From the campus Botany Pond to her preferred coffee spot, Booth alumna and novelist Sara Paretsky maps out her favorite neighborhood hangouts.
- January 10, 2016
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Because sometimes the even the acclaimed mystery writer has to leave 57th Street Books. Read more about Sara Paretsky, AM ’69, MBA ’77, PhD ’77 in this issue's profile, “The Page Turner.”
Best part about living in Hyde Park: “I love being close to the lake. I walk the lakefront constantly.”
Most productive place to write: “My office, which is a converted attic space—and is also a total pit.”
Best cup of coffee: Zaleski & Horvath MarketCafe
Favorite place on campus for reading: “When I was a student, Swift Hall coffee shop” (aka Grounds of Being at the Divinity School)
Favorite place on campus for contemplation: Botany Pond
Go-to restaurant: “The Bonjour Café. They make a tuna tartine that's my favorite. In fact, I’m hungry now . . .”
Ideal place for a drink and discussion: Quadrangle Club
Most-missed: “The old Harper Court. It was really a kind of community place, with the chess players and the fun little shops.”
Galactic explorer Dylan Taylor, ’98, is helping champion the NewSpace movement—and recently accomplished a lifelong dream of going to space.
Rocket ManJuan Carlos Velasquez, ’15, didn’t know what he was getting into when he agreed to a sailing expedition across the North Atlantic—but the journey proved to be life changing.
Sailing into the UnknownProfessor Ann L. McGill, MBA ’85, PhD, ’86, invites us inside a course that aims to transform the workplace, one boss at a time.
Be the Boss You Wish You Were