Everyone Needs a Third Place. Here’s How to Find Yours in Aurora

There’s a name for the place you go when you’re not at home and not at work. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg called it the third place: the coffee shop, the barbershop, the library reading room, the corner table where the same people turn up. Home is the first place. Work is the second. The third place […]

Building the Perfect Entryway for Back to School

Summer has a way of taking over the house. Pool bags pile up by the door, sunscreen and sunglasses colonize every flat surface, and nobody quite remembers where the good scissors went. Then, seemingly overnight, it’s time to switch gears: backpacks, permission slips, and a calendar that actually needs to be checked every day. No […]