The time is now. The question is how? Many health care providers have been closed since the middle of March. For 10 long weeks, providers have been trying to serve patients as best as possible, with specialists being especially stymied by elective procedure and social distancing restrictions.  Now, as Illinois begins loosening restrictions, medical professionals...

Sometimes, reality sets recommended procedures on its ears. The urology practice of Drs. Uppuluri, Patel and Chavin has been successful and well-recommended for many years, yet they didn’t have a logo, a slogan, a website or even a name, generally the first things a business is tasked with creating. For a long time, that worked. Now, it was changing. Recommended...

Oh my goodness. What a twist, what a change of heart, what a positive message after all! I truly hope that you were able to experience this commercial, a true-meaning-of-Christmas gift from Apple. A teenager, seemingly glued to his phone, seemingly bored out of his mind by this family Christmas gathering, is in fact creating a...

  If you’ve watched any television this holiday season, you’ve been subjected to this commercial, or some version of it. And odds are, you’ve cringed. Social media is atwitter (get it?) with “I’ll never buy a Honda” and “Honda, these are the most annoying commercials ever” and “I was thinking about buying a Honda but that...

Dr. Asad Zaman and Zmedi were referred to us when they were adding a new physician to their staff, Dr. Georgios Karanastasis. Dr. K is from Greece and is fluent in the language (besides, of course, being an outstanding physician). Zmedi was hoping to promote Dr. K to the Chicago Southland’s Greek population, but was...

Reenu Varghase, NP-C is a bundle of intelligence, energy, smiles and professionalism. Speaking with her just brightens your day and makes you want to smile yourself – and be a part of her passion. Reenu is the founder of Zmedi’s House Calls, about which her enthusiasm in boundless; an outstanding medical professional who really and...

Justin just doesn’t get it. If you’ve ever been to “You Need A Brand, Not Just A Logo,” presented by yours truly, you know the story I’m about to tell…and you’ll understand why Bieber really blew it. The Chicago Blackhawks have one of the all-time best logos. Behind that logo, that graphic symbol, they have...

A few months ago, I was in the grocery store, considering which hot chocolate flavoring to purchase. Usually, I’m a Hersey’s syrup kind of gal, but for some reason, I was in the coffee and tea aisle, with Nestle’s Quik in one hand and Ovaltine in the other, reading the labels for sugar, sodium and...

Ed Ritzema was really bummed about the lack of response in his direct mail efforts. He spent alot of money, mailed to alot of people and just didn’t see the return on his investment. He is passionate about saving ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), now gaining ground faster and faster in the...

Gardening Book Is Combination of Eye-Popping Photography, Instructive How-To and Poetic Observation Result of year-long project is love letter to nature, family and growing things   Most year-long experiments are extraordinary sacrifices of inconvenience and toil – living biblically, eating locally or cooking an entirely new recipe every day. Rebecca Palumbo did something that one...