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Out of the Box
Telegraph Journal Newspaper, April 11, 2009
When Michelle Obama asked Chicago restaurateur Emmanuel Nony last summer if
he could deliver lunch from Sepia, his trendy West Loop eatery, next door to
Maria Pinto's boutique where Obama was going for a dress fitting, he told her,
'Of course.' He would personally deliver it himself.
The request got him thinking about a takeout container fit for the lunch of
a first lady (or, at that time, the wife of a man with a serious shot at the
most powerful job in the world). After all, a gourmet meal served in a Styrofoam
box is like a designer sheath paired with white sports socks and tennis shoes
- it just doesn't go.
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Sepia Teams Up With Maria Pinto on Designer Lunchbox
NBC Chicago, October 23, 2008
Stylish West Loop restaurant Sepia has joined forces with its new neighbor,
designer-of-the-moment Maria Pinto, to come up with something called the "Pinto
Box."
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Jeri's Organizing & Decluttering News
December 2, 2007
What a treat for a container connoisseur like me! Woodworker Brent Rourke
makes some stunning boxes. To quote Brent, "They are elegant and practical,
functional and decorative, traditional and contemporary at the same time."
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