PUBLISHER'S LETTER

Between traveling for work and pleasure and mild weather, this winter is a blur. But I want to hit some highlights, because there have been many this January and February.

Highland grad Jen Miller enjoying the wild Super Bowl ride

INDIANAPOLIS | Let's file this one under "Local Girl Makes Good."

PUBLISHER'S LETTER

Julie just shakes her head at me on many of the things I do, and with some of my Christmas rituals and actions there is probably much justification. As many of you know, the Christmas season is my most favorite of the year and I cannot get it going fast enough. Lights go up on the first warm…

Design and details: Chicago's JW Marriott

The JW Marriott hotel is ready to welcome arriving guests when Indy hosts Super Bowl 2012. Not to be outdone, the new Chicago JW Marriott is just as busy, and celebrating its one-year anniversary.

JW Marriott Chicago Lobby

The Windy City's latest luxury hotel, the JW Marriott Chicago at 151 W. Adams, was a $396 million restoration housed in legendary Chicago architect Daniel Burnham's historic Continental & Commercial National Bank Building constructed in 1914 in Chicago's bustling financial district.

JW Marriott Hotel Chicago Street Entrance

Architectural firm Lucien Lagrange & Associates designed the first JW Marriott branded hotel to open in Chicago, which just celebrated a one-year anniversary.

Design and Details: From architecture to the service, Chicago JW Marriott welcoming guests to new experience

It was March when Dean and Bruce White's new, impressive, blue-glass, high-rise hotel, officially opened as the newest addition to the Indianapolis skyline.

MADE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA: C.P. company performed millwork on Indy hotel

CROWN POINT | Nearly 20 years ago, Bob Ligda began his millwork business in an 800-square-foot shop with his father.

Chicago JW Marriott

The new gleaming blue JW Marriott in Chicago was graced by a visit by owner and hotel mogul JW Marriott Jr. for a grand opening party on Monday, March 7, 2011.

JW Marriott Jr.

JW Marriott Jr. traveled to Indianapolis Tuesday for a ceremony unveiling the hotel company's famed "griffin" logo in the lobby of the new JW Marriott luxury high-rise in Indiana's state capital.

Feeling Blue

The 34-story, blue glass JW Marriott hotel is the latest addition to the new Marriott Hotel Complex in Indianapolis. Developed and managed by White Lodging, the hotel officially opened in February 2011.

JW Marriott Jr. makes trek to Midwest for both Chicago and Indy hotel openings

Hotel mogul JW Marriott made the Midwest rounds this week to attend ceremony events to herald the welcoming of two new luxury properties based in Indy and the Windy City.