My Sister's Place

Business name:

My Sister's Place

Address:

109 N Main St

City:

Lenox

State:

Iowa

Zip Code:

50851

Phone number:

(641) 333-2967

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11 Mother's Day gifts for mom

Shake up a summer cocktail for mom with the Maryna Cocktail Shaker, $54 at Anthropologie stores including Avalon, 4180 Avalon Blvd., Alpharetta, and Lenox Square, 3393 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta.Soulflowers is a new Atlanta-based flower subscription service perfect for the mom who enjoys fresh blooms. CONTRIBUTED The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Soulflowers is a new Atlanta-based flower subscription service perfect for the mom who enjoys fresh blooms. Sign up for one-, two- or three-month subscriptions, which include two bouquets per month. Prices start at $76 for the one-month subscription. Visit YoungBloodBoutique.com/flower-subscription/ or sign up in-store at 632 N. Highland Ave. NE, Atlanta.Lalabu, the shirts that make baby carrying and nursing simple. CONTRIBUTED The Atlanta Journal-Constitution New moms (and dads) will appreciate products from Atlanta-born Lalabu, the shirts that make baby carrying and nursing simple with an all-in-one design. The Lalabu Soothe Shirt features a pouch and inner mesh panel that calms newborns and a built-in nursing bra for easy breastfeeding. It costs $75 and is available online at lalabu.com.Help mom upgrade her style by booking an appointment with The Service at the Shops Buckhead Atlanta. Clients enjoy complimentary personal styling and shopping with the expertise of top Atlanta stylist Amy Nelson and her team. All purchases made through The Service can be gift-wrapped and delivered to a nearby home, hotel or office. For information, call 404-939-9275.The Frye Casey Leather Tote is available at Nordstrom. CONTRIBUTED The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Frye Casey Leather Tote will hold mom’s most precious items. It costs $358 (but is now priced at $189.97 for a limited time) at Nordstrom, Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road NE, or Perimeter Mall, 4390 Ashford Dunwoody Road NE, Atlanta.Mom’s Night Out at STK Atlanta is May 11-14, and the three-course dinner menu, which is $65 per person, gives you some options along the way. CONTRIBUTED The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Enjoy Mom’s Night Out at STK Atlanta, May 11-14. The three-course Mother’s Day dinner menu is $65 per person (not including tax and gratuity) and includes a first course of... (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Table-setting tips: Your holiday meal is worth the extra effort

Blantyre If you have fine china, now's the time to use it. At least, that's how David Pupo, director of dining and events at Blantyre in Lenox, Mass., feels. "I'm a strong believer in family china, it should be handed down for generations," he said. "And if you've got it, use it." At Blantyre, a luxury hotel that was once the Berkshire estate to Robert Paterson, attention to detail is everything. Setting up for dinner service in the dining room of the grand estate - which has 23 rooms dispersed between the main house, carriage house and separate, private cottages - can take up to two hours, sometimes more. "Our diners come for the formal experience," said Pupo, who has been at Blantyre, on and off, for 13 years. "Each table setting is individual, from the floral setting to the china. It's certainly more laborious than the typical restaurant." But the labor is worth it, especially for the holidays. Hotel guests, and the public as well, are welcome to experience special occasion celebrations, from a prie fix Thanksgiving menu, to a New Year's Eve reception complete with selections from its award-winning wine cellar that currently houses 1... (Berkshire Eagle (subscription))

Joliet students start their first day of school

Joliet District 86, who began their first day of school Wednesday. Students at 10 other districts across Will County – in Plainfield, New Lenox, Frankfort, Shorewood and Wilmington – also began their first day Wednesday. Zoë stood in one of the several lines students were organized into outside the school before they headed to their classrooms to meet their new teachers. Many parents were there to watch their children, with some taking photos on their phones. Zoë’s grandmother said the family walked Zoë to school. “I just hope she keeps the enthusiasm for school,” her grandfather said. Sandburg Principal Julie Rice Zurek said she was looking forward to a wonderful year.  “I want them to have fun. I want them to work hard and I want them to be very successful,” she said. “School is a place where you learn about other people. You learn about what you might want to do someday.” Zurek said the year was off to a great start and even the kindergartners came in without too many tears. The front entrance of Sandburg was buzzing with parents bringing in their children for school as staff excitedly greeted them. “Welcome back!” one staff member said to a student.  In one fourth-grade classroom, students were learning the rules of the class while organizing their supplies. Student Izzy Consalvo said she’s been looking forward to her first day back. “I’m excited to be in the fourth grade,” she said. At a kindergarten classroom, students worked on a project, coloring a picture and making it into a hat to wear.  Tyrell Flowers was one of those students, who said he was doing well on his first day of school. He was also wearing his new shoes.  For his coloring project, Flowers colored the typical items of a classroom – apples, pencils, rulers – and said he was starting to get good at colo... (The Herald-News)

Women of the Year

She is married to Jack, is the mother of one daughter and one son and is the grandmother of one. Joanne Gesell, St. Jude Catholic Community, New Lenox A 20-year member of St. Jude, New Lenox, Gesell has served as the past vice president, and treasurer of the Council of Catholic Women. She was the CCW sunshine girl, the CCW photographer and yearly scrapbook maker. Gesell has served the parish as a religious education teacher and volunteered at the St. Jude Elementary School Library.  She is a core member of the St. Jude Seniors’ Social Club.  Since its inception, Gesell has volunteered with the St. Jude-Saint Joseph’s Table. She helps her husband, Roy, in Knights of Columbus events. The Gesells have three children and one grandchild. Barbara Kestel-Satrun, St. Mary Catholic Church, Mokena A longtime member of St. Mary Mokena Catholic Church, Kestel-Satrun became a valued member of the St. Mary Council of Catholic Women in 2012 and is currently vice president. She has served as photographer, scrapbooker and publisher of the annual membership handbook and directory. Kestel-Satrun has assisted with publicity for the annual mum sale and the 2016 Polka Mass. She participates in the prayer shawl ministry and helped publish a handbook for its members. She leads a Bible Study group discussion. She belongs to the Clothing God’s Children ministry, and has organized/coordinated brunches for the organization. Kestel-Satrun and her husband Eugene have three daughters. Rosemary Konopek, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Joliet Konopek is a 54-year member of the parish. She’s been president and treasurer of the altar and rosary society for many years. This group raises money for the parish through card parties, the summer homecoming fair, bake sales and raffles. Proceeds supply vestments, candles and altar lines. Through the years, Konopek has held many chairmanship roles. Margaret Lee, Sacred Heart Parish, Joliet A 19-year member of the parish, Lee has worked with the youth ministry, leading groups, discussions and trips for the church’s youth for over a decade. Lee is an usher and member of the parish council. Lee also volunteers at Daybreak Center. She he enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren. Pat Meade, Kapps Mu Omega Chapter, Soror of the Year A member since 2004, Meade is president of Kappa Mu Omega. She has served as the International Leadership Seminar Hydration chairman and co-chairman of the Health Partners Literature Association. A registered nurse at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Meade also serves as secretary of the Chicagoan President’s Council. She is in the choir and the parish council at Sacred Heart Parish in Joliet. She is treasurer for the Illinois Nurses Association. Fran Mildice, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Romeoville Mildice is an active member of the Council of Catholic Women, parish council and St. Vincent de Paul. She is a minster of care. She has helped with parish mailings and events. She has sold raffle tickets. She donated the New Gather books in memory of her loving husband Bill. Mary Pagano, St. Dennis Church, Lockport Pagano has been an active member of St. Dennis since 1983. She and her husband Frank are the “go-to people” cooking for fundraisers and many church events including Lockport Canal Days, golf... (The Herald-News)

'Ah, life was exciting in the seventies'

Manhattan cafe society at the Carlyle, Stanhope and Waldorf-Astoria hotels for three decades, died on Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Barefoot Mailman Run Since I'm writing about the Juno Ranch and the Jupiter Beach Hilton, it calls to mind the annual "Barefoot Mailman Run," a two-mile run from the Hilton along the beach to the Juno Ranch, where someone would stamp the envelop you carried, and then back to the Hilton. The race was an event to raise money for Special Olympics. Each year, whoever the stars were appearing at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre would show up as honorary starters. High point of the event was the clever Barefoot Mailman shirts designed by local artist Patti Tuning Hartig and featuring a quirky looking pelican as a mailman. ... We hit our high point with 200 runners. The Hilton furnished hotdogs and cokes after the event. So, from Valentine's Day memories to life in a much smaller Jupiter/Tequesta lifestyle ... that was back in the seventies and early eighties. Well now, this is my valentine to Jupiter Courier Newsweekly readers ... a peek back at what really used to be. (TCPalm)

Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown, noted Berkshire hotelier, entrepreneur, dies at 66

Thursday at age 66 after an 11-month battle with cancer. She was the owner-proprietor of luxury lodging establishment Blantyre, in Lenox, since 1981. She was also known for her intricate candy creations and "City Curtains" brand at Country Curtains. (Courtesy photo) STOCKBRIDGE — Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Brown, the younger sister of Berkshire lodging entrepreneur Nancy Fitzpatrick, died at her home in Stockbridge on Thursday following an 11-month battle with cancer, her sister said Friday. She was 66. The daughter of late state Sen. John Fitzpatrick and Country Curtains founder Jane Fitzpatrick, both noted Berkshire philanthropists, Fitzpatrick Brown had been the owner-proprietor of Blantyre, a luxury lodging establishment in Lenox, since 1981. Blantyre, a Gilded Age estate built in the early 1900s, was abandoned and falling into disrepair when John and Jane Fitzpatrick bought it in 1980. The Fitzpatricks, who had saved The Red Lion Inn from destruction when they purchased the Stockbridge lodging establishment in 1968, gave Blantyre to their daughter to run. Under Fitzpatrick Brown's stewardship, the estate was restored to its former glory. Blantyre's hotel has earn... (Berkshire Eagle (subscription))