tribune treat

on easter sunday, april 12, 2009, we discovered that peter rabbit had brought
chalk the best treat of all:

a lovely mention in the trib's "smart" section (section 9, p. 6):

store openings feel like breath of spring

"at a time when store closings are more the norm, brave new openings--
complete with a few delicious deals--give us hope of brighter days ahead.

chalk of evanston (2611 prairie ave., 847-424-0011, chalkofevanston.com)
has opened to offer designer clothing at a range of prices. chalk has the
north shore exclusive on the now-famous jason wu (worn frequently by
michelle obama) but also carries cottage brands from spain and los angeles.
'we have some expensive lines, but, taking the economy into consideration,
we wanted to have compelling product that a woman could come in and buy
instead of being frustrated," said carrie kane, who owns the store with
sharon watrous. one hit so far is a $95 one-button cotton cardigan from the
organic line 88 orange. 'we've been really well received,' kane said. 'it's nice
to be new right now.'"

thank you, cotton-tail (and wendy donahue)!