Elaine Soloway

Elaine Soloway is president of Elaine Soloway Public Relations, and author of the memoir, The Division Street Princess, published by the Syren Book Company, 2006. The coming-of-age story of a girl, a store, and an immigrant Chicago neighborhood was named a 2006 Chicago Tribune Book of the Year.

She holds a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Illinois Chicago, and her agency focuses on nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and authors. Nowadays, Elaine also helps clients navigate the new landscape of social networking. She lives in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood with her husband Tom and golden retriever Buddy. She has two daughters and three grandchildren. Both daughters are in the entertainment industry.

To learn more about Elaine Soloway, go to http://elainesolowaypr.com

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Do You Have a Visual?

My daughter and I were combing the aisles of Ocean State Job Lots, not seeking the retailer’s “quality brand name merchandise at closeout prices,” but instead searching for Tommy. Perhaps he had had enough of my hovering, my reminding, my suggesting, and decided to give me the slip. I worried because his condition has left him vulnerable if he should get lost. more »

Elaine Soloway's Rookie Caregiver Series: Take Care of Yourself

It’s 8:45 in the morning and I’m at the living room window watching my husband enter the passenger side of a car that is not mine. The driver is an attractive young woman. In some other scenario, I’d be the jealous wife, tearful at Tommy’s choice of a new companion. But since this is my life, and the driver is my aide, my feelings are of relief, not wrath. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Take Care of Yourself It’s 8:45 in the morning and I’m at the living room window watching my husband enter the passenger side of a car that is not mine. The driver is an a… more »

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Grateful He's a Tightwad

When we wed, I tried to spoil him with a joint checking account, credit card, and a few doodads that I was happy to bestow on my penny-pinching husband. And while Tommy enjoyed these gifts, he never became infected with my loose-spending ways. I admit to new gratitude. True, no miracle cure awaits my husband, But his frugality, thus far, has kept us both from drowning. more »

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Food and Music - A Perfect Match

Elaine writes: As we dipped corn chips into salsa, we revealed our favorite things. We were like game show contestants hoping to find correct answers. We matched on Masterpiece Theatre, jazz vocalists, dogs and cats, and quiet nights at home. When we learned we had the same favorite song, It Never Entered My Mind by Rodgers and Hart, we felt we had won first prize. more »

Elaine Soloway

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Do You Have a Visual?

Elaine Soloway's Rookie Caregiver Series: Take Care of Yourself

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Grateful He's a Tightwad

Elaine Soloway's Caregiving Series: Food and Music - A Perfect Match

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