Thursday, January 31, 2013
Construction has begun on the Smylie Bros. Restaurant and Brewery, owned by a New Trier graduate who left his career as a commodities trader to become a restauranteur.
Evanston is getting what could the city’s first brewery courtesy of Winnetka native and former commodities trader Michael Smylie. Smylie is opening the Smylie Bros. Restaurant and Brewery in August or September, which will serve a variety of craft beers brewed in house, as well as barbecue and wood-fired pizza, among other offerings. This is particularly noteworthy in Evanston — once a dry community and the national headquarters of the temperance movement. “Considering that Evanston was dry … it’s really the first brewery in its history, which is pretty cool,” says Smylie, who graduated from New Trier High School in 1995. The brewpub, slated to open at 1615 Oak Ave., is also the first restaurant venture for Smylie, who left a career as …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The March fundraiser aims to celebrate achievements of its alumni
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Patch checks in with New Trier alumni before the 40th year reunion in September.
Back in his days at New Trier High School, Jerry Karzen was a tad shy. But those who saw him play tennis knew he was an exceptional athlete. Karzen eventually attended the University of Michigan on a tennis scholarship and faced a big decision after graduation. Earlier: Check out another You Did WHAT? alumna who made a career in beauty writing. Professional tennis or a master’s degree in speech pathology? Karzen found a way to do both by joining the professional tennis tour right out of the gate, after which he attended graduate school. But his heart was always in tennis. “I started playing in tournaments when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was on the tour for about three and a half years. I’ve always liked to compete so it was natural for me…
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Checking in with New Trier alumni before the 40th year reunion in September.
After high school graduation, New Trier West alum Debby Moss Hoffman Berry entered University of Illinois as a Japanese major. She had spent her senior year in Japan as a Rotary exchange student. The problem was, she had become fluent in the language so it took her only two years to complete the major. Debby’s childhood dream was quite different: She wanted to become a veterinarian. Earlier: Read more "You Did WHAT?" alumni profiles. “Being a vet is just something that I absolutely always wanted to do but never actually thought I would,” Debby said. But Debby switched gears and reconsidered her future. She decided to pursue veterinary school. A job in a vet’s office sealed the deal. “I loved the science classes, who knew?” Debby said. “I …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Checking in with New Trier alumni before the 40th year reunion in September.
If you happened to be in any science classes with Carl Camras at New Trier East, chances are he was that student who made it all seem easy. Carl was an academic ace, part of his family’s legacy of brilliant people. His father, Marvin Camras, held more than 500 patents. Earlier: Read more "You Did WHAT?" alumni profiles. So, when Carl decided to attend medical school, it was no surprise that he was accepted at five Ivy League institutions. His early resume reads like this: undergraduate at Yale, medical school at Columbia University, internship at Harvard General, residency at the Jules Stein Clinic in Los Angeles, fellowship at Mt. Sinai in New York, and chairman of University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology and …
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Checking in with New Trier alumni before the 40th year reunion in September.
On that hot, sticky New Trier West graduation day in 1971, Rob Reilly might have been surprised to learn that 40 years later, he would be retired Rear Admiral Rob Reilly. He might also think that saying he has truly traveled the world was just hyperbole. After 30 years at sea, it's no exaggeration. Earlier: Read more "You Did WHAT?" alumni profiles. At that time, Rob was getting ready to attend the University of Washington in Seattle to study oceanography. Joining the military was not his immediate goal, rather something he had loved since he was a child. “The hook was set in me as a youngster,” Rob said. He can pinpoint the exact day that he fell in love with the U.S. Navy. “My interest in the Navy started when my uncle, a U.S. Navy …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Checking in with New Trier alumni before the 40th year reunion in September.
Nancy Bronstein Kaplan has not followed the typical road of a New Trier West grad, especially after finishing college. For one thing, Nancy had her first child not long after graduation. Equally important, Nancy loved the challenge of the financial world. Along the way, Nancy had her share of uncertainty about the future, went through a divorce, and faced the barriers of a male-dominated profession. Read more: Patch's "You Did WHAT?" homepage But it certainly worked out. Nancy has been married to her second husband for 26 years, has two grown children and two grandchildren, has lived in the same house in Glencoe since 1985, and loves working in futures at the Stock Exchange in downtown Chicago. “On the personal side, both my kids live here…
Kate
12:02 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Would be great to have brew pub in highland park... more ›