24 Hours in Park Ridge - Pioneer Press Communities Online

4 | PARK RIDGE A DAY IN THE LIFE A Pioneer Press Publication
ABOVE Anna Calavan of Park Ridge (at right) and Meghan
O’Neill of Des Plaines work in the kitchen at Baked by Betsy,
making muffins and scones. “Nothing’s homemade anymore.
Everything’s mass produced,” said Betsy D’Attomo, the
bakery’s owner. “It’s as if you made it yourself — but you
didn’t,” she says of her baked treats.
ABOVE RIGHT (From left) Bob Mazza, of Park Ridge, Edward
Hausner, of Niles, and Phillip Magurno, of Chicago, wait for
fares outside of the Park Ridge Metra station.
RIGHT Henry Mancera paints parking lines in a lot along
Busse Highway in Park Ridge on June 6.
OVERNIGHT
ROB HART
ROB HART
Barbara Eslick, of
Park Ridge, prays at
mass at St. Paul of
the Cross Catholic
Church at the 6 a.m.
service. Eslick has
been going to church
at St. Paul for 40
years. “My children
went to school here,
all four,” she said.
ROB HART
BUZZ ORR