia.com ADVERTISING Kristin Hawkins 630-553-7034, ext. 2004 khawkins@shawmedia.com

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Jen and Joe Gomoll, along with their children Sarah and Jack, put their hearts into their farm and homestead in Yorkville. You can read about their home décor shop, Olde Farm Creek, as well as their specialty apples, fresh eggs and honey for sale on Page 9.

COVER PHOTO BY STEVEN BUYANSKY

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DESIGNER Allison LaPorta 630-427-6260 alaporta@shawmedia.com CORRESPONDENTS Kelsey O’Connor, Jonathan Bilyk, Vicki Martinka Petersen, Peter Stadalsky, Diane Krieger Spivak, Chris Walker, Erin Sauder

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Living

COUNTRY Gomoll family builds a thriving farm in the heartland

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f you passed by the patch of farmland a decade ago, you would’ve seen an empty cornfield.

Today, one family has transformed the area into a small, thriving farm and homestead.

Jen and Joe Gomoll own and run Gomoll Farm in Yorkville. They harvest and sell specialty apples, fresh eggs and honey harvested by hand. They also live on the land, in a home they spent years dreaming up for their family.

The farm and store are run by a staff of four: Joe, Jen and their two children, Sarah and Jack. Sarah, a high school senior, and Jack, a junior, are responsible for taking care of the chickens, collecting eggs and preparing them for sale.

“We have no employees,” says Joe Gomoll. “It’s a family affair.”

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There’s also a home decor shop in the farm’s barn run by Jen, with help from her daughter. The shop, Olde Farm Creek, sells vintage-inspired farmhouse pieces handpicked by Jen. It’s open a couple of weekends a month and stocked with a curated selected of candles, signs, shelves, wall decor, florals, table top decor and more.

They bought their patch of land in 2002, but didn’t make the move for another eight years. In the meantime, the family would take occasional walks through the property to figure out where we might build a house one day. Jen kept a binder of ideas, slowly designing the home from the ground up.

“We have some customers that come from a ways away,” says Jen Gomoll. “There’s always new stuff every time the store is open.”

“It was essentially empty farmland that over the years people had bought and sold hoping to build their dream house,” says Joe. “We were finally the ones who were able to do something with it.”

The family moved out to the farm almost seven years ago. With just over 15 acres of land, the Gomolls have plenty of space to try their hand at things they never had space for when they lived in the suburbs of Plainfield.

“It’s allowed us to build on it and we found we had this awesome resource that we can utilize for our passions,” says Joe. But the farming itself wasn’t the reason they made the move to the country. The couple, who’ve been married for 20 years, both grew up in the Chicagoland area and were drawn by the calm and sense of community in the country.

“It seemed like a more wholesome environment,” says Joe. “I think we both came to appreciate how much nicer it was, the natural beauty of farmland outside of the city.”

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Their dream became a reality in 2011, when the family moved into their new home at the end of the year. The first project was beekeeping. At the time, it was just an opportunity for Joe to explore his hobbies. He didn’t expect the operation to grow into what it’s become.

“We didn’t know it would take us down this path,” says Joe. “We were just looking for an opportunity to build a house and raise our kids in a rural environment.”

Today, he has between 16 and 18 hives. His son Jack has recently taken up a lot of beekeeping duties alongside his dad, helping to inspect, collect, extract and bottle the honey.

“We sell raw, filtered honey,” says Joe. “It’s taken from the hives unprocessed so you get the medicinal properties from it.”

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After the bees came the apple trees. Joe planted a dwarf system, so the area initially resembled a vineyard more than an apple orchard. There are about 550 trees, and Joe tends to each and every one of them on his own.

The small trees still produce plenty of apples.

There are typically 13 varieties up for sale at Gomoll Farm, with hard-to-find types such as pixie crunch, snowsweet, and blondees alongside customer favorites like honeycrisp.

“The idea was to be able to do something that’s more unique, something you couldn’t always buy in a store but provide a variety of apples that people could enjoy,” says Joe. Apples are available from September through December with most varieties available in October and November. Honey is harvested in July and September.

In the fall, guests can pick their own pumpkins from a newly expanded pumpkin patch.

They can also sip on freshly made cider, pressed from Joe’s apples from the Gomoll’s orchard. In a few years, they hope to begin selling Christmas trees in the winter.

“The idea is to be able to have something to harvest every season of the year,” says Joe.

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Much of what the farm produces is just for the Gomoll family. Joe tends to a garden that provides them with peppers, cucumbers, peas, potatoes, and onions. And of course there are always plenty of apples leftover.

“We’ve got more apples than we know what to do with,” says Joe. “Apple pies are very common.”

While the farm is small, they make efficient use of the land. Besides the apple orchard and beehives, Joe has dedicated two acres to wild prairie. The area is lush with wildflowers and home to native birds and insects.

“One of the things we try to do is be good stewards of the land,” he says. “We try to be as chemical-free as possible.”

Though the family puts much of their time and effort into tending to the land, they also appreciate all that the land has given back to them. The experience has been even more rewarding than they anticipated, says Joe. “It’s a lot of hard work and at the same time its very gratifying when you can plant stuff and grow it,” he says. “These are things you’re able to create with your hands and see a result.”

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Additional dates: Oct. 12 - 14, Nov. 2 - 4 (Christmas Open House), Nov. 16 - 18, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 - 2, Dec. 14 - 16.

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 SUBURBAN SUPERDAD 

Life skills in the century of tech With JONATHAN BILYK

It’s hard to overstate the importance of cable television to the life and childhood memories of one who straddles the dividing line between Gen Xer and Millennial.

While a discussion of the musket and bayonet drew me in, I soon took note that this infantryman of legend also carried a sewing kit and cooking gear.

soldier, sitting against a tree, cooking a meal while sewing his coat, came rushing back – along with the knowledge I had done next to nothing to cultivate my own culinary skills.

In ways that a full-fledged Millennial may find hard to understand, at a time in which we would have puzzled over terms like “World Wide Web,” and “smartphone,” or “Google” just sounded funny, those dozens of channels were a window to the world, helping us learn so much, in so many varied ways, for better and worse.

The 13-year-old version of me, I suppose, had never contemplated the fact that, in addition to shooting and stabbing colonial rebels, Napoleonic French imperial regulars, and other enemies of the realm, the Redcoats also needed to feed and clothe themselves – aspects of soldiering that appeared to make fighting wars a bit easier to manage.

We have since dived headlong into the 21st Century and cut the cable TV cord, yet the Food Network has remained an essential part of this suburban dad’s life, as its online trove of recipes, advice and restaurant recommendations have helped keep the good food flowing.

Of course, while we had dozens of channels to choose from, we usually just spent hours scrolling through the onscreen guide or flipping mindlessly through the channels, until we landed on one of the same two or three we always decided to watch anyway.

In that moment, while I had had no real interest in either cooking or tailoring for survival, I decided those would probably be useful skills to develop.

But being a typical American teenager of the 1990s, I decided I also had more important things to do, like watch baseball, be stupid with friends and play endless rounds of board games. Ordering pizza was so much easier than cooking freshly hunted game over an open fire, in any event.

For me, this meant the flipping usually ended at either ESPN, the History Channel or The Learning Channel (before Trading Spaces and similar ilk turned it into a never-ending ream of shows about house flipping and home design.)

And while Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter consumed far too much of my summer evenings, it was when baseball season ended that the programming on the other two channels often captured my attention, helping me learn a few important facts, while absorbing a large assortment of trivia.

Among the random nuggets, one that still stands out today had to do with the equipment of the colonial British soldier – the classic “Redcoat” – as in “The British are coming!” and tea barrels bobbing in Boston Harbor. (Or, if you’re still loyal to The Crown, the battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo.)

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But fast forward a few years, and now I’m married, sitting on the couch on a weeknight, now with my wife by my side – still flipping mindlessly through channels until we land on the same two or three channels we always watch. While I remain a frequent flier on ESPN in moments of solitude, the remote now usually took us to Trading Spaces and house-flipping shows (which, as a new property owner, was suddenly more relevant and entertaining), or The Food Network.

And it was there people like Bobby Flay, Ina Garten, Masaharu Morimoto, Emeril Lagasse, Guy Fieri and – personal favorite – Alton Brown became familiar company. Amid never-ending streams of “golden brown and delicious,” the memory of that British FAMILY IN FOCUS

And while the sets of Iron Chef, Chopped and Cutthroat Kitchen aren’t calling my name, and nothing cooked by my hand will ever earn a fist bump from Guy on Triple-D, most dishes have moved from “Hey, it’s hot, and at least we won’t starve” to “This is actually quite good.”

They might even earn a salute from that British soldier – unless, perhaps, he were somehow the ancestor of a certain foulmouthed British celebrity chef, who no doubt would berate even my best dishes as, , “rubbish,” while dressing me down for not knowing how to properly mend my apron.

 Jonathan Bilyk writes about the triumphs and travails of being a modernday dad who legitimately enjoys time with his family, while tolerating a dog that seems to adore him. He also doesn’t really like the moniker “Superdad” because it makes it sound like he wants to wear his undergarments on the outside of his pants.

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Fallin into fa The start of a new school year can be an ideal time to set personal and family goals for the coming year. If changing up your look is on your self-improvement list, there’s no better time to dip your toes into trying a new style then when the fall fashion season kicks off.

Darker colors are dominating this fall’s fashion lineup, including burgundy, navy, olive green, mustard and camouflage, notes Melissa Kiest, owner of Melissa Jean Boutique in Oswego.

“I love camouflage and wear it all the time,” says Kiest.

She’s also a fan of the popular cold shoulder tops. This style leaves the skin bare between the straps and sleeves. The trend started last year and continues to remain a fashion staple into the fall.

“Anyone can pull off the cold shoulder look. If you don’t want to wear long sleeves, you can bare a little skin with a cold shoulder top,” says Kiest.

Other popular fall trends Kiest is seeing include long sweaters, shirts that tie in front or on the side, wide leg pants, ruffle sleeves and ripped jeans.

New beginning Kiest’s eye for style began when she became a professional photographer almost 13 years ago when she founded Melissa Jean Photography and Design. In 2015, she brought her love of fashion to life when she launched an online boutique. Over the summer, she took the next step in her dream when Melissa Jean Boutique welcomed customers after the store transitioned into a physical location in downtown Oswego.

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Wide leg pants and cold shoulder tops dominate this fall’s fashion scene

BY Vicki Martinka Petersen PHOTOS TO Melissa Jean Photography & Design

“It’s always been my dream to open my own store. I love shopping at boutiques and finding unique items you can’t find at a department store,” she says.

The boutique also doubles as a venue for her photo shoots, which range from portraits of high school seniors to family reunion shots.

Trying a new look If you’re looking to add some trendy pieces to your wardrobe, Kiest recommends starting with the basics in your wardrobe, like a black pencil skirt, white blouse, black blazer and denim jacket. From there, mix the pieces you already own with fall trends. Kiest suggests pairing a pencil skirt with a cold shoulder top or wearing camouflage pants with a white blouse tied in front.

“Don’t be afraid to try something new. You can start by changing just one piece of your wardrobe,” Kiest says. “Instead of buying a plain top, get one that ties to the side or has a ruffle in the sleeve.”

MELISSA JEAN BOUTIQUE is located at 108 Main St., Oswego. Check them out at melissajeanboutique.com.

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Love them or hate them, your eyebrows play a pivotal role in conveying your expressions. Whether you’re tired of plucking those stray eyebrow hairs or you’re ready to move forward from the au natural look, help is available to take your eyebrow routine to the next level. Here are some of the options available to maintain your eyebrows.

clients to take a bath instead of a shower and to avoid using makeup above the eyebrow during this time.”

Microblading

“Over time the microblading fades as your face is exposed to the elements and facial washes,” Kahiga says. “It doesn’t fade right away, but you’ll eventually need a touch up.”

The latest trend in eyebrow care, microblading is a semi-permanent tattoo technique that entails hand drawing hair strokes to fill in sparse or thin eyebrows.

A virtually painless process, microblading begins with applying a numbing cream to the brows. Once the cream sets in, a technician draws in the brow using super-fine needles that gives brows a natural look.

The process can take up to two hours and lasts for 18-24 months. It can take up to two weeks for the area to heal.

Typically you’ll come in eight weeks after the procedure for shading and to assess how the healing process is going. After that, clients will come back for a touch up once a year.

Threading With threading, a technician twists a cotton thread to pull eyebrow hairs out one section at a time.

“It’s a precise line with threading going over each area multiple times whereas waxing is done in one swoop,” explains Sandra Hurtado, owner Harmony Aesthetics in Yorkville.

“It’s an open wound trying to heal, so it’s important not to get the area wet for 14 days,” says Fatimah Kahiga, owner of Pure Skin Solutions in Aurora.

“I tell my

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She suggests taking an over-the-counter pain medication prior to the appointment to help minimize the pain. Typically threading lasts four to six weeks

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between appointments. Hurtado recommends avoiding the urge to tweeze between visits.

“You’ll get better, longer lasting results if you leave the hair alone,” she says.

No matter what method you opt to try, the trend for eyebrows are full brows.

Hurtado says that’s why it is important to work with your technician on how much hair to remove.

“If you remove too much hair, sometimes it doesn’t come back. Any hair removal method has this risk, but it seems like with threading the tendency is to go too thin,” she adds.

Waxing Eyebrow waxing removes excess hair on the face to create the ideal brow shape. In this process, skin is prepped using a cleanser. Next, wax powder is applied so the wax sticks to the hair rather than the skin. After that, the technician applies wax according to desired brow shape, and then applies a strip to remove the wax.

“Waxing eyebrows is great for people who don’t like keeping up with tweezing or those who don’t know how to do their own brows,” explains Samantha Ridge, a level 2 hair stylist and eyebrow specialist at Stephen Alan Salon in Yorkville.

Ridge compares the level of pain to ripping off a bandage. To help minimize the pain, she recommends not exfoliating within 48 hours before or after getting waxed and not tanning within 24 hours before or after waxing.

Typically waxing lasts two to four weeks between appointments depending on the thickness of brows and how fast hair grows back.

“The more often you wax your brows, the more you’re going to reduce your hair growth in general. So in the future there will be less hair coming back,” Ridge says.

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By PETER STADALSKY

This weekend I drove up to the woods of Rothbury, Michigan for my family reunion. We are getting together for the first time in more than 30 years. I never have met most of my relatives from the Dutch side of the family, so it was a giant social of strangers, who remind me an awful lot of myself!

We pieced together family trees, played ridiculous games, told crass jokes, and I heard old stories of my dad being shot at with a shotgun shell stuffed with paper.

Having traveled many parts of the world, one thing I noticed very quickly is how important ‘family’ is to many cultures, even our own.

When I had returned home from one of my six-month, cross-country epics, I realized how focused on my own priorities I’d become, putting family events on the backburner. Since my brother and I moved out, everyone naturally dispersed and took interest in their own life’s path.

So, I started to make it a point to visit my parents for dinner, every Sunday, at their home about one

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hour south of my own. It’s become our Sunday tradition, and a very important part of our week.

Our relationship has grown so deep and special over the past four years of dinners, we hardly ever miss a week.

It’s so easy to get absorbed in my career and personal life and not realize I haven’t talked to a certain relative in months, or even years. I noticed this potential for a huge gap in my life, created by years of not making an effort to see family. I see a lot of my peers experiencing the pressure of “being somebody important” in our professions.

It’s not uncommon for us to sacrifice family and friends for our employers.

But I’ve come to the conclusion that for myself, family and friends have to come first. Because work is always going to be there, and when 30 years have past, I don’t want to have missed the best years, and the best people, of my life.

Most of my family is spread out all across the country, so I can’t simply pop in and say “hello.” But I can load my car up with a bag of clothes and hit the road on some weekend for

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get-togethers, whether those are large family reunions, or a weekend crashing on my cousin’s couch. I know that when I’m old, sitting in my rocking chair sipping lemonade, I won’t for a second be rehashing memories of successful business moves or working weekends. Rather I’ll be cherishing moments like these with family, beating everyone in a game of limbo.

The greatest currency we have is time, and it can never be saved, only spent. I must be wise in the ways spend my time because I only get one chance. I don’t see myself not being a travelaholic, but whether I’m on the road or in the grind, I always will make time for the ones I love.

u Peter Stadalsky is an Aurora resident and adventurer. He shares his travel experiences with a “glass-half-full” view of the world.

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Decorate your house

for FALL — inside and out

By Diane Krieger Spivak

Believe it or not, autumn is here.

And what better way to welcome the season than setting the mood at home, inside and out.

Three area businesses share what’s trending this season, in plants, home furnishings and vintage pieces.

Decorate a front porch, walkway or deck with mums, ornamental grasses and black eyed susans. “They’re all good plants for fall,” says Tina Perkins, of Winding Creek Nursery and Garden Center, in Millbrook. “You can fill a pot of ornamental grasses with cabbage or asters and mums to extend the blooming season.Your good old standbys people tend to like are sunflowers or ornamental peppers. There are dwarf annual sunflowers you can put in pots. They come in different colors besides yellow, like burgundy and other darker fall colors.”

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What to put fall flowers in? “All kinds of different containers,” says Perkins.

“Farmhouse style is still going strong, with repurposed items like washtubs, milk cans or anything you can find at flea markets.

Use pretty much anything that will hold a plant. Some people plant right into a bushel basket lined with a garbage bag.”

Decorate your front door with a wreath of artificial or dried leaves and flowers, mini pumpkins, gourds and burlap, adds Perkins.

Upcycled materials such as metal, wood or baskets add texture and interest. Use your imagination.

Indoors, neutral palettes are trending for fall, says Frances Rouse, owner of Stonehouse Market, which operates out of a 165-year-old landmark stone house in Oswego.

“Linens in light and creamy colors now will transition into warmer colors to carry through to Thanksgiving,” says Rouse. “You can warm it up in your home as the weather gets cooler by adding a few little things to carry through the holiday. So creams, greens and tans can transition into taupe and then brown.”

Rouse, who specializes in design consulting, reupholstering, repurposing and

repainting is currently making handmade fabric pumpkins for fall, using natural twigs for stem. “For some of our stems we go to Michigan and comb the beach where we find driftwood pieces. They have a washed gray weathered and worn look,” says Rouse.“The pumpkins are just very pretty and versatile. People put them on top of candlesticks and even in the powder room or guest bath. They don’t have to be a centerpiece. They can be grouped together in a basket and look great by a fireplace.”

The pumpkins are available in red and taupe green velvets, as well as a plush creamy white chevron print that fits well in a modern home, Rouse says.

Cara Cooper, of Cooper Home Furnishings, in Plano, echoes Rouse’s use of prints. “Fall doesn’t have to always be just oranges, reds and yellows. Don’t be afraid to bring in some bold black and white patterns, as well,” says Cooper. “They bring the perfect mix to a fall decor. It can be as simple as a rug or pillow or maybe a larger piece of furniture like an accent chair. Feel free to bring in pumpkins and gourds of different colors and patterns such as hunter green, black and cream.”

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decor is to add an element of cow hide as a rug,” notes Cooper.” You could also bring in an animal hide to already existing rugs by choosing to layer them over each other.”

You don’t have to break the bank to bring all this together, either, adds Cooper. “A fuzzy pillow, soft blanket, or fun furry footstool brings a warm element to a living space. A simple warm blanket draped over the chair can invite that warm fall feel.”

sayings and favorite quotes on the wall or chalkboard these can bring such a personal feel to any home or space,” says Cooper.

Accent with dried flowers and grasses. Different natural elements like dried hydrangea flowers, tall grasses and birch wood sticks can bring the feeling of fall into a home, adds Cooper.

“Most importantly, your home is a story, and a blank slate, always fill it with the things you love and let it tell a tale of who you are,” says Cooper.

If you have an empty small space, accessorize it with word signs and quotes. “By using warm

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up as for Halloween.

he Belladonna Tea Room changed its name and relocated just in time to begin offering special fall season items on its expansive menu.

One such fall drink is Belladonna’s very own mulled pomegranate cider.

Belladonna Tea & Coffee opened its doors at 101 W. Van Emmon Street in Yorkville at the end of August where its commitment to brewing perfect cups of tea and delicious cups of coffee followed it from its previous location in Sandwich.

“It’s delicious and we’ve had lines of people come in for it,” Frost said. “But we can only make it when there’s good apple cider available.”

“The fall and the winter are the most busy for coffee shops,” says Adrian Frost of Belladonna. “In the summer people are going on vacation or coming in to pick up a quick drink and going again. By fall, we’re getting busier and with our classes and workshops people are looking for a place to hang out and can get engaged and do a cool thing.”

While drinks to cool patrons off are quite popular in the summer, warmer beverages tend to increase in popularity around the same time that people begin thinking about what they’re going to dress

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The pomegranate cider is made from gala apple cider, all natural pomegranate juice, fresh orange peel and house-blended mulling spices. It’s usually available by the middle of the fall.

Another seasonal option is on the menu year-round but apparently seems to taste even better in the fall. The Harvest Latte is made with vanilla and mulling spices and steamed with one’s choice of milk.

“It stays on the menu and is really popular in the fall,” Frost says.

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“It’s like drinking a pumpkin latte without all the cheap syrups. We steam the milk and the mulling spices themselves with a little vanilla and with espresso and they love it.”

In addition to Belladonna’s regular sandwich and salad menu fixtures, other items will occasionally get some fall seasonal treatment. While the lunch crowd enjoys feasting on some of its most popular items, including the roasted garlic hummus wrap and the pear and Gorgonzola salad, the flatbread pizza varies each week.

“We will be expanding the lunch menu after we move to the bigger space,” Frost says. “The flatbread pizza changes every week and we like to use ingredients that are most in season at the moment.”

Belladonna owns its own vegetable and herb farm – Wolf’s Hollow Farm in Plano - and is a big-time supporter of utilizing locally grown produce, specializing in Old World heirloom produce and herbs.

“We think this is important,” Frost says. “People can become detached with all their coming and going so it’s nice to have items like these drinks made from scratch to remind them what’s going on outside and to keep them grounded.”

While sipping on coffee, tea or and of Belladonna’s other drinks or nibbling on a sandwich or salad this fall, guests can also attend classes and workshops, as well as well as festivals and special events.

Past classes have included distilling essential oils, gardening workshops, creative writing workshops, tea tastings, cooking demos and more.

“It’s delicious and we’ve had lines of people come in for it, But we can only make it when there’s good apple cider available.”

- Adrian Frost of Belladonna.

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SMILE & SAY CHEESE! Steve Buresh takes cheesecake to a new, and tasty, level

By Chris Walker

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Steve Buresh is a risk taker, but if he didn’t take the biggest gamble of his life, only a select few would be able to enjoy his unique cheesecakes and other delicious food items this fall.

That includes his Campfire cheesecake, which is one of his homemade goodies that is incredibly popular during the fall, and one he first created with a little trialand-error and the use of a blowtorch. Yes, a blowtorch.

“We didn’t know if we could get that campfire taste, but we have these torches that we use when we make onion soup

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so we figured why don’t we burn some of these marshmallows and see what happens,” Buresh says. “We found that if we did that, froze them and put them in batter, they wouldn’t get all ripped apart. So we tried it and it really tastes like you’re at the campfire.

They’re very popular so we keep making them.”

Reminiscing about past campfires via a delicious cheesecake would not be possible today if Buresh didn’t lose his job in 2010.

After struggling to find a new gig, he took a giant leap of faith by opening up his first cheesecake restaurant. Today, he has two Steve Buresh’s Cheescake Store and Sandwich Shop locations in Plainfield and

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Oswego, and both should sell plenty of Campfire cheesecakes and more in the near future.

“When fall comes around we switch the menu up a bit,” Buresh says. “Campfire is just one of the fall flavors that we have and then after October 31 we’re in super crazy baking mode for the holiday season.”

Those winter holidays can take their own sweet time in arriving so that folks have time to enjoy the Campfire and other fall flavors, including pumpkin, sweet potato, and the always-popular apple and cinnamon.

“Sales probably go up with the apple and cinnamon during the fall, but for some reason it’s the pumpkin and the campfire that are the biggest sellers for the fall,” Buresh says. “We did try a half cheesecake, half apple pie, which we called our fusion jar and we might try to something like that again.”

That’s the thing about Buresh. While his cheesecakes are now quite well known, he’s not afraid to try to add new flavors, to try new things and that extends to the rest of

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his menu as well.

“I listen to my customers,” he says. “If they say they would love something then we’ll probably look into doing it. Ever since we started, everything has been customerfocused. We try to give them what they want the best that we can and they love it.”

That includes his cranberry/turkey brie panini, which makes a welcome return during the fall months.

“We try to adapt to the changing weather of the seasons,” Buresh says. “If you had Christmas ham, we might make a panini with that and we’ll try some new soups, maybe something with pumpkin or butternut squash; something a little more hearty as we get to the colder weather.”

Finally, Buresh knows that not everyone goes bonkers over the changing of seasons.

Those not interested in fall flavors don’t need to panic as popular traditional fruit-flavored varieties as well as the more unconventional offerings will continue to populate the menu.

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FALL INTO AUTUMN WITH THESE AWESOME ACTIVITIES Compiled by Erin Sauder

The autumn season is a great time to fall in love with Oswegoland. And there are plenty of opportunities to do just that with the plethora of craft fairs, Oktoberfest celebrations, and food truck festivals. Check out where you can find the festivities in the list below: SEPT. 21 AND SEPT. 22 OKTOBERFEST IN OSWEGO Oswego Brewing Co., 61 S. Main St., Oswego Noon to 11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday During the inaugural event, the locally-owned Oswego Brewing Co. will be serving up traditional styles of Oktoberfest (Märzen), Hefeweizen, and Kölsch, along with other brewery favorites. Oktoberfest attendees can also enjoy traditional German fare provided by Wurst Kitchen, as well musical entertainment, including Hirsch on Friday and The Johnny Wagner Band on Saturday. Both Oswego Brewing Co. and Wurst Kitchen are sponsors of the event. oswegobrewing.com/

SEPT. 26 TASTE OF SANDWICH /LIONS CRUISE NIGHT Railroad Street just east of Main Street in downtown Sandwich 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

About 40 local businesses participate in the annual fundraising event, hosted by the Sandwich Association of Merchants. For a fee of $8, Taste of Sandwich attendees can get a punch card which is good for one sample from each participant. The event is held in conjunction with the Lions Club car show, held the next block over. Visitors can peruse a wide variety of

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 27 FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS Sandwich Fairgrounds, 1401 Suydam Road; downtown Sandwich; Indian Springs Shopping Center, East Route 34.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Crafts at Indian Springs Shopping Center) Held in three different locations throughout the city, this is considered one of the oldest and largest craft fairs in Illinois. Hundreds of vendors participate in the annual event, which showcases a large assortment of handmade, unique gifts and home decor. Festival of Crafts has become a tradition for many, annually drawing thousands of visitors to Sandwich. sandwich-il.org/craft-fairs/

OCT. 14 FOX FALL FEST Main Street, downtown Oswego 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sponsored by the Oswego Downtown Association, Fox Fall Fest is a family-focused event held every year in downtown Oswego. This year’s fourth annual fest includes a handcrafted and antique market, food trucks, giant slide, Touch-a-Truck/Tractor, face painting, musical performances, animals, giant bubbles and more. oswegodowntown.org/

OCT. 20 OSWEGO EAST FOOD TRUCK FEAST Oswego East High School, 1525 Harvey Road, Oswego 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

You can nosh for a good cause during this event, which will feature more than 15 of the area’s best food trucks. The day will also include live deejay entertainment, a vendor village featuring local businesses, Family Activity Zone, 50/50 raffle and more. Look for voting station jars to submit your pick for the “Beast of the Feast” award. General admission to the event is free.

Sponsored by the OEHS Key Club and produced by Brew Avenue Events, proceeds from the family-friendly event will benefit a local charity. facebook.com/events/1835037533461962/

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