The Sam Vlahos Approach To Neighborhood Restaurants
By Larry Atseff When talking with Phil Vettel about his experience as a restaurant critic, we chose Sam Vlahos’ Pierce Tavern in downtown Downers Grove to sit... Read more.
White Sox Legends
Comiskey and Veeck Family Connections to Hinsdale – Part 2 By Larry Atseff Charley Comiskey II and Hinsdale Charley, as his friends called him, moved with... Read more.
A Starry Night
DuPage Foundation’s Annual Benefit By HM staff Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz said it best: “There’s no place like home,” and this November, DuPage Foundation... Read more.
After the Fire
Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station – 806 N. Michigan Ave. “The flames from this time spread with such rapidity that the whole neighborhood... Read more.
Jim Fannin, Serendipity & Fine Art
By Larry Atseff You know Jim Fannin as a contributing writer for Hinsdale Magazine. You may also know him as America’s ZoneCoach®, with an international following... Read more.
Model T Fords
Having fun with Fords By HM staff In the mid-1940’s, when cars were still sharing the road with street cars and an occasional horse, in downtown Chicago, on Lake... Read more.
The Healing Field
Oak Brook Remembers 9/11 By Frank Von Pruce It was a truly awe-inspiring sight. Sun rays cast down on a vast sea of stars and stripes waving gracefully in solemn... Read more.
Making His Mark
Comedian Kevin Bozeman serves up lots of laughs By Valerie Hardy Stand-up comedian Kevin Bozeman and his family live in Downers Grove, and while some locals know... Read more.
The grove’s brush with the silver screen
Tivoli rolls out the red carpet for Anthony Michael Hall and Friends By Maureen Callahan For those of us old enough to remember the John Hughes films of the eighties... Read more.
Out of Oak Brook and into AFRICA
Reute Butler carries on a family tradition that extends to Kenya By Kerrie Kennedy With her major Friends of Conservation (FOC) fundraiser, The Conservation Ball,... Read more.