When my friend, Stephanie Sack of vive la femme was selected as a featured business for the October issue of Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine, I was thrilled for her! (Read the article here) Then…I found out she had recommended ME to be the model for the cover shoot! I was absolutely stunned and flattered and nervous! TWO curvy girls on the cover of Crain’s Magazine?? My brain could hardly process it all.

As the day of the shoot drew near, I got more and more nervous…what was I going to wear??? I had to pick out an outfit that was suitably conservative, feminine, simple…and yet fantastic enough for a queen-size Queen. lol.

I finally settled on an amazing full-skirted Comfy USA shirt dress that I bought at vive la femme earlier this year. Piles of pearls, a black belt, and black pumps were the perfect accessories. 🙂 So without further ado, here I am…representing the “Queen Consumer” on the cover of Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine!



The amazingly talented and adorable photographer for the shoot was John R. Boehm.


This issue was the small business issue, and three Chicago businesses were featured. Dr. Chet Steinmetz is the man behind the lenses at Visual Effects. Stephanie Sack is the empress of the known universe, of course. And David Zimmer owns several Fleet Feet stores in the Chicagoland area. Here’s some behind the scenes snaps of from the cover shoot. 🙂 Can you tell Stephanie and I are NOT shy??

And here’s a fun video of the shoot produced by Stephen J. Serio and Jeff Hartvigsen…Thanks to everyone for a fun, awesome morning!