Chicago Catches a Wave. When summer cooks Chicago, chill in style aboard an armada of new sightseeing vessels sailing from the revamped Navy Pier. The Windy, a four-masted schooner, launches her first full season this month. For a wilder ride, chop waves on the bright yellow speedboat Seadog. Or voy

Hazard Lights. What to do about mercury in some popular shoes. Kids think they’re cool: tennis shoes with little red lights blinking in the heels. But mercury fires the glow, about a gram of it in each pair of shoes. The manufacturer, L.A. Gear—which markets them under the names L.A. Lights and My Li

Honorable Mention, 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Beaubien ghostwrote this rags-to-riches memoir for self-made millionaire Tom Ward. "In the summer of 2003 it all came flooding back to me. I was in Hawaii with the top people on my staff, rewarding them for their great work. During our visit

Arranged for Alexandra Levit, author of the book, "They Don't Teach Corporate in College," to be interviewed live in the studio on Chicago's FOX NEWS IN THE MORNING, June 15, 2006.

For experience-gift start-up company SignatureDays.com, arranged five TV stories – on Chicago’s CLTV, NBC-5, CBS-2, ABC-7 and FOX stations – that aired during a period of less than three months, from mid-December 2005 to early March 2006. (To watch CBS-2 clip, click "SignatureDays.com TV Placement

Produced media event for Donald Trump, Oct. 28, 2004 in Chicago. Held to kick off demolition of the Chicago Sun-Times Building, which Trump is replacing with a 90-story condo tower, the outdoor press conference was followed by Trump walking with a crowd of reporters and fans across the Wabash Avenue

In 2002 arranged stories about Sheldon Good & Company real estate auctions for WGN-TV and FOX CHICAGO. (Rest in peace, Steve.)