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Joe Zekas Meet philosophy professor Souleyman Bachir Diagne

Since I'd been a French major in college, Bonnie Larson invited me to a meeting of the Alliance Française du North Shore. Larson, a former French teacher, is a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker's Winnetka North office, with which I've been doing a series of videos on life in Winnetka. We chatted for a few minutes before the meeting began with Souleyman BachContinue

Added by Joe Zekas on March 23, 2008 at 7:06pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Arthur Guy Kaplan, Winnetka Antiques Show

Meet Arthur Guy Kaplan, an expert in antique jewelry whose book on the subject is in is seventh printing. Kaplan gives us a fascinating, hands-on walk-through of an 1870s French cameo jewelry suite that he brought to the 39th annual Winnetka Antiques Show at the Winnetka Community house. Mary Kay Burke of Coldwell Banker's… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on March 7, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Winnetka Antiques Show opens tomorrow

Over 50 expert antique dealers from around the country will converge on the Winnetka Community House March 7th through 9th for the 39th annual Winnetka Antiques Show. A 3-day pass will set you back only $15, and all proceeds benefit the Winnetka Community House. If you can’t make it to the show, stay tuned for our video updates, here and at WinnetkaNow’sContinue

Added by Joe Zekas on March 6, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Joe Zekas Eyebrow guru leads real estate pro to Winnetka salon

For Colleen Remsberg, a facial at Rosemary Shugar Salon is better therapy than a visit to a psychiatrist. When most of us hear the name Anastasia we think of the lost Romanov princess. Remsberg, a real estate professional wit… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on March 3, 2008 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Take-aways from this morning's sales meeting

I sat in on the sales meeting at Coldwell Banker's Winnetka North office this morning and gleaned a few bits of info about the state of the market. Here's my summary of what's happening in the Winnetka market: 1. Attendance at last weekend's open houses was surprisingly strong, but not uniformly so. 2. The standoff between buyers and sellers continues, but the deals that are being made are at close to asking prices. 3. Steve Molitor of PHH rep… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on February 25, 2008 at 11:54am — No Comments

Joe Zekas The best thing to happen to Winnetka

… in a long time. That's Candy Pyle's take on this newly-opened restaurant, adjacent to the well-known Cooks Corner at 505 Chestnut St. Candy and I arrived at Jerry's just as the lunch hour was winding down and met Ed Huelke who talked us through the menu and showed us around. We also toured Cooks Corner and met the peripatetic executive chef, Larry Smith. Watch the vid… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on February 19, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Trib reports on demolition of Winnetka home

Architecture critic Blair Kamin weighed in on the proposed demolition of a 3-story Arts and Crafts home at 412 Walnut St prior to last Thursday's meeting of the Village's Building R… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on February 17, 2008 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas A map of Winnetka teardowns and new construction


View Map The green push-pins on the map show demolition and new construction permits requested from the Village of Winnetka during 2007, through the month of October. Earlier permits are shown in a reddish pink. We'll be expanding this map wit… Continue

Added by Joe Zekas on February 15, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Winnetka money goes to Democrats

Candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination reaped far more funds from ZIP code 60093 than Republican candidates: $828,828 vs $299,453.

Nearly half of all contributions from the Winnetka ZIP code – $558,278 – went to Barack Obama, according to the

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Added by Joe Zekas on February 11, 2008 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas AYSO soccer deadline looms

Friday, February 15, is the final deadline to register for the Spring AYSO soccer season.

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Added by Joe Zekas on February 11, 2008 at 9:08pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas The Book Stall's 21st anniversary sale

Don't miss The Book Stall at Chestnut Court’s annual Anniversary Sale, this Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. – 5

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Added by Joe Zekas on February 7, 2008 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas New townhomes blocks from Hubbard Woods

With the snow piled high, and the Super Bowl just hours away, I was expecting some uninterrupted time with Coldwell Banker's Monica C

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Added by Joe Zekas on February 3, 2008 at 10:32pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Watch the Winnetka Village Board

Audio and video of recent Winnetka Village Board meetings are available online - from start to finish - in QuckTime format. You can watch, listen, or download to watch on the train or listen in your car.

Meetings are also aired on Channel 10, Mondays and Fridays at 7 p.m.

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Added by Joe Zekas on January 24, 2008 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas An introduction to Winnetka

Most people, many of them reluctantly, would agree that Winnetka is the crown jewel of Chicago's North Shore suburbs.


With a 2005 median family income of $218,623, It's not the most affluent. That distinction belongs to Kenilworth. It does

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Added by Joe Zekas on January 20, 2008 at 10:51pm — No Comments

Joe Zekas Watching Winnetka

One of our goals here at WinnetkaNow is to make Winnetka the most-watched community in Chicagoland – if not in the nation.

Over the next few months we'll be taking you inside Winnetka's parks, schools, houses of worship, boutiques, restaurants, toy stores, homes and more, and introducing you to hundreds of Winnetkans. You'll be able to see, at length and in depth, why Winnetka is kno

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Added by Joe Zekas on January 20, 2008 at 10:47pm — No Comments

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