Tim Pareti

Tim Pareti was born and raised on the north side of Chicago. His Italian-American family started Ernie's Bleachers, which eventually became the iconic Murphy's Bleachers. An award-winning journalist, he worked as a reporter and editor for Scripps newspapers and was a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, a little north of Wrigleyville. If he isn’t spending time with family and friends, he’s strumming on his guitar, playing softball, or going sailing somewhere on Lake Michigan.