A fascination with vintage Christmas cards and an influx of holiday cards to my email and mailbox made me wonder how the Christmas card tradition came to be. I found a surprisingly colorful history of marketing, technology, and art mixing and evolving together. The first Christmas card was commissioned in the UK in 1843 by […]
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The Mausoleum Doors of Oakwoods Cemetery
It was a brisk fall day in Hyde Park, Chicago. I took a walk through a Cemetery. The sun had been out earlier but now it was grey. I shivered in the chill until I noticed the colors. The leaves were glowing against the greens and the flat backdrop of a misty sky. I walked […]
Inspired by Social Enterprise: Cafe Espressonista
It takes time to discover a city. And it takes time to find the hidden gems. In my experience, they aren’t always right there in the limelight. The best gems are a bit hidden but still apparent to those who are looking. I have had the good fortune of meeting people in the know who […]