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WOW FACTOR

One of the Midwest’s premiere style and design shows is back for another year and promises a feast for the eyes for anyone looking to transform their interiors. Presented by the Winnetka Community House Woman’s Board on Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, November 5, the show will spotlight more than 40 dealers from around the

#HASHTAG: MICHELE FRIGON

In 2019, Glencoe interior designer MICHELE FRIGON founded Designerlink, a membership-based design community. What started as a few meetings a year of like-minded designers discussing trends and materials over coffee has grown into a community of more than 50 members who come together monthly for design collectives and social and educational events. The collectives feature

UNIFYING FORCE

Fresh out of college at age 22, Bruce Boyd lived and work in Spain for six months. “I made great friends in that country,” he recalls. He also made office partitions as a factory worker in that country. Now 66 years old and a longtime resident of Highland Park, Boyd—an ex-lawyer like his wife, Beth—would

GOTHIC MASTERPIECE

When Mary Shelley published her novel about a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein in 1818, she had been traveling through Europe hearing stories about alchemists conducting bizarre science experiments. It is believed her work, titled Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, was the product of a contest with future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron

A MOTHER’S HEART

“You see things differently when you become a mom, don’t you?” asks Lake Forest’s Amy Fields, the mother to 6-and-a-half-year-old daughter Sammy. “The idea of being a mom and not being able to give your child the basic things like formula, food, diapers, or clean clothing—it must be crushing. How is she supposed to go

ONE GIFT AT A TIME

Romania native Florin Mitran wakes up smiling every day in the United States. You would too if you embraced each day like Mitran does. “A day to me is a gift,” says the 49-year-old Mitran, who coaches the varsity boys’ golf team at Highland Park High School and serves as a teacher/coach at Township High

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