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Feature Friday: Dinah Grossman + Spinning J

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! Dinah opened Spinning J Bakery & Soda Fountain with her husband, Parker Whiteway, in July 2015. Prior to that, Dinah had owned a business called Cheap Tart Bakery for 4 years, a pie and pastry delivery service that operated out of a commissary kitchen. Grossman, a pastry chef, had worked in restaurants in Maine, Massachusetts, and Alaska before moving to #Chicago in 2008. In Spinning J's first year of business Grossman and Whiteway grew the b

Feature Friday: Eileen Seigel Kahana + Room2Improv

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! Today we're celebrating Eileen Siegel Kahana, founder of Room2Improv! After retiring with an accomplished career as a teacher and mentor from Chicago Public Schools, Eileen challenged herself to take an improv class at The Second City. That one class turned into a two year life-changing experience and inspired her to create Room2Improv. She combined all of her unique academic and life experiences to create a model education program dedicated

Feature Friday: Natalie Horbatko + Natalie Sitter City

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! You know what that means! It's time for some well deserved shout outs about local women who are CRUSHING it all around the world! The first #ladyboss we're featuring today is Natalie from #NatalieCitySitter. Natalie is like so many of us #ladybosses and is still working her full-time job WHILE working on her side hustle! Natalie now lives in Colorado, but will always consider #Chicago a home. #NatalieCitySitter is a dog walking and sitting se

Feature Friday: Julie Hightower + A Better Day With Julie

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! The #feature today is Julie Hightower of A Better Day With Julie! Julie's background is in sales and she started A Better Day With Julie as a way to connect with women about things that Julie loves! A Better Day With Julie is a weekly web series for the women who lust after the $4,000 designer dresses in magazines, but have to buy the $100 version; for those who yearn to feel beautiful and powerful, but must often find that power within thems

Feature Friday: Emily Nejad + Bon Vivant Cakes

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! Emily is the creative genius behind Bon Vivant Cakes, a Chicago bakery (that will be expanding to LA soon!) that specializes in out-of-the-box, never-before-seen, lavish, artistic cakes that also taste AMAZING! Honestly, the taste is as insanely good as the design. Bon Vivant Cakes was born only about a year ago after Emily decided to make a cake for her friend's birthday (I think we all need more friends like Emily!). The cake was giant: fiv

Feature Friday: Emily Douglas and Jenna Heerdt + The Little Birds

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! Toda's feature is the two women from the band, The Little Birds, Emily Douglas and Jenna Heerdt. The Little Birds are an indie/folk duo out of, you guessed it, #Chicago! Over the past year they have been focusing on writing original compositions and creating cover videos of today's popular music. Jenna and Emily met in 2008 at the Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp before their freshman year at North Central College. Upon their first day of meeting

Feature Friday: Lauren Nolan + Lake Shore Lady

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! #LocalLadyboss being featuring today is Lauren Nolan from Lake Shore Lady! Lake Shore Lady is a food and fashion blog brought to you from the Windy City. Lauren's blog provides original step-by-step recipes, cooking videos, personal style, shopping tips, wellness inspiration and lot of love for #Chicago. Before moving back to the midwest, Lauren lived in New York for about 3 years and was desperately seeking a creative outlet. During that tim

Feature Friday: Jessica Baumgart + Round The World Couple

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! Today's #LocalLadyboss is Jessica Baumgart, 1/2 of the Round the World Couple! Yep, you read that right - round the WORLD. #travelgoals Jessica is a former nine-to-fiver (she used to do Communication for a Chicago hospital) turned world traveler. In January 2016, she quit her job in Chicago and sold everything she owned (seriously!) to travel the world with her husband. She chronicles her adventures on their website. What's most amazing about

Feature Friday: Gretchen Bohling + Gretchen Bohling Design

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladyboss! #LocalLadyboss to be featured today who is CRUSHING it is #Chicago designer Gretchen Bohling of Gretchen Bohling Design. Gretchen Bohling Design is a Midwest based clothing brand designed for feminine and flirty women of ALL body types. Designer Gretchen Bohling aims to provide women with clothing that makes them feel beautiful and confident by accentuating their silhouettes. The brand also provides the creative ability for women to have an imp

Feature Friday: Hannah Hinds + Delirious by Design

Happy #FeatureFriday #ladybosses! #LocalLadyboss being featured today is Hannah Hinds, the owner of Delirious by Design! Hannah is originally from Springfield, IL and now lives in St. Louis (although her products ship to anywhere!) Delirious by Design creates GORGEOUS custom shelves for your home! Hannah bought her first house last Summer and among all the projects she was doing to make it feel like a home, she made some shelves for herself (they are seriously bad ass!). Sh

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