Chicago
EAT. STAY. SHOP. PLAY.
venture as soon as her brain
starts working again.
Trish Lindsay
Thomas
Trish Lindsay Thomas
spent the first 20 years of
her career as a globetrotting entrepreneur founding
product, toy and media
companies for kids. Since
meeting her husband, Dick,
on a plane in 2004, he
started a business, Tris3ct.
com; she gained four teenage
stepsons, gave birth to two
more sons, adopted two dogs
and mastered the carpool.
Trish plans to start another
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PEACHY
My husband and I
recently played the “If
money was no object
where would you live?”
game. Our home and
life in Evanston won.
Our 1909 landmark arts
and crafts house (one of
dozens in our neighborhood) doesn’t feature
the latest architectural
trends but our views
of lake Michigan are
amazing. It is truly awesome to see how the lake
changes daily and to
hear its roar. Evanston is
“the best of both worlds”
when you live in the
Chicago area. A visit
to downtown Chicago
doesn’t feel like a “day
trip” because it is a mere
20-minute drive—or 12
minutes by train—yet
we live in a neighborhood just steps from
the lake. Evanston has a
more eclectic and international feel than many
of the other North Shore
neighborhoods because
Northwestern University
attracts people from all
over the world.
EAT
Most people plan ahead,
reserve a table in the festive dining room of The
Stained Glass and spend
several hours enjoying
five-star food in a casual
setting. But our favorite
last-minute date night
is sitting at The Stained
Glass bar, tasting (or just
flat out drinking) several
of its amazing wines by