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Condo Law 146 Condo Living 150 Real Estate Market Report 152-157 Social Living 160 16 Opulence Spring 2017 editor’s letter HORIZON PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER & Owner Geoff Hammond, CEO Jayne Hammond, President t’s 3 a.m. on a Friday morning, just hours before my 21-year- ASSOciate PUBLISHER old son departs on a flight to California en route to start his David Hammond career as a chef at the Ritz-Carlton near Palm Springs. EDITOR IN CHIEF Robin Jay IRyan completed his last final exam yesterday as a college student [email protected] and before it seems the ink could even be dry, he’s already prepar- SENIOR CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR ing to launch. Right now, I can hear the bass of his stereo thumping Adriana Naylor as he packs his last bag in his bedroom. This time tomorrow, his [email protected] 954-331-3912 room will be silent. A very surreal moment for a mother indeed. Marketing & Events directOR Seems like just yesterday when he was born – on the night of the Academy Awards in 1995. At the time, Chantal Forster I was perplexed at how the nurses and my husband couldn’t take their gaze off the television screen, sip- [email protected] 954-331-3390 ping their warm and sweet coffee, anticipating who would win the Oscar for Best Actor or Best Actress. I remember thinking, “Hello! I’m about to have a baby over here – can you please put down your delicious BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Jennifer Garcia creamy coffee for a second and go get me something more thirst quenching than ice chips?!” [email protected] Nearly 22 years later, I now understand the captivating anticipation of an Academy Award being an- 954-663-1786 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT nounced. For me, however, I daydream about what it would be like to anticipate the announcement of a AVAILABLE AD Michael Jay different kind of Oscar – the sort awarded to American star chefs in the culinary world – the James Beard [email protected] Awards. The mere nomination of a James Beard Award can forever change the trajectory of a budding 954-593-5060 culinary entrepreneur. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Ryan has aspired to be a great chef since before he could drive a car. I laugh to myself that maybe he John D. Adams Evan Netsch Roberto C. Blanch Jill Patterson went into the culinary field out of necessity – because his mother, yours truly, has literally burned water, Stephanie Bonilla Andrew Rand melted metal teapots to the stove, and caught the inside guts of two (no, three!) microwaves on fire Michael Campea Lisa-Marie Reiter by attempting to pop corn in a dry paper bag or forgetting to put water in the oatmeal bowl before Jana Soeldner Danger Erick Rodriguez Chantal Forster Ava Roosevelt pressing start. Ryan Jay Todd R. Sciore I sit here quietly thinking about what Ryan’s future may hold for him as he prepares to move about as far Steven Joseph Susan Ungaro Dale King & Julia Hebert Carleton Varney from his childhood home as the United States is wide. I wonder if maybe – just maybe – my husband Kristen Mager Kelly Villasuso and I might some day be sitting at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago on an early May evening, decked Alona Abbady Martinez Mary & Hugh Williamson out in our Sunday best, sipping sweet coffee and anticipating at the edge of our seats the announce- PHOTOgraPHERS ment of the next James Beard Awardee. A mother of a budding young culinary professional can only Douglas Lance dream of such a day! Michael Muser Silvia Pangaro Our cover story for this issue is about a very special chef, Mr. Curtis Duffy, who as the co-proprietor of his Raul Villasuso first fine dining restaurant in Chicago – Grace – has achieved the pinnacle of culinary success, earning a very rare and coveted 3 Michelin stars and a 2016 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes. Don’t CONTRIBUTING DESIGNERS: Tullius Heuer miss our compelling, heartfelt interview with Curtis on page 48 – but grab a tissue first.