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Abby Yemm, Chicago Picks' Managing Editor, as a judge at the Fashion in the White City event, the Chicago Fashion Foundation's 2nd Annual Scholarship Show. She is in the center of the photo.
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Chicago Picks is Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. If we can't say anything nice, we don't say it at all.
Chicago Picks is a free, subscription-driven weekly publication, sent out every Friday via email and then updated on our homepage. It’s a fun and sassy format for "City Secrets," delivered in a timely and unique manner to a highly targeted market. Chicago Picks reaches mostly women, busy and well-educated “influencers,” who like to find out about items and services that enhance their lives.
Chicago Picks' founder, Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. A native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90s. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients includes: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few.
Editor-in-Chief Alisa Sloan oversees the content and managing editors in all cities and heads the flagship Portland Picks publication. Based in Portland, she has been with Westover Media since June of 2005, and brings more than 12 years of experience in publishing, marketing and online content management to the team.
Chicago Picks are mostly the unsolicited opinions of the Chicago Picks staff. They are hints, recommendations, and best-kept secrets of shops, restaurants, hangouts, products, and services.
Chicago Picks' parent company, City Picks Group, is a subsidiary of Westover Media, LLC.
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