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Traeger Furs in Skokie: Changing Fashions and Old School Service

Here at Ageless North Shore we favor the counter-intuitive approach to stories. Why else would we feature Traeger Furs now that spring is upon us? And why feature a furrier at all? Doesn’t that play into the North Shore stereotypes that Ageless often debunks?

Well, as our good friend Walt Whitman used to say; “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.”

Barry Traeger

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Skokie...The Cultural Advantage of Diversity; Downtown Revitalization

The revitalization of Downtown Skokie is a work in progress. Howard Meyer, executive director of the Skokie Chamber of Commerce and Randy Miles, president of IMODS and owner of the Village Inn are working with the Village of Skokie to make it happen.

Randy Miles and Howard Meyer...casual Friday

The Independent Merchants of Downtown Skokie is a nonprofit organization composed of business people, property owners and concerned citizens that propose ideas for downtown development.

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Ageless at The Oscars: The Boomers and the Bombs

At last night’s Academy Award presentation, there was an uneasy juxtaposition between the affable and  funny hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin and Oscar winning film, Hurt Locker.

Martin and Dan Aykroyd. "Two Wild and Crazy Guys"

Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, "Now do I have your attention."

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