Helen J. Anderson

One person's gift is another's hype: Caught up in the hubbub of "Evita," the new film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Hinsdalean Bob Finnegan dug into his souvenirs and...

Success on a low note: When Thomas Wolfe wrote "You Can't Go Home Again," he wasn't talking about Brian Torff, the internationally known bassist and composer who returns to his...

Cafe al Gelato in Elmwood Park is all gussied up with new furnishings, some new menu items and a new moniker--but the ice cream parlor still features the delicious confections...

Seeing is believing, says Marc Schulman, president of Chicago-based Eli's Cheesecake Co. "That's what I had in mind when we designed Eli's Cheesecake World, our new bakery," he says. "I...

Early-bird special: It was a cheap peek, just 99 cents for a recent Saturday tour of a bare-bones Hinsdale villa. In its heyday, it had been a home away from...

Bill Todd, president of Todd & Holland Tea Merchants, is out to tout tea. The past year has expanded that passion. Originally a mail-order business founded by Todd and business...

Door County aficionados don't have to wait until summer to sample and savor the Wisconsin peninsula's bounty, thanks to Joel Nelson, owner of Kramer Foods, 16 Grant Square (Chicago Avenue...

Generation gap: About 300 people volunteered a week's worth of time in early October to move, sort, display and price other people's castoffs for the Union Church of Hinsdale's 31st...

Applause, applause to Rick Horowitz for his wonderful skewering of F. Lee Bailey (Op-Ed, March 17). A man with an ego the size of a California redwood and then some,...

We shall overcome this, too: The proliferation of protest groups in Hinsdale has led to some confusion. First there was CPTA (Citizens for Property Tax Accountability). Organized five years ago,...