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7 1. Stripe print scarf, The Gap, Oak Park 2. Silver cuff, Careful Peach, Oak Park 3. Gold tone antique locket, The Hat Pin, Oak Park 4. Brass monogram bracelet, Muse, Oak Park 5. Vintage Bird ring, Trends, Oak Park 6. Navajo cuff, Trends, Oak Park 7. Peggy Goodman Collection bracelet, deedee & edde, Forest Park 8. Bebeka ceramic necklace, Manouche Boutique, Forest Park 9. Pony hair & leather handbag, Manouche Boutique, Forest Park

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Mother’s Day Brunch

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“I know where I’m taking my mom this Mother’s Day!”

Sunday, May 11th

8am—2pm

Mother’s Special

Sunday, May 11, 10:30am - 3:00pm

$27 for Adults • $13 for Kids 12 and under • Kids 5 and under free

Thick-cut Brioch dipped in red velvet batter, baked

Reservations are required. Call 708.848.3434 Seatings: 10:30am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 12:30pm & 1:30pm

Dinner 5pm - 9pm Come Out and Enjoy Classic Italian Dishes on Cucina Paradiso’s covered outdoor patio weather permitting

814 North Boulevard • 708-848-3434 www.cucinaoakpark.com

8am—2pm to crisp perfection, then topped with rich cream cheese 8am—2pm

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Suze’s Private Collection

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Suze Solari is a credited Interior Designer and Personal Wardrobe Stylist with over 20 years design experience. She practiced retail design, and corporate space planning & design in Hong Kong, Singapore, home of Portland Oregon, and here in Chicago. Suze Solari Style is known for helping clients achieve their own personal style and maximize their wardrobe investment, by mixing and matching existing pieces in new ways. She is an expert stylist and fashion, and also a writer for oakpark.com. Suze has clients all over Chicagoland, L.A., Atlanta & Boston. Her philosophy is that your wardrobe should be in harmony with your life and lifestyle. You should feel confidence and joy getting dressed every day.

We Make Mother’s Day a Little Sweeter Sea salt caramel

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our signature English Toffee

Photos by Michelle Deiter

Photos by Michelle Deiter

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We have Special Treats for Teacher Appreciation Week May 5-9

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When you have pets and kids you need a lot of vacuum.

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with us!

Wide Selection of Gifts, Cards and Willow Tree.

Open Mother’s Day • Sunday, May 11 • 12noon - 4pm FREE Zipper Pouch

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Don’t forget us for Graduation & Confirmation 2014 Keepsake Ornament Book now available!

Schauer’S 7443 W. Madison St., Forest Park, IL • 708-771-7761 Hours: Mon-Sat 9-5 • Sun 12-4

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Mother’s Day Brunch Sunday, May 11th, 2014 10:30am – 3:30pm Breakfast Specialties, Omelets made to order, Slow-Roasted Prime Rib, Bone-in Ham, Smoked Salmon Platter, Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, Lemon-Dill Baked Salmon, Salads, Assorted Desserts & much more!

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We Celebrate All The Moms We Know!

6701 W. North Ave., Oak Park

708-383-3456

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sunday, may 11th | 9:00a - 2:30p 144 s. oak park ave. | 708.358.9800 | www.mayadelsol.com

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Mary Rita Skrine was outfitted at deedee&edee, Forest Park The Skrine kids provided DIY jeans from their current closet selections, but were outfitted with tops from Old Navy, Oak Park.

Spring motif Jacket, deedee & edee private label $159, Liverpool "Abby's Skinny" Jeans $79, Katherine Barclay white tank top $53, Off the Beaten Track cut out bootie. $139, Peggy Goodman Druzy Quartz Necklace $100, Sondra Roberts fuschia cut out clutch $42 Katherine Skrine (20)-University of Illinois at Champaign. Enjoys working out, watching sports, hanging out with friends and family, cooking new paleo dishes, and going to concerts.

Steven Skrine (18)-Oak Park and River Forest High School. Likes fishing with his friends and cousins, dominating the field in football and lacrosse, keeping up with the Chicago BlackHawks, watching new movies, going to Michigan, and trying to be a good role model.

Patrick Skrine (16)-Oak Park and River Forest High School. Enjoys playing basketball, football, and hockey, going on outdoor adventures, trying out different restaurants, taking trips to our lake house with his cousins, and beating his older brother in NHL on the Xbox.

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Lilies & Spikes Kids & Teens Hair Salon & Spa

Perfect for Mother’s Day! Mom & Me Mani & Pedi $65

• Haircut and style • Color and highlights • Manicure and pedicure

• Eyebrow and full facial threading • Makeup

• Birthday parties • Spa party packages & private party room

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family Mary Rita Skrine on inspiring Motherhood!

My parents have inspired me as a Mom. They raised six children to be independent, have a sense of humor, and to be a loyal friend.

Spending time with family and friends is a priority in our life. I’m at a point in my life where my children’s growing independence is both bittersweet and rewarding. You put in so much hard work when they’re little, and now we’re watching them fly. I love that they have unique traits and abilities I could never have predicated. Their world is totally different from the one I grew up in, but they approach it with the values my husband and I instilled in them, and it’s inspiring to see them thrive with that kind of grounding and love that begins at home. I think probably the most inspiring and surprising part of parenting is just how reciprocal the learning is. I learn from my kids every day. They are my greatest joy and my greatest teachers.

Mary Rita Skrine, is a lifelong Oak Parker co-owner of Skrine Chops in Forest Park.

Photography: Eileen Molony

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101 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302 708.383.9695 • oakparkjewelers.com Store Hours: Tuesday 10 – 6; Wednesday 10 – 6 Thursday 10 – 8; Friday 10 – 6; Saturday 10 – 5 Sunday & Monday – Closed

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iver Forest resident, Meeta Dhillon is a full time IT Executive and single Mom of two girls at Lincoln elementary: Nadya, 9 and Sahiba, 8. Nadya enjoys tennis, volleyball and basketball in addition to singing and dancing. Sahiba enjoys tennis and soccer in addition to "rapping" songs. Meeta received her MBA with honors from Loyola University of Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business in 2011 and continues her career in the IT sector. Meeta enjoys photography, guitar, writing and working out. Meeta's outfit: all from Manouche Boutique, Forest Park

Photography: Eileen Molony

Grey linen tunic, "Raw Earth Wild Sky", $214, Lace & cotton tank top, White skinny jeans: "Cookie Johnson" $148, Tribal necklace: Manouche collection, $250, Shoes, models own

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Staff

My key to a slower weekend is denim

Editor Sarah Corbin Digital Editor Ashley Lisenby Photographer Eileen Molony, Sarah Corbin Editorial Design Manager Claire Innes Editorial Designers Jacquinete Baldwin, Sky Hatter Fashion Writer Suze Solari Advertising Production Manager Philip Soell Advertising Design Manager Andrew Mead Advertising Designers Maggie Acker, Debbie Becker Display Advertising Manager Marc Stopeck Display Advertising Sales Dawn Ferencak, Missy Laurell, Maureen O'Boyle Display Advertising Coordinator Alicia Plomin Manager of Internet and Technology Graham Johnston Circulation Manager Kathy Hansen Distribution Coordinator Alan Majeski Publisher Dan Haley VP/Director of Operations Andrew Johnston

’ve always been a more casual mom. For a full five years of my life I wore shorts, crazy t-shirts, a baseball hat and crocs every day to work. After the bakery I rejoined the more dressy professional sector. But,it’s taken me most of these last five to settle back into professional attire. I now own quite a few pairs of slacks. I have a few awesome, and key professional jackets. I’ve added enough items that I can make it through the week pretending that I have a professionally leaning wardrobe.

Published by Wednesday Journal, Inc., 141 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 Phone: 708/524-8300

On the cover: Mary Rita & Katherine Skrine Photography: Eileen Molony

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BUT on the weekends, like many of us, I want to just be casual. I’d rather wear my favorite pairs of jeans than anything else. I want to slow things down for me and my family. Frankly, I think denim is key to a proper weekend transformation - at least in my book. As it turns out, in Suze Solari’s book too. Suze just published The T-Shirt & Jeans Handbook: Stylish Upgrades for Your Daily Uniform with Michelle Bua in e-format. Suze’s book might be about t-shirts and jeans, but it feels a little like the handbook of weekend motherhood.

We want to be casual. All of us, but if 5 out of our 7 days are spent wearing slacks, skirts and dresses our jeans are being neglected. Weekends in our communities are spent by the side of the soccer field and baseball diamond. Our children are playing lacrosse, they are in middle school

SARAH CORBIN spectacular musicals, they are in band and chess club. At this time of year, recitals creep out of the woodwork and remind us how much our children are actually doing. Frankly, when those events pop up, in the evening, on the weekends, I don’t want to wear the grey slacks I’ve been wearing all week. I dan wear my baseball cap on the side of the soccer field, but as casual as I feel I just can’t make myself go to a recital like that.

Jack, Ruth and Sarah slow down. Mom’s deserve a slightly casual day, where we can wear our jeans all day. If we have to dress that up with a splash of color, so be it. At least with Suze’s book uploaded for quick consultation, we’ll all know how to do it well.

Suze and I both wanted to devote this Mother’s Day section to denim. Me, because I think denim represents exactly what we all need: a significant

For Everything Mom Loves!

Eileen Molony Photography www.emphotography.net Oak Park business, family, event and documentary photographer.

Gift Certificates available JAYNE 7423 Madison Street, Forest Park 708-366-6300 www.jayneboutique.com Hours: M - Sat 10-8, Sun 11-5

Gift Certificates available Madison Street Shoes 7500 Madison Street, Forest Park 708-488-2190 www.madisonstreetshoes.com Hours: M 10-6, T - T 10-7, F10-8, Sat 10-7, Sun 11-5

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