Showing posts with label downtown evanston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtown evanston. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

BizPics: Headshots for Business shoot at Creative Coworking, Sunday, July 9


If you need a new headshot for your book jacket, press kit, website, for LinkedIn, other social media sites or other purposes, I'd love to make it for you. My next BizPics shoot is at Creative Coworking on Davis next Sunday, July 9, 2017.

If you find the prospect of getting your portrait made daunting, this is the shoot for you. My shoots are fun, a cross between a fashion shoot and a party. Come for some smart pictures and a good time. In fact, consider bringing a friend or loved one. 
Dr. Susan Becker Doroshow

This in from dentist, Dr. Susan Becker Doroshow, about BizPics: The business portrait that Karen made was literally the springboard for a revitalized practice image, new marketing materials, and a clear brand that truly resonates with my patients and staff. I never knew that a photograph could accomplish so much. Karen is an artist and creative genius!

From my non-profit executive Thomas Applegate: I finally took advantage of the opportunity with...BizPics to get new photos for use online at Linkedin, Facebook and all of the rest. A great current photo is essential for my professional and social image online.

Karen and her crew are great to work with at the shoot. Even though I wasn't nervous about having my picture taken, I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. Karen...made it fun and easy. I met other professionals while we waited for our turn and that casual conversation helped my photos look relaxed and natural. The process from sign up to selection of my favorite shots was quick and easy.

My only regret is that I waited so long to sign up for a shoot.

Registration and details about next Sunday's shoot are up at https://bizpicsjuly9.eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Evanston's Entrepreneur and Leadership Women’s Conference a hit


Hewn's Julie Matthei and Ellen King


Northwestern's
Dr. Robert C. Wolcott



Marketing Intelligence on Demand's
Tricia M. Spellman



Journalist and author
Maudlyne Ihejirika

 









































Enjoyed Evanston's first annual Entrepreneur and Leadership Women’s Conference organized by Evanston Woman Magazine. Kudos to Linda Del Bosque and the conference sponsors.

The intimate conference, held on Monday, April 10 in the Holiday Inn-Evanston's Ridgeville Room, included no more than 35 women, which surely contributed to the feeling of camaraderie among participants.

Julie Matthei and Ellen King, co-owners of Hewn Artisan Bread Co., talked about growing their business from Ellen and her family personally delivering bread to customers to a recently expanded brick-and-mortar shop on Dempster St. with a parklet and a church pew, transparency with their clientele, and brave decisions.


Dr. Robert C. Wolcott, co-founder and executive director of Northwestern University's Kellogg School Innovation Network, discussed growth, innovation and change management.

Tricia M. Spellman, founder and chief of Marketing Intelligence on Demand
talked about smart planning and patience when it comes to marketing.

City of Evanston’s Economic Development Manager Johanna Leonard reminded us about what the city is working on to spur economic success in the city and introduced the final speaker. 


Sun-Times columnist and author Maudlyne Ihejirika closed the conference with a presentation about her family's flight from Nigeria as refugees in the late 1960s, a story recounted in her mother's memoir, Escape from Nigeria: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War. It's good she closed. She inspired tears.

The half-day conference was covered by the Daily Northwestern's Maggie Burakoff.

I covered it with my camera primarily for y'all who could not be there. More pictures are up on Facebook.

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Maudlyne Ihejirika talks to Daniel French and I in January on WCGO's Everyday with French and Friends show.

Dr. Wolcott participated in a TEDx talk at University of Chicago in 2011.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Thank you, Dan Kelch...

for bringing Lulu's back and continuing to include some of my old favorites and introducing me to some new ones.

Friday, May 8, 2015

PizzaFest at Gigio's Tuesday, May 19.

Heck, yeah, I'm a Rotarian.

It's that time of the year again: PIZZA FEST!
The Rotary Club of Evanston has put on all-you-can-eat fun for more than 30 years. Proceeds continue to benefit area organization and projects focused on kids and their needs.

See you there? Tickets are on sale at Dempster Auto Rebuilders, Saville Flowers, Chef's Station, all the Duxler locations and at Downtown Evanston's office, plus online and at the door. Psst...getting tickets before you get to the door will save you a few bucks, but given that proceeds are going to some worthy non-profits, maybe paying more is okay. 

https://squareup.com/market/evanston-rotary-charity


The Rotary Club of Evanston, informally called Evanston Rotary, is kind of special. Besides bringing together some of the most interesting, civic-minded and generous people in the area under the banner of "Service Above Self", our club is unique for a couple other reasons. We meet at Rotary International's headquarter's conference center, which mutually beneficial perks to our club and RI. On any given Thursday, we serve as host to other clubs coming to tour RI, as well as many Rotarians coming from out-of-town to do business at RI.

If you'd like to know more about our club, you can contact me or club president Paul Larson before June 30.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Cookie Crawl. Downtown Evanston. Saturday.

Free cookies until they are gone.

 

Reliable source says that this Saturday, November 29, downtown Evanston businesses will be hosting, possibly the first annual, Cookie Crawl, in coordination with its Holiday Bash and Treelighting. Visit any of the merchants mentioned below for a free* cookie starting at most places at 3 p.m.

Potbelly
630 Davis St. - Show off your coloring skills and get a fresh baked cookie!

Evereve
1608 Sherman Ave. - 15% off women's clothes for moms after the tree lighting

Unicorn Café
1723 Sherman Ave. - Stop in from 5-8 p.m. for a yummy cookie!

Bookends & Beginnings

Mrs. Claus will visit with kids of all ages starting at 3 p.m. in front of
Bravo Cucina Italiano on Church St., Evanston. After taking a break at
around 5 p.m. for the treelighting, she'll be at back until 8:30 p.m..
(Note, it is likely she'll ask you what you're GIVING for the holiday.)

Santa will talk with kids immediately after the treelighting
until around 9 p.m. at The Merion.  [Photo by Genie Lemieux]






1712 Sherman Ave. - NPR West Coast Bureau Chief (and former WBEZ radio personality) Jason DeRose; nationally acclaimed Evanston writer (and author of the new bestselling book The Birth of the Pill) Jonathan Eig; and former owner of The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Roberta Rubin.

ASHA SalonSpa
1604 Sherman Ave. - Enjoy complimentary mini manicures, mini massages and ornament decorating for the kiddos!

The Merion

1611 Chicago Ave. - Warm up with cider and hot chocolate, coffee and liqueur drink specials, plus lunch and dinner specials. Holiday singers will be in front of the building all afternoon. Don't miss the “Art Under Glass” kick off at 3 p.m. and visit with Santa after the tree lighting from 6:30 - 9pm.

LYFE Kitchen
1603 Orrington Ave. - Enjoy a yummy hot chocolate for $2!

Bravo Cucina Italiana
1701 Maple Ave. - Enjoy warm apple cider after your visit with Mrs. Claus!

*"Free" means no immediate cost to you in the form of funds. Potential toll on your bod, hmm. Sugar free, surely not. Fat free, doubtful. Gluten free, odds aren't good. Just sayin'. ;-)

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Let's Talk About Peace :: August 7 at Rotary International

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What would happen if everyone hearing about this discussion, at Rotary International headquarters on Sherman, came and worked in their own way on cultivating peace? See you there?



Printable flyer: http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102639588223-89/Rotary+event+8.7.14.pdf
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/254039784794864/
#RotaryPeace

Monday, June 9, 2014

Frances Willard called Evanston "a paradise for women." Really.



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 Kris Hartzell will discuss why Ms. Willard might have thought of Evanston as a paradise for women during a walking tour starting at at Willard House and continue to Northwestern University and residential Evanston this Saturday, June 14, 2014. 

Ms. Hartzell is an architectural historian, Frances Willard Historical Association board president and co-author of Evanston: 150 Years, 150 Places with her Design Evanston cohorts. 

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Mrs. Claus is coming to town...November 16!

Yes, Santa will be there too.

Today I went for a final fitting at Avail & Company for the Mrs. Santa gown I'll be wearing tomorrow in Downtown Evanston. Loving it! I'm honored to help Evanston kick off its holiday festivities. We're all going to have a great time. Hope to see a lot of my friends and neighbors there. I'll be at Bravo most the time, with a break to help Santa and Mayor Tisdahl light the tree at Fountain Square.