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For the summer’s most trendforward fashion, fine art and interior design, turn to “Sophisticated Source.” (Shown here: Pencil skirt in antique floral cotton faille, $1,395, by Rosie Assoulin at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. The full look can be found at rosieassoulin.com.)

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on the cover: Michael Zhou, the executive director of the Zhou B Art Center and the subject of this issue’s Chicagoan-to-watch profile, “Generation Next.”

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SOPHISTICATED DEFINED Designer Derek Lam gets candid about finding fashion inspiration abroad and life’s simple pleasures

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LIBERATION IS A DRESS Winnetka designer Olivia Joffrey’s easy-breezy caftans and tunics garner a following from women seeking simple elegance

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GENERATION NEXT As executive director of the Zhou B Art Center, Michael Zhou is building partnerships with big brands—and redefining the business of art

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OLD-SCHOOL COOL A 200-year-old schoolhouse turned boutique hotel in Park City, Utah, draws discerning skiers and high alpine adventure-seekers

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Summer’s hottest essentials for heading back to the beach in style With aromas of blackberry, cassis, dark chocolate and violet, the 2013 Rarity from Beaulieu Vineyard in Napa Valley delivers massive power and weight

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With every issue we bring to life, I think long and hard about writing this publisher’s note. To be quite honest, there are times that I really get stumped. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it’s so important to me to put myself out there every step of the way. When I first took over the magazine in 2015, Elise [Hofer Shaw, Sophisticated Living’s editor-in-chief ] and I pledged an oath to uphold an M.O. of no BS. We mold—and therefore represent—this magazine, and therein lies the responsibility to lay my authentic thoughts and heart on this page.

Someone whom I’ve never seen struggle with authenticity is Michael Zhou, the executive director of the Zhou B Art Center and the subject of this issue’s cool Chicagoan profile, “Generation Next.” Born in China in 1982, Michael moved to Bridgeport with his family when he was just 8 years old. Over the last few years, I have been fortunate to get to know him on a personal level, and consider myself lucky to call Michael and his wife, artist InJung Oh, dear friends. Together we spend a lot of time at the Art Center, which houses some of the most valuable paintings and sculptures that Michael’s father and uncle have created over their world-renowned career as the Zhou Brothers. As if managing the center’s exhibits, in-house artists’ studios and cutting-edge programming wasn’t enough, Michael has bridged creative partnerships with brands like Louis Vuitton, Nike and Turnbull & Asser.

He has modernized the “director” role in the art world—an ever-changing beast—and continues to find success all while remaining grounded and grateful. How? By always protecting the integrity of the art and the artist. I have no doubt that the legacy that Michael has been entrusted to carry on will pave the way for many young, aspiring artists.

If you can’t tell, I have mad respect for hard work and genuineness, which is a big part of why I’m also a fan of Rodger Owen and Charles Grode, the visionaries behind custom home builder BGD&C. The builder’s latest luxury project in Lincoln Park, a French provincial mansion that’s grand on the outside and surprisingly family-friendly on the inside, is the subject of this issue’s home feature, “The New Classic.” And, as someone who has toured the property, let me just say that it left me speechless (which, if you know me, doesn’t happen often). From top to bottom, millwork to trim, this home is modern, organic, chic and kid-tested all at once. The effortless elegance that BGD&C has achieved here is a tribute to Owen and Grode’s endless, indisputable passion for their craft—and it shows in every home they create.

Team Sophisticated Living puts so much passion and hard work into this magazine, and it is our hope that as you are reading the new issue—preferably at your favorite al fresco spot, taking in Chicago’s great summer weather and energy—that our authenticity and love for this city and its people shines through. Enjoy the read (and some sunshine).

Bridget McDermott Owner & Publisher mcdermott@slmag.net

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My mother always used to say, “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple.” It’s a line from a 1932 poem by Jenny Joseph—and I always thought it was silly, mostly because my mom and I shared the same coloring, and purple is definitely not on our color wheel. The next line of the poem goes, “With a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me / And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves…” It’s post-war prose about female etiquette, being responsible and dreaming about a day when you won’t be judged for doing whatever you want whenever you damn well please—or care so much about what other people think while you’re doing it.

For many years now, my response to my matriarch’s senescent song has been, “When I am an old woman, I shall wear caftans.” Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you that I’m quite serious about it, too. I’ve actually started a solid little collection, with a goal in mind of one day owning at least 30 of the throwback dresses from different corners of the globe, each with a story attached, one for every day of the month. There are two that sometimes I literally just open my closet to pay a visit to: One is a blue and white, floor-length sheath made from keffiyeh cloth with gold ribbon trim that I begged a woman in Cannes to sew for me overnight so that I could pick it up the next morning before catching a boat to Saint-Tropez. The other is an all-white smock that I found in the way, way back of a shop in Playa del Carmen. On the front is a panel of otomi embroidery in shocking orange and two large tassels that sway from side to side when I walk.

My caftans make me happy. They remind me of where I’ve been and the memories I made there.

And in a body-con world, there’s just something liberating about throwing on a muumuu and saying the hell with it. This is why I have a girl crush on Winnetka designer Olivia Joffrey, the subject of this issue’s fashion profile, “Liberation Is a Dress.” Her debut collection of cabana dresses and tunics is at once polished and unfussy. When describing her parents and their tribe in the ’70s, the muses behind her eponymous line, Joffrey says, “My parents’ social set in Santa Cruz modeled such an appealing vision of adulthood. They were people who created things, hosted dinners, read voraciously, played records and talked endlessly about ideas and books. The men wore old Levis and broken-in oxford shirts and the women were effortless in long cotton dresses—but nobody was sloppy. They just had bigger fish to fry than spending endless time on their appearance.” Man, I just love that.

You see, the older I get and the more I ease into this middle aged business, the less youknow-whats I could give about what other people think about me. That’s not to say that style and polish aren’t important to me—design is a personal passion and a craft most definitely worthy of chronicling—but that I do it more and more for myself and the enjoyment it brings me. I truly believe that self-love is something we need to constantly be working on in this life, and that that’s the deeper meaning behind my mother’s affection for Joseph’s poem. And one day, if I’m lucky to have a long life, I hope to be an old biddy who blissfully shuffles around in a cascading rainbow of colors—well, perhaps not purple—content with the love I gave and the love I received, letting the sun shine on my face and embracing every wrinkle.

Elise Hofer Shaw Editor-In-Chief elise@slmag.net

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Contributors “Interviewing Olivia Joffrey made me want to throw on a Django Reinhardt record and book a flight to coastal Spain,” says contributing writer Hilary Boyajian, who penned this issue’s piece on the North Shore designer (“Liberation Is a Dress”). “I’d pack her entire collection of cabana dresses and tunics for the trip. Her made-in-California designs—a tribute to her mother and her hometown of Santa Cruz—celebrate the ease of dressing, a freedom that allows women to be at once comfortable and fashion-forward.”

“Michael Zhou is a delightful enigma with superhero looks and a big heart,” says Fig Media owner and photographer James Gustin, who photographed the executive director of the Zhou B Art Center for this issue’s feature covering the entrepreneur’s latest endeavors (“Generation Next”).

“In addition to running the day-to-day operations at his father and uncle’s massive Bridgeport art center, and spearheading collaborations with the likes of Louis Vuitton and Turnbull & Asser, Michael has his hands in a million other cutting-edge projects in Chicago and China. He’s definitely one to watch.”

For this issue’s Sophisticated Defined column, Chicago trendsetter Tina Kourasis interviewed designer Derek Lam about life experiences, the little things that color his world and, of course, his latest designs for his eponymous collection as well as his Derek Lam 10 Crosby line. “Derek’s childhood was spent drawing sketches of the buildings in San Francisco—not dresses—and the inspiration is evident in the clean lines and symmetric proportions he applies to his garments. I also love the subtle ’70s vibe he brings to classic pieces.” Kourasis is the owner of luxury fashion boutique VMR on Oak Street.

“If you haven’t been to the Zhou B Art Center, it’s really hard to convey how impressive it is and what an amazing resource it is for the whole city, and in particular for the Near South Side neighborhoods,” says contributing writer Matt Lee, who interviewed the Bridgeport art center’s Executive Director Michael Zhou for this issue (“Generation Next”). “They have 60 artists in residency, maybe more. And the scale of projects that Michael and his family are working on, from a new center in Beijing to a virtual reality collab with a film production company in China, is super impressive.”

A recent Chicago transplant, contributing writer Maggie Finn Ryan learned her way around the city by trying out a handful of new meditation studios for this issue’s wellness roundup (“Just Breathe”). “All of the meditation studios I visited were so pragmatic and authentic in their mindfulness approach,” she says. “This common thread was refreshing and wonderfully Midwestern.” Ryan, whose work has appeared in Women’s Health, NY Yoga + Life and New York Family magazines, lives in the West Loop and is a branded content editor at Dose Media.

“This assignment reminded me how much heart and soul Chicago’s culinary community truly has,” says Alexandra Sabbag about writing this issue’s story on The Trotter Project, chef Charlie Trotter’s legacy organization that seeks to unite budding talent interested in the culinary arts and hospitality field through a variety of mentorship programs that educate and inspire (“Serving Opportunity”). “The best of the best of Chicago’s chefs are rolling up their sleeves and mentoring, creating a personal engagement with the next generation.”

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Sophisticated Defined

By Tina Kourasis / Photography by Taghi Naderzad

As a child growing up in San Francisco, Derek Lam was more interested in drawing cities than sketching dresses. So it comes as no surprise that his collections, Derek Lam and Derek Lam 10 Crosby, skew more architectural, averting heavy adornment.

“Derek always pulls from the vocabulary of sportswear separates,” says Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Ken Downing. “Even his dresses have a sporty, relaxed air. Derek is not a designer of complicated or frilly confections.”

Since founding his namesake label in 2003, Lam has been recognized by fashion’s top honors: He received the Swarovski Perry Ellis Award for Womenswear at the 2005 CFDA Fashion Awards and, two years later, was named CFDA’s Accessory

Designer of the Year. And his work has been exhibited at the Museum of FIT, the Kennedy Center and the Victoria & Albert Museum. These days, in addition to urban-chic women’s clothing, the Derek Lam brand encompasses shoes, handbags, eyewear, cosmetics and fragrances.

Whether you fancy yourself a collection or a 10 Crosby girl— “The 10 Crosby client puts her pieces on a chair after a night out then hangs them up in the morning; the main collection client hangs her pieces up immediately,” says Lam—it’s the designer’s calculated simplicity and thoughtful detailing that draw women in.

We caught up with Lam at Neiman Marcus’ Michigan Avenue store to talk travel, inspiration and simple pleasures. sl

What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?

Pour a cup of coffee.

What’s your favorite country to visit?

Japan.

Name one thing that you can’t live without?

A few good books.

Most sophisticated city…

Kyoto.

What is your favorite piece in your closet?

My red suede Hermès loafers.

Place you go for utter peace…

My beach house on Fire Island.

What is the most elegant gift to give or to receive?

A handwritten letter.

Name your top three vacation must-haves.

Somewhere under the radar; a climate that is pleasantly warm and very, very sunny; and terrific food.

Who or what inspires you?

Very focused people.

Who is your muse?

There isn’t one, but many. I’m not a fan of having a muse to define my work. Well, OK, maybe Georgia O’Keeffe and Tina Chow.

Most sophisticated person ever?

Georgia O’Keeffe.

Proudest career moment?

Seeing the entire Derek Lam team together during our company parties. It’s nice to see the “family” we have created together.

Who is your dream client?

Somebody super-intelligent with a good sense of humor who enjoys fashion as a sport.

What are you reading right now?

This Close to Happy by Daphne Merkin.

What is your favorite cocktail?

A vodka martini, straight up, very dry with two olives.

Most sophisticated structure or building?

The Seagram Building in New York City.

Where is your favorite place to go when you come to Chicago?

I love walking down Michigan Avenue just to look up at the architecture. Chicago is the perfect walking city.

No one should ever wear…

Their problems too heavily, if possible.

Everyone should own…

A comb.

Most universally flattering color…

White, in poplin.

Current must-have from your collection?

Anything white or ivory.

Describe your line in three words.

Relaxed, elegant, modern.

Coffee or tea?

Coffee, but I drink tea when I’m in Asia.

How do you define ‘sophistication’?

Someone or something pleasing to the mind with depth and warmth.

Guilty pleasure?

A McDonald’s Big Mac Meal.

Derek Lam and Derek Lam 10 Crosby are available at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900, and Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784.

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Looks from Derek Lam’s spring/summer 2017 collection

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North Shore designer Olivia Joffrey

LIBERATION IS A DRESS

Winnetka designer Olivia Joffrey’s collection of cotton caftans and tunics captures the cool of coastal California in the ’70s—and makes a striking case for easy elegance.

By Hilary Boyajian / Fashion photography by Maria Ponce In the foyer of designer Olivia Joffrey’s Winnetka home hangs a large black-and-white lithograph portrait entitled “White Woman.” It was created by American artist Nathan Oliveira in 1967 and depicts Joffrey’s mother, Anne-Marie, the muse behind her eponymous collection of cotton cabana dresses and easy-breezy tunics. “My mother’s look was a byproduct of the venturesome life she led living in Spain, Venezuela and Puerto Rico in the 1960s,” says Joffrey. “Her personal style was never calculated or based on trends. She was the epitome of carefree femininity.”

It’s clear that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Today, Joffrey is wearing the Portola tunic from her debut collection— an airy pale blue cotton lawn top with white pinstripes and billowing butterfly sleeves—paired with vintage 1970s floralprint bell-bottoms and beige canvas lace-up wedge espadrilles.

Dusting her shoulders are gold filigree statement earrings, a pair her mother picked up on a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in 1980. Inherently, Joffrey is the walking embodiment of her creations, polished yet unfussy.

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Born to native New Yorkers in their early forties in the progressive coastal town of Santa Cruz, Calif., Joffrey was exposed to a laissez-faire lifestyle from an early age, surrounded by English professors, writers and artists, listening to Bobby Short records. “My parents’ social set in Santa Cruz modeled such an appealing vision of adulthood,” says Joffrey. “They were people who created things, hosted dinners, read voraciously, played records and talked endlessly about ideas and books. The men wore old Levis and broken-in oxford shirts and the women were effortless in long cotton dresses— but nobody was sloppy. They just had bigger fish to fry than spending endless time on their appearance.”

After studying architecture and urban planning at Stanford University and The London School of Economics, and having three beautiful children with her husband Buck, Joffrey honed her inner artist when she launched Vigilante Paper, a rebellious wedding stationery company featuring her hand-illustrated designs. Although successful, she kept coming back to the idea of designing dresses inspired by the grace and elegance of her matriarch’s tribe. “I just wanted to wear the dresses I remember these admirable women

California cool cabana dresses and tunics from Olivia Joffrey’s summer 2017 collection.

(And, coming soon, sleep knickers.)

wearing in the ’70s,” says Joffrey. “I was tired of hunting for them in vintage, so I decided to create them myself.”

Introduced to Chicago at Gold Coast boutique space519 this past February, Joffrey’s seasonless, six-piece collection of caftans and tunics hangs coolly from a garment rack in her design studio that’s tucked away in a quiet, sunny corner of her house. The standout Capitola cabana dress is a perfect example of Joffrey’s aesthetic: a long, black-and-white polka-dot caftan with flamenco-style ruffled cap sleeves that’s made from 100 percent refined cotton chambray and fully lined with a narrow A-line shape and double side slits for ease of movement. “I wanted caftans I could wear from the beach to a restaurant,” says Joffrey. “But I didn’t want to be swimming in fabric.

Less Mrs. Roper, more Talitha Getty––where earthy meets regal.”

The brilliance behind the Olivia Joffrey collection— available at Bay Area boutique Stick and Ball in Mill Valley, Calif., as well as at private trunk shows throughout Chicago and the North Shore (Neapolitan Collection in downtown Winnetka hosted Joffrey in early June)—is that each piece is a blank canvas, encouraging the wearer to add her own pop of individuality like

a belt, bold earring, brooch or colorful shoe. When asked which dress her mother would effortlessly throw on moments before guests arrived to a dinner party, Joffrey doesn’t skip a beat. “I could see her in the Santa Cruz cabana dress,” she says, admiring the piece that started her collection, a cream and navy striped cotton-linen shift with dolman sleeves and an elegant deep V neckline. “It’s such a classic silhouette. She’d probably knot her hair in a quick chignon, pile on a bunch of her Mexican silver jewelry and put a gardenia on her shoulder.”

Flipping through an old album, Joffrey glances at a photo of her mother laughing in a canary yellow tunic, arm-in-arm with a lover somewhere in Spain in the late 1950s. “I’m a hedonist at heart,” she says. “This collection is about spending less time deliberating in your closet and more time reading, surfing, communing with nature, being with friends, baking a soufflé, making love, painting and telling jokes to your children. Life is a celebration—throw on a dress and go have some fun.” sl Olivia Joffrey’s full collection of caftans and tunics (and, coming soon, sleep knickers), is available at oliviajoffrey.com.

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GENERATION NEXT Under Michael Zhou, the Zhou B Art Center has emerged as a nexus of creativity for Chicago.

By Matt Lee / Photography by James Gustin for Fig Media

Michael Zhou on the roof of his family’s massive art center in Bridgeport

Standing in front of a colorful abstract canvas at the Zhou B Art Center, Michael Zhou is in his element as he leads us across the floor, past painting after painting created by his father, ShanZuo, and uncle, DaHuang, known as the Zhou Brothers. Renowned for hugely creative work that is often inspired by ancient Chinese cave paintings, the duo is among Chicago’s most celebrated contemporary artists.

“Ever since 1973, every single work of art, from painting to sculpture to design, they’ve created together,” Michael says. “All of the artwork you see here, it was all created together.”

He evokes a certain friendly pride with these words, and perhaps it is because the family-first approach has worked so remarkably well for the Zhou clan. When they arrived in Chicago from their native China in the mid-1980s, the pair was little known in the United States. Some 30 years later, they are major artists who have their hands in a dizzying array of high-profile projects across the globe. In 2011, they were asked by President Obama to create a painting, “The Eight US Presidents and the Great Wall.” The brothers presented the piece, which celebrates 28 slmag.net

the relationship between the United States and China, to Chinese President Hu Jintao in a private ceremony.

Whether it’s strategy, philosophy or luck, keeping it in the family has worked wonders for the Zhous. Since 2009, Michael has served as executive director of the Zhou B Art Center and, under his leadership, it has emerged as not just a pillar of the arts for the Near South Side, but for the entire city—and something wholly unique to Chicago. While studio and event spaces are relatively common in our city and elsewhere, few can match the scale and reach of the Zhou B Art Center.

Opened in 2004 in the abandoned Spiegel Catalogue Warehouse on Morgan and 35th streets in Bridgeport, the 87,000-square-foot space is a sprawling, multifaceted celebration of creativity. Elegant and modern, it serves as a permanent museum to the Zhou Brothers, a studio and gallery space for 60 artists, and a community-focused event venue that hosts hundreds of exhibitions and gatherings every year, including a longstanding reception for resident artists on the third Friday of every month.

Third Fridays performance by Nadine from PosterChildArt

“Untitled” marble sculpture, Zhou Brothers A piece from artist Michiko Itatani’s solo exhibition at Zhou B Art Center

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“Beach Girl” wood sculpture, Zhou Brothers

Mural painting at Zhou B Art Center, Sarvin Haghighi

Water Lily Pond of Life series, Zhou Brothers

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Third Fridays performance by contemporary cellist Taylor Dalton

“I feel like this, in a way, is my art form,” says Michael, guiding us through the third-floor studios. “My passion is to see this building grow and to create a playground for artists, and to help artists through our art center.” Michael, who grew up in Bridgeport, takes us into the studio of his wife, InJung Oh. Primarily a painter, she’s currently working on a canvas sculptural series. All but unidentifiable as canvas, the amorphous works burst with energy, creativity and movement—and are just some of many such compelling pieces one finds at the center. “This is the studio space,” says Michael, surrounded by his wife’s art. “This is where the magic happens. The unique concept of our space is that most of the time you go to a museum or gallery and you see the final work of art. You don’t have any connection to who created it. You don’t get to meet the artist or hear their story. It’s always somebody else telling the story. Here, not only do you get to see the final product, but you also get to see the processes and go behind the scenes where the artist created the work.”

This holistic, personal approach has resonated with not only artists, but the larger creative community. Third Fridays, says Zhou, attract thousands of visitors each month—all by word of mouth.

It should be a point of pride for Chicagoans that the Zhou Brothers’ story has unfolded largely in our city. As time has passed, however, their other, first home has increasingly demanded their attention. The brothers were celebrated artists in China before

moving here and, over the last three years, have spent more and more of their time in Beijing. Still as acclaimed there as they are in the United States, the Zhous are enjoying amazing opportunities.

They now have a studio in Beijing, where a second Zhou B Art Center is scheduled to open this year, and the family is also working with the massive China Film Group Corporation on a virtual reality enterprise, creating custom content for more than 3,000 movie theaters. This builds on the Zhou legacy of wideranging collaborations, which include projects near and far with Nike, Jordan Brand, Louis Vuitton and, currently, legendary British menswear house Turnbull & Asser.

Nevertheless, the Zhou Brothers will always have a home in Chicago. “My whole family grew up in Bridgeport,” says Michael.

“This is our home away from home ever since 1986, when my father and uncle were invited to come and exhibit in Chicago. They came to America at that time with $20 and two suitcases. They didn’t speak a word of English. Art is not an easy career. So we feel very fortunate and lucky. We feel blessed every day. That’s one of the main reasons we wanted to give back to the arts community.” The Zhou Brothers’ grounding philosophy, he notes, is that “feeling is liberty.” “Many times,” he says, “my uncle has said that they chose Bridgeport because they felt the chi was right.” sl Zhou B Art Center, 1029 W. 35th St., 773.523.0200. For information on current exhibitions and programming, visit zhoubartcenter.com.

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THE ANGEL PROJECT

"You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly." –RUMI Angel: Hamid Drake Angel Wings Art Installation: Wolfgang Semmelrock, semmelrock.cc/myangelwings Photographer: James Gustin, figgy.net

The hillside view of the Washington School House hotel

OLD-SCHOOL COOL Historical charm and high alpine design converge in the heart of Park City at a 200-year-old schoolhouse turned polished boutique hotel.

By Elise Hofer Shaw / Washington School House photography Michael Spengler Park City, Utah, is in the middle of a whiteout, being born again beneath a blanket of 12 inches of fluffy, fresh powder. It’s been a record-breaking season for snow, one that has already seen more than 365 inches accumulate by the end of February. But this morning clouds are scarce, the sun is out, and it’s a comfortable 30 degrees for spring skiing—and the natives are restless, eager to hit the mountain and make the first tracks in the snow.

Our basecamp is the Washington School House, Park City’s only mountainside luxury hotel adjacent to the largest single ski and snowboard playground in the United States: Park City Mountain Resort. Offering more than 7,300 acres of skiable terrain, the mountain is truly epic—and mere steps from the

hotel’s back door. Proximity is definitely a perk, but that’s not why guests of the Washington School House return season after season. They come for the understated charm and designer details.

They come for the quaint confines that only a 12-suite property can offer. They come for first-rate services like fireside gear fittings and private chef-prepared dinners that have earned the hotel spots on Travel + Leisure’s “It List” and Forbes’ “Top 10 Luxury Hotels.”

And, yes, the fact that the Washington School House also happens to be the boutique hotel that Netflix buys out annually for the Sundance Film Festival, not to mention a respite of choice for snow-loving celebs like Robert Redford, Elijah Wood and Chelsea Handler, admittedly adds to its cachet, too.

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The heated Orange Bubble lift at Park City Mountain Resort

But above all, guests of the Washington School House come to be a part of history. Built in 1889, the property was a schoolhouse for miners’ children until 1931, when it shuttered after the Great Depression laid waste to Summit County’s labor jobs prospecting silver and lead ore. After a stint as a VFW hall, followed by decades of abandonment, the building was turned into a bed and breakfast during the late 1980s that served its patrons well for 26 years (wood panelling, floral drapes et al). But the Washington School House’s most stylish incarnation was completed in 2011 by its current owners who enlisted Paul Allen Design for the four-story overhaul. The schoolhouse’s solid bones were left intact, including its limestone facade and original bell tower, but the rest was a total gut job to make way for 16-foot-high ceilings, reclaimed barnwood floors, Carrara marble-topped built-ins, a subterranean ski lounge, a heated pool, and rooms and suites that boast a balanced mix of Gustavian antiques, fine art and modern alpine touches like antler chandeliers dipped in glossy white lacquer. For the San Diego-based design firm’s first foray into hotel design, they knocked it out of the park (pun intended), partly because they approached it like a residential project. The result? A cool and clean redesign that respects the building’s historical integrity, garnering the hotel nods from Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.

My king room faces west overlooking the 20-foot plunge pool that’s terraced into the hillside, dappled with blue spruce and aspen trees and bearing as its crown jewel a torch from the 2002 Winter Olympics that has been fashioned into a fire pit. The window well, where I choose to enjoy my morning French press 34 slmag.net

coffee (brought in from beloved local beanery Pink Elephant), is appointed with two Victorian-style armchairs and farmhouse sconces. The stately wrought iron bed’s mattress boasts both a pillow top and a feather bed, all ensconced in Pratesi linens for maximum comfort. As for the en suite bath, it’s a study in white porcelain and marble, the only pop of color being a mix of Molton Brown bath goods that fill the air with bergamot and orange while I wrestle into my ski gear.

True, it’s about a three-minute downhill walk to the Town Lift that whisks skiers and snowboarders to the base of Park City Mountain. But chauffeur privileges are part of the package at the Washington School House, an extension of the hotel’s Ski Valet services. You can literally pick your starting point from two base villages and they’ll shuttle you there in moments in a white SUV with lift ticket in tow so you can skip the lines, click in and go.

Since Vail Resorts bought and combined Park City Mountain and Canyons Resort into a mega-resort in 2015, the mountain has been running like a well-oiled machine courtesy of a $50 million renovation and operating budget that has been put toward the addition of the Quicksilver Gondola (linking Park City Mountain to Canyons), the widening of multiple trails, the revamping of Miners Camp (a massive new mid-mountain bar and restaurant for brews and bites between runs) and more. Talk to anyone who skis Park City regularly and they’ll tell you that the flow and connectivity from ridge to ridge has been significantly improved.

After an afternoon of off-trail powder skiing spanning 5,000-plus acres, I can vouch that the diversity of terrain is divine.

A two-queen room at Washington School House The bedroom in the Penthouse Suite is peppered with antiques.

For savory spreads culled from Utahan charcuteries and cheesemongers and housemade sweets, the living room at the Washington School House can’t be beat.

A lofted one-bedroom suite at the Washington School House

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Riverhorse Provisions, a quaint noshery and gourmet market on Main Street

Handle restaurant sources local and regional ingredients at the height of freshness.

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The Park City Sour at The Farm

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The charcuterie board at The Farm restaurant

REDUCE, REUSE, UPCYCLE While at Old Town Cellars in Old Town Park City, we stumbled upon a Cotopaxi pop-up shop. The outdoor brand’s mantra, “Gear for Good,” isn’t just lip service: two percent of all of Cotopaxi’s revenue provides grants to nonprofits that have demonstrated outstanding impact, agility and persistence toward alleviating poverty around the world. Our current covetable carryall is the Uyuni 46L Duffel ($80), a colorful, go-anywhere cross-body made from material scraps from bigname outfitters like Patagonia and The North Face. A good cause and great mountain style? Done and done. cotopaxi.com 36 slmag.net

The Old Town Cellars philosophy merges the art and culture of professional wine making with the mountain town lifestyle of Park City.

Après-ski is a communal part of the Park City lifestyle, and options abound along Main Street. But for savory spreads culled from Utahan charcuteries and cheesemongers, house-made sweets and wines that have been blended and bottled in town, a cozy corner by the fire in the grand living room back at the Washington School House can’t be beat. You see, another ace the hotel has up its sleeve is the culinary trifecta of chefs Ernesto Rocha (executive breakfast chef ), Callie Varner (pastry chef and après-ski fare artist) and Kyle Hirsch (on-call private dinner chef ). Rocha’s hearty mountain breakfast menu is served each morning, with Varner’s daily après-ski eats set out every afternoon starting at 4PM. And with 24 hours notice, Hirsch can curate a private dinner for groups large or small that’ll knock your ski socks off. Ours boasted a bellywarming carrot ginger bisque made with coconut milk and cilantro, a baby arugula salad with cucumber ribbon, candied walnuts, sweet pickled parsnip, Gold Creek feta and a honey pear vinaigrette, and a perfectly seared bone-in filet mignon with a mustard bourbon demi-glace served with Yukon potato au gratin and heirloom carrots. (Hirsch’s menus change frequently depending on what’s in season and can be customized around any dietary restrictions.)

Exploring Park City’s growing culinary scene is part of the fun, and the 24-hour concierge at Washington School House is happy to dole out dining recommendations. For lunch on the mountain, we liked The Farm, a slope-side restaurant at Canyons Village where one can fuel up on bison chili and organic winter lettuces and herbs in a heated yurt overlooking the Red Pine Gondola. If snowshoeing Wasatch Mountain State Park followed by an afternoon of shopping Main Street is more your speed, break up the day by

popping into Riverhorse Provisions’ noshery for a bowl of healthy grains and kale or house-made soups. Park City’s restaurant with the biggest buzz right now is Handle, helmed by award-winning chef Briar Handley. Its menu of creative yet comforting American cuisine (think buttermilk fried chicken and roasted sunchoke risotto) and shareable small plates (try the smoked Idaho trout and buffalo cauliflower) is driven by the seasons, and Handley prides himself on sourcing local and regional ingredients at the height of freshness. The bar’s rustic-chic vibe and ruggedly inventive cocktails like the Rattlesnake—a stiff pour of High West double rye with absinthe and egg-white foam that’s branded with an “H” drawn in Angostura bitters—are added incentives for a visit.

Speaking of libations, Park City’s cocktail culture has significantly matured over the last few years. New on the scene is Old Town Cellars, a private label winery that sources fine wines from top wine growing regions around the world and then blends and bottles on site. (Washington School House is a fan and always has its seasonal varietals in rotation at the hotel.) And High West Saloon, located next to the Town Lift base—the only ski-in gastro-distillery in the world—is a local gem just a stone’s throw from the hotel. Doctor’s orders: Request one (or two) of the house’s signature Dead Man’s Boots cocktail—Rendezvous rye, reposado tequila, fresh-squeezed lime juice, simple syrup and Fever Tree ginger beer over chipped ice—and you’ll forget about the residual pain in your shins from hours of powering through fresh powder. Sleep, ski and repeat. sl Washington School House Hotel, 543 Park Ave., Park City, Utah; 435.649.3800. washingtonschoolhouse.com. For mountain information, visit parkcitymountain.com.

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Wine Worth the Wait

Instantly smitten with a picturesque Napa Valley property she spied in 1900, Fernande de Latour convinced her husband Georges to purchase a four-acre ranch she’d dubbed “beau lieu”, or “beautiful place.” In short order, Georges sold his successful cream of tartar business, acquired the land, and founded Beaulieu Vineyard with the intent of making fine wines to rival those of his native France. Today, the property encompasses more than 1,100 acres of estate vineyards.

To realize his goal, Georges started out by importing phylloxera-resistant rootstock from Europe to revive a fledging California wine industry that had been ravaged by the disease. During prohibition, when many wineries were shuttered, Beaulieu actually increased its business fourfold by selling sacramental wine to the Catholic Church. After the repeal, Georges refocused his efforts on crafting world-class wines, traveling to France in 1938 to meet and subsequently hire the famed Russian-born viticulturist and enologist André Tchelistcheff, who instituted a culture of continuous innovation that continues today. A memorable growing season in 1936 produced the inaugural vintage of the Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, which was released in 1940 and went on to become Napa Valley’s first “cult” Cabernet.

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Maestro” in Napa during his forty-year career at Beaulieu.

Legendary winemaker Michel Rolland joined Beaulieu as a blending consultant on their reserve wines in 2010.

Beaulieu recently made waves in the wine world when it announced the release of Rarity 2013, the fifth-ever vintage bottling of its Rarities Collection. Produced only in remarkable vintage years, Rarity was first crafted by Tchelistcheff in 1968 to showcase the distinctive, opulent expression of an extraordinarily high-quality vintage; prior to 2013, the most recent vintage to produce a Rarity bottling was 1990. The decision to declare 2013 a vintage worthy of the Rarities Collection was made by Stambor, who selected the finest barrellots of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot to lend Rarity 2013 a powerful, complex character.

For the blend, Stambor selected grapes from some of Beaulieu’s oldest vineyards, sourcing from heritage sites on BV Ranches No. 1 and 2 as well as their Hewitt Estate Vineyard and a neighboring small vineyard at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains. The vines, with the majority planted in the 1980s, were grafted to clones that yield small, intensely flavored grapes. All four vineyards are deeply rooted in welldraining, alluvial fan soils on the western bench-lands of Napa Valley’s Rutherford AVA, often recognized as the most coveted California terroir.

“This limited release wine celebrates the rarity granted to us by Mother Nature,” noted Stambor. “2013 was a spectacular vintage, with the earliest onset to harvest that I recall in my 28 years of winemaking at Beaulieu, and gave us some truly special Cabernet Sauvignon. By bottling Rarity only in magnums, we better ensure that this magnificent wine can reach its full potential with bottle aging and can be enjoyed for decades to come.”

While Napa Valley winemakers heralded the 2012 vintage as outstanding, the 2013 vintage was truly magnificent, with an unusually warm and dry winter promoting early budbreak, which gave the vines an early start to the 2013 growing season. Ideal conditions prevailed through flowering, fruit set and ripening, with low rainfall keeping the grapes desirably small. While harvest was early, the bloom-to-harvest span was not compressed; thus, the Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot grapes benefited from adequate hang-time to develop exceptionally ripe, balanced flavors.

The process of making Rarity 2013 began with handsorting the grape clusters and then the destemmed grapes to retain only the highest quality fruit. For early integration of oak character and to enhance the supple mouthfeel, over half of the Rarity components were barrel-fermented, with the balance in stainless steel and wood tanks. During fermentation in barrel, Beaulieu Vineyard’s cellar team rotated the barrels

four times daily to fully extract phenolic concentration and build complexity. After a month of maceration followed by gentle pressing, the wine was returned to barrels for malolactic fermentation and aging. To balance the tremendous intensity of dark fruit character, Stambor chose to age this wine in 100% new French and Russian oak barrels. To add even more structure and layers of flavor complexity to the Cabernet Sauvignon, the blend was complemented with 10% Petit Verdot from BV Ranch No.1.

Rated at 99 points by Robert Parker in The Wine Advocate, 2013 Rarity delivers massive power and weight, yet with uncommon elegance and suppleness. The wine’s profuse aromas of blackberry, cassis, dark chocolate and violet are mirrored in the opulent flavors that explode on the palate.

Seamlessly integrated vanilla and oak spice nuances, from barrel fermentation and aging in entirely new barrels, add even more complexity. “Rutherford Dust” tannins contribute texture, while bright acidity keeps its fresh, purity of focus. This is a wine that will age for decades.

Only 1,500 bottles of Rarity 2013 have been produced.

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Bibliotaph... Wanderlust

Compiled by Victoria Chase

Daydreams distilled: this two-volume compendium from TASCHEN chronicles 100 of the world's most unique hotels. A chart of helpful information accompanying each property turns this coffee table tome into a practical resource for the glam globe-trotter. Margot J. Mayer (editor) - 100 Getaways Around the World - Hardcover, 720 pages, TASCHEN (taschen.com)

The City of Angels’ story is told through a fun and colorful collection of classic photographs, picture postcards, brochures, ads, and other vintage ephemera, accompanied by author Peter Moruzzi’s candid and insightful commentary. Peter Moruzzi - Greetings from Los Angeles Hardcover, 176 pages, Gibbs Smith (gibbs-smith.com) Travels to the most remote corners of the world are the basis for the artistry of wildlife and landscape photographer Michael Poliza, who has published nearly a dozen books, in addition to leading high-end nature adventure treks. For his latest tome, he chose to focus his lens on Mallorca, a place of legendary beauty. Michael Poliza (photographer), Tiny von Wedel (text) Mallorca - Hardcover, 224 pages, teNeues (teneues.com) After getting laid off from a copywriting job, Geraldine DeRuiter hit the road and began chronicling her travel adventures on her blog, The Everywhereist. Using the same hilarious, irreverent, and heartfelt style as her online musings, the overarching theme of DeRuiter's book is that sometimes you can find yourself exactly where you need to be–even if you aren't quite sure where you are.

Geraldine DeRuiter - All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft - Hardcover, 288 pages, PublicAffairs Books (publicaffairsbooks.com)

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bib 'li' o 'taph, [bib-lee-uhtaf, -tahf ]: a person who caches or hoards books Outfitted with smartphones, backpacks and a shared sense of wanderlust, Kyle James and his girlfriend Ashley bought oneway tickets from New York City to Paris and spent nearly four months seeing as much of the world as they could. The resulting book is culled from James' daily journal entries detailing their adventures. Kyle James - Not Afraid of the Fall: 114 days through 30 cities in 15 countries - Paperback, 250 pages, Inkshares (inkshares.com)

Travel and style influencer Sofia Sanchez de Betak takes readers on a highly personal journey to off-the-radar hideaways and secluded retreats where those in the know seek once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

Sofia Sanchex de Betak - Travels with Chufy: Confidential Destinations - Hardcover, 192 pages, Assouline (assouline.com) Part fact, part fiction, Mark Twain’s Roughing It takes readers on a journey by stagecoach from Missouri to Nevada. The semi-autobiographical, semi-prequel to Innocents Architect David Martin immersed himself in ancient and colonialAbroad satirizes American era cities and sites throughout Mexico, taking notes and photographs, and Western society in a and creating sketches and watercolors to document his impressions. way that only Mark Twain The resulting book, presented through the lens of architecture, knows how. Mark Twain chronicles cultures that have transformed over the centuries yet Roughing It - Hardcover, maintained an outsized and magical exuberance. David C. Martin 416 pages, Gibbs Smith Joy Ride - Hardcover, ORO Editions (oroeditions.com) (gibbs-smith.com)

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Of Note... Take it Outside

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A THREE-PEAT AT THE THREE-DAY EVENT Written by Bridget Williams / Photos by Tony Bailey

Michael Jung, 34, made history in late April when he became the first rider in the 39-year history of the Kentucky ThreeDay Event, presented by Land Rover, to win three years in a row. The ultimate test of horse and rider, the Three-Day event is comprised of dressage, cross-country and jumping tests. Aboard FischerRocana FST for a third year, the German duo lowered one rail in show jumping to finish on 42.7 penalties, just ahead of France’s Maxime Livio and Qalao Des Mers in second (44.6) and England’s Zara Tindall and High Kingdom in third (46.6).

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Livio is the only competitor in recent memory to have bested Jung, and the 29-year-old Frenchman's powerful doubleclean round put the pressure on the eventual champion as he cantered out of the ring in front of 24,159 fans in Rolex Stadium on the final day of competition. “There is always a little pressure in the ring, especially at a four-star with all the top riders,” Livio said. “With my horse, I just have to stick to him and stick to my ride, and if I do that the pressure goes down. I know if I’m very focused on my riding, the horse will do his

best. But, of course there is pressure because I want to be good enough for my horse, and after that it’s good for me to start to put pressure on (Jung). I think to try to beat such a rider you have to be 100 percent all the time. All this week my horse was 100 percent, but I was maybe only 90 percent in dressage. But after that I have no regrets.”

Third-place finisher Tindall, 35, of Gloucestershire, England, came into the 2017 event with expectations in check following a trying trip two years ago when an injury in the stable prevented her from even starting the competition. “I’m obviously very lucky to come back and very thankful to my owner and to Land Rover and Rolex to be able to come back,” she said. “It’s great to be

sitting up here with these guys. My horse was fantastic all the way through the competition –he jumped great today.

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Smarts and style define the Mercedes-Benz 2018 S-Class Sedan model range Written by Andre James

Most notable among the innovations found in the mid-cycle update throughout the Mercedes-Benz S-Class range, which made its world premiere at the Shangai Auto Show this past April, is the extended suite of Intelligent Drive features that continue forward momentum on the march towards autonomous driving. Tweaks to the front fascia, rear bumper exhaust pipes and wheel designs, as well as an LED Intelligent Light System are a few of the segment-wide upgrades common among each rendition of the Mercedes-Benz flagship model, which was the top-selling luxury sedan in the world in 2016.

New badges serve to indicate changes that have taken place under the hood. The S550 has been replaced by the S560, and is powered by a twinturbocharged 4.0-liter V8 producing 463 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque. The base model S-Class comes equipped with a 3.0-liter V-6 engine. At the top of the range, the Maybach retains its V12, while the Mercedes-AMG S63 has a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 with an output of 603 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque.

The sprint from zero to 60 mph takes just 3.4 seconds, faster than any other performance luxury sedan, and the electronically-limited top speed is 186 mph.

The 4Matic all-wheel-drive variant of the S63 AMG is paired with a new ninespeed automatic transmission for the first time, while the top-of-the-range rear-wheel drive S65 retains its proven twin-turbocharged V12 with 7G-Tronic transmission boasting 621 hp and 738 lb-ft of torque.

Four AMG DYNAMIC SELECT driving modes¬–Comfort, Sport, Sport+ and Individual– allow the driver to influence the characteristics of the AMG S63 and AMG S65 Sedans. Each driving mode modifies key parameters such as engine response, transmission, suspension, steering, the Electronic Stability Program (ESP), and all-wheel drive (in the AMG S63). The driver has the option of pressing the "M" button to switch directly to manual mode, in which gearshifts are executed exclusively using the paddle shifters on the steering wheel. If required, the suspension settings can be specially selected as well. The 3-stage ESP and exhaust flap can also be operated with a special button. The AMG S65 features a CURVE function, which allows the body of the car to tilt to the inside of a turn by up to 2.65-degrees (similar to a motorcycle rider), thereby reducing centrifugal forces perceived by passengers and virtually eliminating body roll.

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Inside the cabin, the new S-Class is characterized by two new highresolution displays, each with a screen diagonal of 12.3 inches. The pair is housed under a single pane of glass, which lends the impression of a widescreen cockpit and emphasizes the horizontal orientation of the interior design.

Virtual instruments are displayed in the direct field of vision of the driver as well as a central display above the center console. With the fully digital cockpit, the driver can choose from three different display styles (Classic, Sport and Progressive) and configure the information and views relevant to them.

Touch Control Buttons on the steering wheel respond to swiping motions like the screen of a smartphone and enable the driver to control the entire multimedia system without having to take their hands off the steering wheel. The multimedia system can also be operated via touchpad with controller in the center console and by Voice Control. The operation of Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC or standard cruise control is managed via steering wheel-mounted controls.

Enhanced Level 2 autonomous driving functions, including Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC and Active Steering Assist, provide even more comfortable support for the driver to keep a safe distance and stay in their lane. Speed is adjusted automatically ahead of curves or intersections, which is complemented by a considerably improved Active Lane Change Assist and additional functions of Active Emergency Stop Assist. For the first time, map and navigation data are used to calculate driving behavior. At one glance, an "Assistance Graphics" menu on the instrument panel shows the driver which assistance functions are selected and to what situations the systems are currently responding to.

The optional ENERGIZING Comfort system is a world-first entering series production. This feature links various comfort systems in the vehicle together, such as climate control, ambient lighting and massage functions, into a ten-minute “wellness” setup. Owners can choose from Freshness, Warmth, Vitality, Joy, and Comfort programs to configure a specific wellness program to suit their current mood.

A pair of new natural grain ash wood trims are available for 2018, as well as revised cabin materials and colorways, including Silk Beige/Deep Sea Blue, Magma Gray/Espresso Brown, and Mahogany/Silk Beige. Among the available AMG options are a choice of forged 20-inch wheels, AMG Performance Studio options, and an AMG Ceramic Composite Braking system.

"The development of the new S-Class was extremely extensive. With a whole series of new features and functions, the S-Class remains a technological pioneer," says Ola Källenius, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development.

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Best in Haute Couture - Pasquale Bruni

SIN CITY SENSATIONS 2017 COUTURE Design Award Winners Written by Claire Williams / Photography courtesy of COUTURE COUTURE Las Vegas, held annually at the Wynn Resort, is arguably the most exclusive destination for the luxury jewelry and timepiece market, drawing 4,000 top-tier buyers from highly distinguished retailers, along with editors from 100 of the world’s most recognized luxury consumer and trade media (including Sophisticated Living). A highlight of the event is the annual COUTURE Design Awards, presented this year at the Encore Theatre in the Wynn Resort before an audience of nearly 1,000 designers, editors and retailers from the COUTURE community.

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Furrer Jacot, who won the inaugural Best in Men’s Jewelry Award thanked the designer who has been with him for 30 years, saying that he “didn’t want to do another men’s piece - he wanted to do something great.” The winner of the Best in Diamonds Above $20,000, Fernando Jorge, enthused from the stage, "This was my first adventure with diamonds and therefore I feel very, very honored to receive this award."

A touching highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Cindy Edelstein Award by Cindy’s daughter, Remy, to designer Stephen Webster. A video tribute showcased the designer’s passionate support of the industry, commitment to ethical sourcing and design practices and philanthropic endeavors.

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The view across the rooftops of the 7th arrondissement to the Eiffel Tower from the three-bedroom 'Margaux' apartment

PARIS IN ERNEST Tracing the footsteps of a literary giant Written by Bridget Williams I arrived in Paris 96 years and 29 days after Ernest Hemingway and his new bride Hadley, who were somewhat unprepared for the dreariness of winter in the city. During those first few months, Hemingway wrote to his colleague, American novelist Sherwood Anderson, remarking about the cold and his low spirits saying, “I do not know what I thought Paris would be like but it was not that way.” Indeed, it is easy to love Paris in the springtime, but I find it even more beguiling in the winter, when its soul is laid as bare as the leafless trees that line the banks of the Seine. Admiring the architecture of naked branches reaching out in all directions, I am reminded of the decorative iron railings that adorn the famous façades of Baron Haussmann buildings lining the boulevards.

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Eschewing the traditional hotel route, we opted instead for a more “authentic” Parisian experience by renting an apartment through Paris Perfect (parisperfect.com), a company founded more than 20 years ago by a former French cardiac surgeon and his American investment banker wife. Working with the Paris Perfect team to whittle down the available properties–ranging in size from a studio unit to a sprawling five-bedroom villa, based on our likes, dislikes and intended activities–we were able to find an ideal match. And ideal it was, as our “Champagne” apartment, located on the Left Bank in the heart or the 7th arrondissement (from $435/night), was a far cry from the squalor of Hemingway’s first abode.

Interior of the four-bedroom 'Charlemagne' loft apartment in the Latin Quarter

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Although we were aware of the apartment’s straight-on, postcard-perfect view of the Eiffel Tower from its wraparound balcony, as well as the living and dining rooms and the kitchen, it was truly something else to behold in person. The experience of starting and ending the day in the midst of such a global icon was simply magical. Our one-bedroom, 590 square-foot apartment was fully equipped for a comfortable home-away-from-home stay, including a modern kitchen with granite countertops, a petite dining area perfect for candlelight dinners, and a spacious living area outfitted in classic Parisian style.

Outside of the mesmerizing view, what I loved most about renting through Paris Perfect was the comprehensive neighborhood and visitor guide (more than 40 pages in total) that was provided to us digitally prior to arrival and in hard copy form in the apartment. Chock-full of insider information that would take the occasional Paris tourist years to acquire, it allowed us to easily plot out where to dine and what to see, and even more helpful, what places to avoid based on client and staff feedback.

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sourced feast, but with a vast array of enticing dining options ranging from charming family-owned bistros to extravagant Michelin-star dining within walking distance, we opted to leave the cooking to the experts.

Paris Perfect offers scores of walking tours and itinerary planning services tailored to an array of interests, from art to wine and everything in between. As this was only our second time in Paris and our time was limited, we opted to book a private, customized tour with Michael Osman, an American who has called the city home for the past 15 years. Affable and energetic, with a background in fine art and a deep love of his adopted city, he seized on our ambitious itinerary with aplomb. We managed to ogle the greatest hits at the Louvre, treasure hunt at the Les Puces flea market and visit several of his key “must see” stops, all before dinner.

Though we regrettably had Michael to guide the way only for a single day, he did provide us with a wealth of information to craft a self-guided literary tour, focused on the cafés and watering holes frequented by Hemingway and his contemporaries.

Hemingway was known to be a keen people watcher, and then, as now, one of the best places to take in the ebb and flow of street life in Paris is at a sidewalk café. At Brasserie Lipp (151 Boulevard Saint-Germain; brasserie-lipp.com), you can still partake of

A meal at Maxim's is a must for fans of Midnight in Paris.

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an Alsatian meal a la Hemingway–beer, pommes à l’huile and sausage–albeit at a far higher fare than Hem paid in his day.

Hemingway often drank with fellow writer F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Hôtel Ritz Paris (15 Place Vendôme; ritzparis. com). In 1944, Hemingway “liberated” the bar from the Nazis in cahoots with a group of displaced soldiers, ordering a round of champagne for every patron and thereby prompting the spot to henceforth be known as Bar Hemingway. Fresh off of a fouryear, $400 million property-wide renovation, the revamped bar is helmed by the charming duo of Colin Field and Roman Devaux.

Popular among Americans, the atmosphere is courteous and lively, and ladies’ drinks are presented with a delicate white rose balanced on the rim of the glass.

Opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1911, Harry’s New York bar claims to be the birthplace of the Bloody Mary in 1921. A popular hangout for “Lost Generation” writers of the 1920s, George Gershwin is purported to have composed An American In Paris there. The mahogany bar and wall paneling are original; the latter is now plastered with pennants hailing from American colleges and universities.

Given my affinity for Midnight in Paris, we included a dinner at Maxim’s on our itinerary even though it isn’t known as a

Located in the 7th arrondissement, les Cocottes offers traditional recipes cooked in Staub Dutch ovens.

Hemingway haunt. Although the food didn’t knock our socks off, the service was outstanding and the ambiance in the Art Nouveau institution, founded as a bistro in 1893 by Maxime Gaillard, and since frequented by countless celebrities and royals, made it a worthwhile stop.

Other stops of note for the literary-minded traveler include Café le Dome (108 Boulevard du Montparnasse); Closerie des Lilas (171 Boulevard du Montparnasse); Café de Flore (172 Boulevard Saint-Germain), one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris; and Les Deux Magots (6 place Saint-Germain-des-Pres), which opened in 1875 and was a favorite of American artists for decades. One of the best places for people watching, the café’s terrace overlooks the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, founded in the 6th century.

After spending a few short days and nights eating and drinking our way around the City of Lights, it became that much easier to understand the affectionate nostalgia pervading Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir about being a struggling young expatriate journalist and writer in Paris. ”If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” sl

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WHERE THE REBEL MEETS THE ROAD Written by Andre James

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Pagani’s Huayra Coupe ushered in a new era of hypercars when it was unveiled to the public at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. An alluring combination of speed and spellbinding aesthetics, the Huayra Coupe, named after Huayra-tata, the “Father of Wind” in Incan culture, raised the bar for a performance-based technology mated with a lightweight build, resulting in the highest lateral acceleration ever seen on a car with road tires. The company launched a Huayra Roadster project in 2010 with the simple intent of creating a Huayra Coupe with a removable roof and conventional doors, as they did for their Zonda Roadster in 2003.

Three years into the project, the design was scrapped in favor of creating a car independent of its predecessor and a standout in its own right. “If we think of the Huayra Coupe as a personification of elegance and timeless lines, the Huayra Roadster was to be the rebellious sister, shapely and beautiful, but with a sharp edge for

those who are careless,” said Horacio Pagani, the Argentine-born founder of Pagani Automobili S.p.A., which is based in San Cesario sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy.

Formally unveiled this past February at the Geneva Motor Show, every detail of the Coupe has been developed from the ground up with its own unique design language and in direct symmetry with aerodynamic requirements to create a work of art on wheels. The cars skeletal composition, meaning that nearly every mechanical part is visible, sets it apart from most modern supercars, and ensures that even the smallest working component has been designed to be both beautiful and functional.

Two options replace the fixed roof: one is crafted from carbon fiber with a central glass panel to mimic the look of a coupe with the freedom of a convertible, the other is a fabric soft top able to be stored inside the Roadster and installed in “just a few simple steps”.

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Traditionally, convertible versions of sports cars are heavier and slightly slower, so creating a Roadster that was lighter than its corresponding Coupe was an ambitious goal for Pagani from the outset of the project. To achieve this, the Pagani engineering team refined the development of carbo-titanium and combined it with Carbo-Triax HP52, a new form of composite material developed specifically for the Huayra Roadster. The result is a 176-pound weight reduction over the Huayra Coupe, and an increase in the frame’s torsional rigidity, which is a significant factor in improving the handling necessary for precise operation of a hypercar such as this. “Engaging in such a challenge, to make just 100 cars, has meant an impressive effort for a company like ours, from a technical, human, and economic point of view,” Pagani stated.

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with full control of the vehicle. Power and torque are regulated by a new seven-speed AMT gearbox that incorporates a hydraulic and electronic activation system combined with new carbon synchronizers to deliver seamless, precision shifting. The electronic differential facilitates adaption to all possible driving conditions.

Since the release of Zonda F in 2006, Pagani cars, in partnership with Brembo, have attained some of the shortest recorded stopping distances for 100-0 and 200-0. For the Huayra Roadster, Brembo developed 380mm ventilated carbonceramic rotors that are gripped by six-piston calipers in front and four-pistons at the rear. To house the brakes, Pagani teamed up with another motoring industry titan–Pirelli–to design and sculpt a specific rubber for the Huayra Roadster tires. The new Pirelli PZero Corsa tires measure 21-inches at the rear and 20-inches up front, and are capable of (according to Pagani) enabling 1.80g of lateral grip. Developed along with Horacio Pagani, the tire displays an “HP” logo on its shoulder.

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Sophisticated Source

It’s summertime, and the living’s easybreezy, elegant and totally untamed courtesy of relaxed silhouettes and fresh color combinations.

by Elise Hofer Shaw

CALL OF THE WILD Bracelet in platinum and

18K yellow gold with baguette, kite-shaped and round brilliant diamonds; necklace in platinum and 18K yellow gold with baguette and round brilliant diamonds; ring in platinum and 18K yellow gold with baguette and round brilliant diamonds; and earrings in 18K yellow gold with cushion-cut yellow and white diamonds; all price upon request from the Tiffany 2017 Blue Book Collection, The Art of the Wild, at Tiffany & Co., 312.944.7500.

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THE NEW BOHEMIAN Clockwise from top left: Multi-shape diamond Mother and Baby Bird brooch, price upon request, at Graff, 312.604.1000. Antibes natural

rattan chandelier, $1,965, at Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, 773.528.7787. Diamond feather pendant in 18K white gold with 225 full-cut diamonds, $15,000, by Sidney Garber at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. Crescent moon cuff, $85, by Jenny Bird at Nordstrom stores. Poplin flower cutout dress, $875, and poplin flower cutout flute-sleeve top, $595, both by Co at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. Raffia can and bottle holders, $8-$36, at Jayson Home, 773.248.8180. Mikea Manou diffuser, $145, by Baobab at Elements, 312.642.6574. Forde nightstand in solid ash with a Danish soap finish, $680, at 57st. design, 773.819.0307. Onyx bird pillow $250, at Jayson Home, 773.248.8180. Kate raffia shoulder bag, $1,990, by Saint Laurent at Nordstrom stores. Wild Mountain Honey candle, $19, by Tatine at Norcross and Scott, 773.564.9533. Eau de Memo Eau de Parfum (100 ml), $275, by Memo Paris at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Black, brown and beige crochet lace espadrilles (size 37), $560, by ChloĂŠ at Luxury Garage Sale, 312.291.9126.

Amelia sunglasses, $485, at Morgenthal Frederics, 312.642.2550.

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FOR ART’S SAKE Limited-edition T-shirt collection featuring illustrations by Angelica Hicks (only 1,100 pieces

worldwide), $490 each (includes coordinating vintage-style metal box), at Gucci in the 900 North Michigan Shops, 312.664.5504.

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GOOD SPORT Clockwise from top left: Season 5 sweatshirt, $400, and camo pants (tucked into the boots), $260, by Yeezy at VMR, 312.649.6673. Bow leather creeper sandal in

Silver Pink, $180, by Fenty Puma by Rihanna at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Top and pants, prices upon request, both at Escada, 312.915.0500. Gray melange unisex rope detail sweatshirt, $895, at Burberry, 312.787.2500. Logo tee, $120, by See by ChloÊ at Nordstrom stores. Two-piece white diamond drop earrings, $3,015, by Graziela at Elements, 312.642.6574. Jaden Sneaker, $260, by Rachel Zoe at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. Women’s Athleisure Trunk (items include Marilyn suede baseball cap in black by Rag & Bone, Retrograde crop top in ivory by Free People, To the Max mesh bomber in white by Zella, racerback bralette in dark gray by Free People, Mindful high-waist midi leggings in black by Zella, Mini Glasgow faux-leather backpack by Topshop, Stan Smith sneakers by Adidas and Flex sports bra in pink by Zella), price varies based upon items you keep, at Trunk Club, 312.801.7200. Sign Matt single-material chair with matte finish, $290, by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga at Luminaire, 312.664.9582. Glass water bottle in Spiked Winter (500 ml), $40, by bkr at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Sport Sail black enameled stainless steel and black diamond watch, $1,445, by Michele at Luxury Garage Sale, 312.291.9126.

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SITTING PRETTY Handwoven by DEDON’s master weavers in an open, semi-transparent style, the TIGMI outdoor sofa by Jean-Marie Massaud boasts an easy-to-remove roof and two layers of cushioning—a thick outer layer covered in a special waterproof fabric and a pillowy-soft inner layer, $13,985, at DEDON at LuxeHome in theMART, 312.982.7555.

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CITRUS CRUSH Clockwise from top left: Large and small trays, 6” plate, espresso cup and nesting bowls in ‘lemon’ glaze finish, $36-$116, by Felt + Fat at Gild Assembly, 312.528.7825. Second Skin cashmere crewneck with drawstring tie and abstract texture sleeves in Oyster color, $1,195; abstract superfine wool back-zip trouser with front pin-tuck in Oyster color, $945; and Pebble calf-skin leather single-handle clutch, $895, all at Marlowe, 312.988.9398. Italian enamel costume jewelry from the 1960s, $125, by Gaetano Cascio at Vanna Paoli at the Randolph Street Market, randolphstreetmarket.com. Lucite and rhinestone lemon brooch from the 1940s, $110, at Ladybug Vintage, ladybugvintage.com. Farah sleeveless dress with asymmetrical straps and V-neck cutouts in Sun color, $475, at M2057 by Maria Pinto, 888.868.2057. Lime, Basil & Mandarin soap, $20, by Jo Malone London at Nordstrom stores. Medium Cabas Phantom tote in yellow leather, $2,100, by Céline at Luxury Garage Sale, 312.291.9126. Yellow and white lemon-printed brocade sandals (size 38), $845, by Dolce & Gabbana at Luxury Garage Sale, 312.291.9126. Citrus Series #21 photograph from the Dennis Wojtkiewicz collection, $699, at Room & Board, 312.222.0970. Eau d’Orange Verte hair and body shower gel, $43, by Hermès at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Spool stool (available in 53 rope color options), $740, by Tidelli at tidelli.com. Shatterproof resin cups in green, $48 each, by Tina Frey at Norcross and Scott, 773.564.9533. Italian washable paper bags (size small), $23 each, by Uashmama at Norcross and Scott, 773.564.9533.

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IN LIVING COLOR De La Tierra archival pigment print from a limited edition of seven, $6,250 for a

40” x 60” print, $9,750 for a 57” x 88” print or price upon request for a custom size, at Darryll Schiff Fine Art, 312.944.6163.

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BLOOMING LILAC

Clockwise from top left: Shadowlands I acrylic on canvas (30” x 30”), $2,400, by Kate Marshall at Norcross and Scott, 773.564.9533. Fusion pendant in 18K white gold with chalcedony, diamonds and clear topaz, $25,700, by Fernando Jorge at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. Sarah sunglasses, $2,395, at Morgenthal Frederics, 312.642.2550. Ring in platinum with a 14.37-¬carat un-enhanced cushion-cut purple sapphire, half-moon emeralds, round pink diamonds and round brilliant white diamonds, from the Tiffany 2017 Blue Book Collection, The Art of the Wild, at Tiffany & Co., 312.944.7500. Python ankle-wrap sandal in Lilac with signature hanging padlock and key, $1,690, by Tom Ford at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Coat, $3,980, by Gucci at Neapolitan Collection, Winnetka, 847.441.7784. (Full look available at Gucci in the 900 North Michigan Shops, 312.664.5504.) Le Feu de L’Eau scented candle in grapefruit and tobacco, $62, at Norcross and Scott, 773.564.9533. Limited-edition Lilac Path Eau de Parfum (3.4 oz.), $165, by Aerin at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue, 312.642.5900. Lilac clutch from the 1960s, $465, by Emilio Pucci at Ladybug Vintage, ladybugvintage.com. Agate tile in lilac, price upon request,

by Lauren Harper at Artistic Tile at LuxeHome in theMART, 312.670.0612. Cônica round table with nautical rope base and glass or HPL top, starting at $1,500, by Tidelli at tidelli.com.

Traditional design 100 percent wool and silk blend rug handwoven in India (9’2” x 12’10”), $14,000, at The Golden Triangle, 312.755.1266.

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Tibetan singing bowls play a part in the Sound Meditation sessions at Anatomy Redefined.

JUST BREATHE

Chicago is experiencing a meditation boom—and we’re all for the mindful movement.

Here, four of our favorite spots to unplug, de-stress and focus on putting your best self forward.

By Maggie Finn Ryan CHILL CHICAGO A chic respite in River North that’s garnering a following of designers from theMart, Chill offers meditation (sans the incense and New-Agey stuff ), massage and thoughtfully curated retail finds like Tatine candles and Evermore Paper Co. greeting cards.

Founders Laura Sage, Claire Mark and Liz Olson’s M.O. is to help Chicagoans live less stressed, more mindful lives via three focused meditation classes—Breath, Insight and Rest—each geared toward a different goal (think breath work, visualization and relaxation). Chill’s central location and design-forward vibe make this studio a go-to for busy professionals and Design District dwellers looking to drop in for a chair massage or a solo meditation sesh. Want to spread the Zen? Rent the entire 4,000-square-foot space for your next party.

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ANATOMY REDEFINED Pilates classes, reiki and wellness coaching are all on the menu at this cozy Madison Street studio, but we quickly fell for Anatomy Redefined’s bi-weekly Sound Meditation sessions. Owner Elizabeth Meador, a certified sound practitioner, plays her quartz crystal singing bowls and planetary gongs bi-weekly for weary West Loopers. Just lie back on your mat, cover up with a blanket and a lavender-scented eye pillow, and let the vibrations wash over you. “Within the human body, different organs, bones, et cetera are each vibrating at a specific rate, that together create your own resonant frequency, which can become out of balance,” says Meador.

“Through the use of sound, your body works to re-balance and re-harmonize itself.” Anatomy Redefined is a great spot for first-time meditators and those who find traditional meditation too intense.

1241 W. Madison St., 312.833.3280, anatomyredefined.com

A Sound Meditation session at Anatomy Redefined on Madison Street

Meditation guru Lizzi Cutler hosts monthly sessions in Boleo at The Gray hotel.

WELLNESS AT THE GRAY The Gray hotel’s new pop-up meditation series, Smash Limiting Beliefs, is perfect for worker bees in the Loop, especially since all of the classes start at 8AM, right before the daily grind begins.

Much like the Wendy Rhoades character on the Showtime hit Billions, meditation guru Lizzi Cutler guides participants through a 45-minute mindfulness practice that emphasizes goal setting, gratitude and simple tricks to help enhance productivity.

And, best of all, you get to sit on chairs and couches (as opposed to on cushions on the floor) in the hotel’s chic, sun-drenched rooftop lounge, Boleo. The sessions are complimentary—read: they book up fast!—and take place every third Wednesday of the month through December.

122 W. Monroe St., 312.750.9012, grayhotelchicago.com

“Incense-free modern meditation and no-need-to-get-naked massage” is how Chill bills itself.

BREATHE BAR Whether you have 30 minutes for a quick recharge or two hours to totally bliss out, Breathe Bar aims to enhance your busy lifestyle, not add to your to-do list. After a stint as a brick-andmortar studio on Restaurant Row, founder Sylvia Maldonado has decided to tap into the on-demand meditation market, bringing private and completely customizable breath, body awareness, insight, mantra, sound and visualization meditations to those in need of some instant Zen—where you want it, when you want it.

Her team of highly trained meditation teachers and mindfulness coaches will meet you at your home or office to personally guide you into golden silence. Here’s an enlightened idea: Set up a weekly meditation for the whole office to boost concentration and camaraderie. You can thank us later.

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The restaurant’s outdoor courtyard boasts a white stucco fireplace, an edible garden and Nordic-style benches draped in reindeer hides and nubby, woolen blankets.

FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD With a well-edited menu and distinctively Danish design, Elske shows staying power on Restaurant Row.

By Hilary Boyajian / Photography by Anthony Tahlier On the quieter west end of Randolph Street’s Restaurant Row, behind a walnut chevron-patterned door, a chicly Scandinavian milieu exists that makes you feel like you are nowhere near a big city—let alone Chicago. Elske, meaning ‘love’ in Danish, is a refined fine-dining restaurant built on the backs of hardworking chefs Anna and David Posey, a place where sophisticated yet simple food is served sans pretension.

“The menu at Elske is a mixture of modern and caveman cooking, showcasing techniques we are exploring over our hearth,” says owner and Executive Chef David, who traces his Danish roots back to Grindsted, a small town in central Jutland.

“Denmark can definitely be seen in the design and style of the restaurant more than the food. My culinary experience has led me to a style that is very edited down and simple. As with everything I do, I try to take things to their most basic, to really showcase complexity through simplicity.”

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nurtured. A few years later, during his lauded stint as chef de cuisine at Blackbird, David added James Beard Award finalist for Rising Star Chef in 2013 and 2014 to his resume. It was there that he met promising pastry chef Anna Shovers (at the time, an intern about to graduate from the French Pastry School of Chicago), his future partner in life and food. “I proposed to Anna in front of a Hans Christian Andersen statue in the middle of Copenhagen, which makes our ties to Denmark a little deeper,” says David.

The couple bought the three-story building at 1350 W. Randolph St. in 2015, moved into the top floor and spent the better part of 2016 undertaking renovations. It was Anna, who had studied painting and drawing at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design before pastry school, who helmed Elske’s interior design direction, a collaboration with Erin Boone of Chicago-based Boone Interiors.

“Elske is a study in hygge [pronounced “hoo-guh”],” says Boone. “In Danish, it’s a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. We wanted the space to be completely immersive, harkening a cozy, stylish home in Scandinavia that provides an elevated dining experience using traditional elements from Danish design.”

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Anna and David Posey. “I proposed to Anna in front of a Hans Christian Andersen statue in the middle of Copenhagen, which makes our ties to Denmark a little deeper,� says David.

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Owner and pastry chef Anna Posey, who studied painting and drawing at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, collaborated with Boone Interiors on Elske’s design.

Elske’s aesthetic experience begins with its outdoor courtyard, designed by Julie deLeon of Groundwork Design, where a white stucco fireplace and Nordic-style benches draped in reindeer hides and nubby, woolen blankets invite guests to gather. There is an edible garden flourishing in two raised beds that double as cocktail benches. Designed by Anna and David, Elske’s garden turns out rosemary, anise hyssop, mint, sage, nasturtium, marigolds and figs, all of which are harvested for use in drinks and dishes. The west wall of the restaurant features floor-to-ceiling glass doors that, when open, integrate the interior and exterior spaces for flow and fresh air.

Inside, guests are welcomed into Elske’s 1,200-square-foot dining room by a stack of chopped firewood, fuel for the woodfired hearth David was talking about, the heart of the restaurant’s open kitchen. Although the building’s bones are industrial, the 52-seat open space is far from cold. Candles are peppered about and porcelain wall sconces from Apparatus Lighting in New York add ambient warmth. Custom walnut dining tables from Cincinnatibased fabricator Brush Factory are paired with black lacquered beechwood J64 chairs from Danish design house Fredericia for a Nordic folk feel, while charcoal upholstered Coco chairs with metal bases from Gubi in Copenhagen play up the industrial simplicity.

Artisanal moments further define Elske’s personality, including abstract geometric paintings by David’s brother, Los Angeles-based artist Mark Posey, that adorn the walls next to the intimate, seven-seat bar, as well as bespoke wallpaper that Boone Interiors had custom-made from Anna’s sketches of herbs and foliage. “I wanted spaces like the bathrooms and the elevator to have some character, a little pop you’re not expecting,” says Anna. “The restaurant is very subtle so we decided to hand-draw the wallpaper for some warmth and personality.” Even the cotton dress shirts worn by the staff are screen-printed with one of Anna’s organic watercolor art pieces, a request Tilit (a source for utilitarian restaurant uniforms) was more than happy to oblige.

A quick elevator ride to the second floor reveals a sprawling, 1,000-square-foot lofted private dining space (accommodating 20-60 guests) that’s also a greenhouse for growing more aromatic edibles like bay laurel, thyme, Vietnamese coriander, French sorrel, lavender and spearmint. Here, the modern Nordic theme continues via a walnut wine library, a custom walnut dining table (seating up to 24 guests), another fireplace, a cozy banquette for cocktailing and mobile-style lighting fixtures designed by Boone Interiors and engineered by Chicago metalsmith Active Alloys.

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Fermented black bean agnolotti with morels and sugar peas

Back on the first floor, guests can delight in Elske’s culinary offerings via David’s a la carte selection or his seasonal tasting menu that’s complemented by one of two beverage pairings courtesy of General Manager and Beverage Director Kyle Davidson (The Violet Hour, Blackbird): a wine pairing culled from his globally sourced, 40-bottle wine list or an inventive non-alcoholic pairing (think juiced beets and cranberries infused with lapsang souchong tea and a touch of citric acid, or chilled espresso with brown sugar syrup and grapefruit peel topped with club soda or tonic water).

Opting for the tasting lineup with wine, we commence our eight courses with a tea of lightly smoked fruits and vegetables.

“If it grows together, it goes together,” says David, whose wastenot, want-not tea utilizes the kitchen’s often discarded bits of produce. The contents of the bright and savory broth are smoked and dried over the wood-fired hearth, steeped in hot water and seasoned with sea salt and fresh lemon juice before being garnished with a salvaged sugar snap pea shell that’s been stuffed with garlic aioli and tempura fried. The mug, a speckled, wheelthrown clay cup from Cincinnati-based potter CG Ceramics, is our first glimpse of the earth-toned tableware used throughout the service, a thoughtful medium for showcasing David’s creations while sticking to Anna’s design sensibility.

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Soft scrambled eggs with confit chicken thigh and crispy grains

Next up is the reimagining of a Danish hotdog, Denmark’s signature street fare. The dish is a perfect example of David’s ability to unfurl complexity through comforting flavor combinations. His spin is a Grillpølser beef tartare, a bite-sized nosh that begins with a baked potato chip topped with the ground beef tartare and housecured bacon, spiked with ketchup, and garnished with a mix of raw and crispy fried onions as well as a remoulade of pickles and salted cabbage that’s been tossed in a curry-dashed mayonnaise. And right before the plate leaves the kitchen, David crowns each stack with a slice of sweet pickled cucumber and dill, his mother Gunde’s recipe that has taken a ribbon in the International Food category at the L.A. County Fair for the last three years.

Our final “snack” is a duck liver tart, David’s savory play on a custard tart he found while flipping through a vintage French cookbook. His simple yet rich blend of house-made duck liver pâté, foie gras, stewed onion and garlic is baked inside of a buckwheat-flour tart shell and presented on an oak serving board.

Each petite slice is topped with a layer of salted ramp consommé and dusted with dried parsley, forming a jade green, velvety topcoat. The dish’s herbal notes pair beautifully with the bright and piquant 2015 Jean Baptiste Gunderloch Riesling Kabinett from the Rheinhessen region of Germany that Davidson has selected, awakening our palates for Elske’s more substantial plates.

Whole roasted Maitake mushrooms with pear cream and chestnuts “My culinary experience has lead me to a style that is very edited down and simple,” says owner and chef David Posey. “I try to take things to their most basic, to really showcase complexity through simplicity.”

Beverage Director Kyle Davidson has curated a global, 40-bottle wine list to pull from for Elske’s tasting menu.

Also on the tasting menu is a tea of lightly smoked fruits and vegetables garnished with a tempura sugar snap pea that’s filled with green garlic aioli.

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Bowls of kaffir lime custard, sunchokes and chartreuse with (on plates) frozen fennel candy with mint, both from the desserts portion of Elske’s tasting menu

Continuing the celebration of old-school French dishes, David’s steamed leeks are a star of the tasting menu. Lightly steamed, roll-cut leeks from Werp Farms in Michigan come dressed in a thyme- and orange peel-infused vinaigrette mixed with a savory granola of toasted oats, fried leeks and dried Niçoise olives. The lot is coated in molten Blue Mounds cheddar from Wisconsin and a swathe of hollandaise (made traditionally with a bain marie) before being brûléed and finished with a drizzle of leek oil for a vivid pop of chartreuse around the earthen plate. The blissfully buttery emulsion is cut by the slightly nutty oxidation of our pours of 2012 Roussette de Savoie Altesse from Savoie, France, a wine that wonderfully complements the sharpness of the marinated leeks.

Lightening things up without sacrificing an ounce of flavor is the halibut. Poached slowly in olive oil with garlic and thyme before getting a simple seasoning of brown butter, sea salt flakes and a preserved Meyer lemon purée (made with lemons plucked from the Meyer lemon tree growing upstairs, natch). Elegantly understated, the fillet is accompanied by chopped cabbage that has been charred over the grill to impart a sweet floral quality before being roasted slowly with shallots, hand-churned butter and fresh chamomile leaves. Here, Davidson selects a 2015 Bodegas Viñátigo Gual from Tenerife, Canary Islands, for its pliant character and dusty mineral finish.

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(again, straight from Elske’s garden). The lamb is so good, we almost forget to sip from our glasses of 2015 Domaine de la Charbonnieres Gamay from Beaujolais, France. “This wine exhibits an almost northern Rhône-like earthiness to go with the protein,” says Davidson. “But it also retains the high acid and medium body needed for the accompaniments.”

Our sweet course begins with a palate cleanser of frozen fennel candy with mint—Anna’s handmade mini gelées made with fresh lime and fennel bulb juice that are frozen and coated with dried and ground mint leaves from the herb garden. The cubes prove to be the ultimate foretaste to our closing dessert: kaffir lime custard with sunchoke and chartreuse. “I wanted to get creative with roots and tubers while keeping the dish appropriate for the season,” says Anna. “David had been using sunchoke chips and I sort of stole them from him and turned it into a dessert. The custard is actually a posset—or cream that is curdled with acid— and the result is truly the smoothest custard you could ever hope for.” The only thing we could hope for is a second helping—and a second pour of the 2011 Château La Rame Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc from Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, France, as it brings forth a dense, rich sweetness that’s in balance with the refined dessert that, thankfully, does not overwhelm with sugar.

Sitting post-meal outside by the roaring fire, gratified and swaddled in reindeer hides to absorb the crisp night air, the notion of hygge resonates deeply—as does life’s greatest yet simplest pleasure: love. “Anna and I knew we wanted to open a restaurant just to get to see each other more,” says David. “The first years we were dating, we were on opposite schedules. Elske is our first—hopefully, of many—collaborations together.” sl Elske, 1350 W. Randolph St., 312.733.1314, elskerestaurant.com

“Architectural elegance was paramount and was created with clean lines, beautiful rich limestone detailing and a traditional mansard roof,” says BGD&C principal Rodger Owen of the home’s facade.

The New Classic

Life hums along inside a Lincoln Park mansion that’s grand on the outside and family-friendly on the inside.

By Amalie Drury / Photography by Nathan Kirkman (with exterior photo by Tony Soluri) Walk past this gracious double-lot home in Lincoln Park and no one will blame you if you take in its French provincial limestone façade and assume that the inside is a lavish study in Baroque architecture, appointed with crystal chandeliers, ornate rugs and gilded mirrors galore. But you would be wrong. Way wrong.

Designed and built by luxury custom home builders BGD&C for a financial tech executive and his wife, a stay-at-home mom trained as a pediatric nurse practitioner, this is one grand abode with a form as surprising as its function. “It’s primarily a family home,” the homeowner says simply. An enviably serene mother of three children under the age of 10—with a fourth on the way—she goes on to explain what this means from an aesthetic standpoint: “I wanted it to feel organic and peaceful, airy and open, and we were very interested in the flow of the space.”

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The owner worked closely with a team from BGD&C (bgdchomes.com), who hired interior design firm Kadlec Architecture + Design (kadlecdesign.com) to ensure the decor— furnishings and material selections—of the 12,000-square-foot home was kid-friendly and effortlessly chic, from the casual dining room tables with their homework- and board game-tested cerused finish to the linen-slipcovered sofas in the not-so-formal sitting room. “Her main objective was for the family to be able to live in the entire home, and she came to the project with this amazingly organized binder of inspiration,” says Steven Kadlec, recalling his first meeting with the client. “She was thoughtful and insightful about what she was looking for. A lot of the images she had pulled were about emotion, photos of Italian courtyards, and the idea of being connected, in a city home, to landscaping and light.”

For the main stair, Kadlec Architecture + Design created a flowing system with a custom metal railing and continuous handrail. (Custom double-tiered chandelier with hand-blown glass globes by Alison Berger)

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Special touches in the kitchen include a painted tongue-and-groove ceiling, hand-painted cabinetry, a pewter stovetop hood and quartzite countertops with a walnut inset.

“We designed the living room to be both formal and relaxed for intimate get-togethers as well as casual family time,” says Steve Kadlec. (Contre Coeur interior fireplace metal panel with custom mantel by Chesney’s)

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“The client dreamed of a fun family space so we designed an underground pool with adjoining yoga/exercise room complete with locker rooms and spa,” says Owen.

Major parts of bringing that vision to life are the home’s many large windows and its key design feature, a stunning oval stained-glass skylight in the middle of the house that suspends a custom Alison Berger hand-blown glass chandelier. Soft, pastelhued light fills the elliptical marble staircase (BGD&C created a flowing system with a custom metal railing and continuous handrail chosen by Kadlec) and spreads into the hallways on all three above-ground floors, giving the home an ethereal essence and illuminating details that might otherwise fall into the shadows in such a large space.

“The question for family homes today is how to be both beautiful and comfortable,” says Kadlec. “Here, we wanted to show that casual can still feel composed and put-together, but not fussy

and off-putting.” Take, for instance, the home’s combined kitchen and family room, where the homeowner says the family spends the most time together. The subdued gray palette, soft plaster wall finish and solid ceiling beams combine for an unmistakably elegant feel, but the deep sofas and wide European white oak floorboards with a warm, smoked finish create a relaxed, lived-in look.

An important item on the client’s wish list was a spa-like indoor swimming pool (located on the more contemporary lower level of the home, adjacent to a large fitness room), which she says the children adore. “It’s so wonderful for everyone to get exercise in the wintertime,” she says. “And in the summer, we spend a lot of time outside up on the deck, where we grow pear trees and vegetables and have our lunches.” slmag.net

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For the mudroom, Kadlec Architecture + Design combined clever details including O’Brien Harris stained oak millwork, foundation brick subway tile and a custom designed chalkboard mural.

The kids’ craft room features built-in storage, a custom zinc sink, hand-painted terrazzo floor tiles, a custom-designed craft table and hand-painted millwork.

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Barn doors on brass hardware, a steel tie-bar ceiling, rift white oak tongueand-groove wainscot paneling and bookcases trick out the kids’ playroom.

The light-filled master bath boasts a deep soaking tub, burled walnut vanity, Bardiglio stone floors and herringbone stone wall panels.

Limestone floors from Exquisite Surfaces, custom trim, casings and walnut jamb liners complete the polished foyer. (Custom console from Dos Gallos, painting by David Kroll)

Kadlec Architecture + Design created a multifunctional master suite complete with embroidered drapery, custom Êtagères and a custom fireplace mantel.

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The third-floor study opens to a loggia with custom metal work that was inspired by the Art Nouveau-style metro stops in Paris. A vintage crystal chandelier and Chinese deco runner warm up the space.

On the third floor of the house, the owner oversees the couple’s child-focused philanthropic pursuits from her book-lined study with an adjacent loggia that features a Beaux Arts metal trellis inspired by the Paris Metro. “Books are one of the things I hold dear, and I wanted lots of nooks for them,” she says. Other must-haves included a comfortable guest suite for when her parents visit from out of the country, and a craft room for the children with plenty of counter space, a sink and endless cubbies for art supplies.

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selection of more than 50 different types of tile and stone, possibly a record for a BGD&C project. “But,” says Owen, “the ultimate satisfaction is so much greater than buying something off the shelf.

You’re really a part of the creation.”

And when you look closely at the finished product—noting how the windows line up perfectly with the stone and brick joints, how the lighting is flawlessly coordinated around mechanicals and trusses, and how seamlessly the millwork, trim and wall finishes flow from room to room—it’s clear that BGD&C built a home that will endure for centuries, a home that looks both backward and forward in time to find a balance that perfectly suits the owners’ right-now lifestyle. “We like the feeling that the home has always been here, but it’s not stale,” she says. “It’s clean and fresh and new—and also timeless.” sl

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OOH, CANADA Wanna get away? Yorkville, Toronto, is a quick direct flight for Chicagoans looking for a cosmopolitan-chic long weekend.

By Taylor Morgan Yorkville, Toronto, is having a moment. And at the heart of it all is The Hazelton Hotel, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and literally the only luxury boutique hotel in Ontario’s treasured capital. “Toronto has been slowly assuming its natural place on the world stage as a true global and cosmopolitan city,” says Hani Roustom, general manager of The Hazleton (and Yorkville’s honorary bon vivant). “The city has become the fourth largest metropolitan hub in North America, been voted one of the most multicultural cities in the world and is known for its rich film, music and art scenes—and Yorkville is its epicenter.”

The vibe along Hazleton Avenue is decidedly in vogue. One can pop into intimate galleries such as Ingram Gallery and Mira Godard Gallery, shop the likes of Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Holt Renfrew along the Mink Mile’s charming pignons sur rue on Bloor Street, and pause for a seasonal single-origin pour-over at Sorry Coffee Co. “Yorkville was known as the Canadian capital of the hippie movement in the ’60s,” says Roustom, who hails from Lebanon but has worked in the neighborhood for seven years. “It’s been wonderful to watch its revitalization, a renaissance that’s being bolstered by art, fashion and design.”

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As far as fine dining and rubbing elbows with Yorkville’s trendsetting art and entrepreneurial sets goes, The Hazelton Hotel can’t be beat. Designed by Yabu Pushelberg (the Toronto-based design firm behind The Edition hotels not to mention the avantgarde Canada Olympic House for the 2016 Olympics in Rio), the hotel is fiercely elegant, boasting a cutting-edge art collection featuring the work of Canadian talents like Cynthia Chapman, Margaret Kisza and Bruno Billio. Anchored by ONE restaurant and its tree-lined patio—the hotel’s eclectic, North Americancontemporary culinary concept helmed by Canada’s celebrity chef Mark McEwan—the hotel’s swank first-floor foyer and gallery lead to a modern yet mellow lobby and den where guests are invited to lounge on velvety couches and flip through a Taschen tome or two. As for its rooms (62 rooms and 15 exceptional suites), each is a custom-curated mix of designer appointments (think zebrawood-paneled dressing rooms and bespoke bathrooms swathed in galaxy green granite). The best part? You can throw open the French doors to your suite’s Juliet balcony and watch the pulsating street action go by. sl The Hazleton Hotel, 118 Yorkville Ave., Toronto, ON, 416.963.6300, thehazeltonhotel.com

THE WHO, WHAT, WEAR Ronaldo Breton, The Hazelton Hotel’s chef concierge and the national treasurer for Les Clefs d’Or Canada, breaks down the best boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and cozy cafes to fill your days in Yorkville.

Shop On The “Mink Mile” (Bloor St. between Yonge St. and Avenue Rd.) is home to myriad luxury flagship stores, including Holt Renfrew, Harry Rosen, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Hermès, Dolce & Gabbana and Tiffany & Co. “Christian Louboutin recently opened on Yorkville Avenue, Chanel is opening in October, and Jimmy Choo and Bottega Veneta are breaking ground soon,” says Breton. Looking to shop local?

Breton recommends Pink Tartan, George C and Kiton.

Get Your Art Fix “From historical to contemporary, local to international, photography to sculpture, Yorkville is well-known for its art galleries and fine-art houses,” says Breton, citing Liss Gallery, Izzy Gallery, Ingram Gallery, Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery Gevik and Odon Wagner Gallery among his favorites. As for museums, the Royal Ontario Museum is an obvious choice and is perfect for families. But sartorial enthusiasts should plan a visit to the Bata Shoe Museum on Bloor Street West, where more than 13,000 shoes with more than 4,500 years of history celebrate the style and function of footwear. “I love the section devoted to shoes from artists, athletes, politicians and other famous icons,” says Breton. “And the building itself, designed

At 620 square feet, the Luxury King Room features a zebra wood-clad dressing room and a Juliet balcony.

The hotel’s luxe lobby lounge designed by Yabu Pushelberg

by Moriyama & Teshima Architects, has become a well-loved Toronto landmark that looks like an open shoebox!”

The Right Path If you find yourself walking from the Royal Ontario Museum to the Bata Shoe Museum, slow your stroll at the north entrance of Philosopher’s Walk to take in the beautiful Queen Alexandra Gates that commemorate the visit of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on Oct. 10, 1901. Or take a detour on the pedestrian pathway that’s become a popular hangout for students and teachers from the University of Toronto.

Nosheries of Note ONE restaurant at The Hazelton Hotel, STK, Opus, Sotto Sotto, Goldstruck, Zaza, Kasa Moto, Chabrol, Summers Ice Cream, Brothers Food & Wine, Bar Reyna, Planta, Joso’s, Evoo, Sassafraz… Yorkville’s food and beverage options are diverse and bountiful. “For private dinner parties, reserve the Neil Young Room at ONE restaurant,” suggests Breton.

Look And Listen An international design competition in 1991, won by Oleson Worland Architects in association with Schwartz Smith Meyer Landscape Architects and PWP Landscape Architecture, led to the revamping of the Village of Yorkville Park on Cumberland Street. It won the American Society of Landscape Architects Landmark Award in 2012 and features a bold design blend of flora, footpaths and seating that’s ideal for catching some rays and people-watching.

The Luxury King Room’s en-suite boasts floor-to-ceiling green granite, a deep soaking tub, heated floors and a mirror-embedded TV.

At ONE restaurant, Executive Chef Mark McEwan plates classic French and Italian dishes utilizing the best of Ontario’s fresh produce. (Shown here: The restaurant’s Neil Young Room for semi-private dining)

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SERVING OPPORTUNITY The Trotter Project celebrates three years of inspiring Chicago’s next generation of chefs and hospitality innovators.

By Alexandra Sabbag / Photography by Nick Murway There are celebrity chefs and then there are iconic chefs. Charlie Trotter was the latter. For 25 years, his namesake Michelin-starred restaurant in Lincoln Park fed his trademark, petite-portioned courses to friends and neighbors, dignitaries and rock stars, all of whom Trotter treated with the same level of even-keeled respect and kindness. Although he had a reputation for being tough behind the scenes, his assertiveness was overshadowed by his generous nature and big heart, qualities that those who knew him well remember the most. Trotter once said, “One of the most beautiful things that I can do for you—or that any one of us can do for one another— is to serve each other. It’s one of the most human things. It’s one of the most basic things. But you do that from the heart. You do that because you want to connect with somebody. Service, not servitude, is something that should never be lost.”

During the 1990s and early 2000s, Trotter turned these words into action. His restaurant became a breeding ground for talents like Graham Elliot, Bill Kim, David LeFevre, Matthias Merges, Mindy Segal, Giuseppe Tentori and Michael Taus, a platform for Trotter to teach his craft and help grow Chicago’s culinary community. To that end, he launched the Charlie Trotter Culinary Education Foundation in 1999, inviting groups of public high-school students into his restaurant as part of its Excellence Program: Two to three times per week, Trotter would present his multi-course menu to a group of students—the same menu that diners at his restaurant would pay top dollar to enjoy.

After a meal of, say, Kurobuta pork belly, green garlic gnocchi, olive-oil-poached turnips and unagi terrine—or whatever flawlessly imaginative flavor combinations were coming out of the mind of Charlie Trotter that week—the students would learn how the food was prepared and discuss the origins of its ingredients, cooking techniques and presentation.

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For his contributions, Trotter was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award in 2005 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. But he didn’t do it for the awards. After his untimely death in 2013, The Trotter Project (thetrotterproject. org) was born the following year to carry on his spirit of community service and mentorship. Founded by chef Homaro Cantu (another great Charlie Trotter’s alum) and Trotter’s family with the support of countless alumni and friends, the organization unites budding young talent interested in the culinary arts and hospitality industry through mentorship programs designed to educate and inspire the next generation of talent, propel careers and build community.

In short, The Trotter Project taps into its vast network of chefs whose careers were touched in some way by Trotter and pairs those chefs with Chicago culinary students, connecting top innovators in the hospitality space with the aspiring youth who are its future. “The Trotter Project has grown exponentially since its inception three short years ago,” says The Trotter Project Executive Director Derrek Hull. “In 2015 and 2016, we were working with two to three Chicago Public Schools high schools and now, in 2017, The Trotter Project is working with all 18 CPS high schools that have a culinary/hospitality program, plus the Washburne Culinary Institute and Kendall College. Thankfully, we have a support system chock-full of experts who are eager to leverage their network, empower today’s youth and put them on the pathway toward their dream job.”

To celebrate what would have been the 30th anniversary of Charlie Trotter’s iconic restaurant, The Trotter Project is launching a scholarship and paid internship program. For the first time, the organization is awarding two full-ride scholarships to Washburne Culinary Institute (for two students to earn their

Chef Michael Taus (pictured at right) of Taus Authentic assembling a dish in Charlie Trotter’s studio kitchen

The Trotter Project’s Pillars of Excellence Mentorship Program placed culinary student Brianna Ray with Chefs Bill Kim of bellyQ and Michael Taus of Taus Authentic.

associates degree), two $15,000 scholarships to Kendall College and two paid 180-hour internships. (The four scholarships are available to eligible CPS high school seniors who are currently enrolled in their school’s culinary/hospitality program, while the two paid internships are available to eligible students currently enrolled at either Washburne Culinary Institute or Kendall College.) What’s more? The organization’s powerhouse list of chef partners then facilitates the paid internships.

“Service is a part of my DNA because of Charlie Trotter,” says Taus, the owner and executive chef of Taus Authentic in Wicker Park. “There are so many people out there with dreams to pursue a career in this business and, through our connections, we are able to provide the access for these young people to achieve great things.” In 2013, chef Taus mentored a 19-year-old Illinois Institute of Art student named Brianna Ray, giving her a full-time position in his kitchen at Coppervine (where he worked in 2013 and 2014) while she attended school, setting her up with skills that have allowed her to cook at the level of someone with 10-plus years of professional experience. “I had little to no experience coming into the industry because I was so young,” says Ray, who is now 22 years old and working for chef Bill Kim at BellyQ and Urban Belly and with the Saigon Sisters at Bang Chop Thai Kitchen. “Now I’m able to look back and see how I’ve grown. I’m stronger both professionally and personally and can see how I’ve taken the lessons I’ve learned from the kitchen into my everyday life.” Today, she has her sights set on opening her own food truck and building a brand of kitchenware.

Next month, Aug. 17-20, the 30th anniversary celebration continues with Charlie Trotter Days. For four days, select restaurants nationwide will offer Trotter-inspired dishes, prixfixe menus and signature cocktails with a portion of the proceeds

benefitting The Trotter Project. This year’s participating chefs lineup features some of the best in the business, including Thomas Keller (The French Laundry, Per Se), David LeFevre (Manhattan Beach Post), Della Gossett (Spago), and Chicago chefs Bill Kim (Belly Q) and Giuseppe Tentori (GT Fish & Oyster, GT Prime), just to name a few. Charlie Trotter Days has raised more than $65,000 for the foundation in the last three years and, tongs crossed, this will be a banner year as well, especially with a commitment from founding corporate sponsor United Airlines to donate one dollar from every Bistro on Board meal purchased on its domestic flights over those four days.

Thanks to corporate sponsors like United Airlines and The Peninsula Chicago, and partnerships with Washburne Culinary Institute and Kendall College as well as with empowering orgs like Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) and After School Matters, The Trotter Project now has a bigger bandwidth—and is in the initial phases of taking its mission bicoastal, beginning with youth cooking competitions this summer in New York and L.A. And come this fall, The Trotter Project will host its debut fundraising gala, the Excellence Gala, on Oct. 21 in Kendall College’s Skyline Room. In addition to headlining chefs Carrie Nahabedian (Naha, Brindille) and Norman Van Aken (Norman’s at The Ritz-Carlton, Orlando), the gala will feature courses from all six former Trotter chefs de cuisine and each table will have a sommelier to guide guests through the wine pairings.

“What makes The Trotter Project different from any other charity is our alumni and culinary supporters,” says Taus. “The schools get students ready, but our network of chefs train them to be the best in the business and ready for their careers. We set the stage for the culinary world’s rising stars.” sl slmag.net 101

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Targeted, a three-person show at Catherine Edelman Gallery that addresses the effects of violence and captivity on individuals and communities, marks the debut of work by Omar Imam, Garrett O. Hansen and Colleen Plumb.

The show opens July 14 and runs through September 1. Catherine Edelman Gallery, 300 W. Superior St., 312.266.2350, edelmangallery.com

Shown here, from left: “Untitled, 2015,” from the series Live, Love, Refugee, by Omar Imam.

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by Limelight Catering, a special video message from the evening’s musical curator, Pharrell Williams, introduced celebrity performer Janelle Monáe, who brought down the house with an epic set including her hit song “Tightrope” as well as songs by Prince and The Jackson 5. The event raised $3 million for future MCA exhibitions, performances and education programming. –Elise Hofer Shaw

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BURBERRY x PLUM SYKES EVENING Sophisticated Living Chicago owner and publisher Bridget McDermott and luxury real estate agent Dawn McKenna hosted an evening at the Burberry flagship store on Michigan Avenue to celebrate the launch of Party Girls Die in Pearls, a new book by British author Plum Sykes. Guests at the event were invited to shop Burberry’s latest collection, including the brand’s new DK88 bags that were first introduced on the runway as part of London Fashion Week earlier this year. A percentage of the evening’s proceeds were donated to Ronald McDonald House of Chicago. –EHS

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HARRY WINSTON GARDEN PARTY Nearly 40 chic Chicago women, including Chicago P.D. actress Sophia Bush, came out to Harry Winston on Oak Street for an intimate luncheon celebrating the House’s new Forget-Me-Not collection, a floral-inspired selection of enchanting diamond jewelry featuring an exquisite medley of round brilliant, pear-shaped and marquise-cut diamonds.

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