Current Projects

Bored in the Windy City? There’s no excuse. Margaret writes the weekly 10 Things to Do This Weekend column for Crain’s Chicago Business’ Web site and by e-mail subscription.

She edits the Money and Start It Up sections of Entrepreneur magazine.

She has guest blogged about two of her favorite places—Nashville and Gulf Shores—that need tourism dollars in light of recent catastrophes for Flyover America, The City Traveler, VisitSouth.com and others. She regularly writes about both Chicago and Nashvillefor MSN.com.

Recently published: Southwest Airlines’ Spirit’s Meet Nashville section, a package on pet weight loss for the May 2011 issue of Prevention, a 2011 updated version of her Little Black Book of Chicago, Time Out Chicago Kids, Time Out Chicago, Alabama Living and three ideas for the best business bars in the country for Entrepreneur.

Her recently updated Nashville ✭Essential✭ Guide iPhone/iPad app is a digital guide to the city, with more than 1,100 photos for more than 160 listings highlighting what to see and do in Music City. It includes GPS-enabled maps and suggestions for Nashville-centric music to download.

Upcoming work: ABA Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur, the next edition of the Little Black Book of Chicago, Prevention and a new Gulf Shores ✭Essential✭ Guide iPhone/iPad app, the sixth edition of the Moon Tennessee guidebook.

She is at work on several book proposals, including one on stand-up paddling as well as the upcoming Dog-Friendly Life (DFL) project. DFL is a multimedia brand that helps people who want live with their dogs, not for their dogs, with practical dog-training lifestyle advice.