DARCI PINELLO is no stranger to hard work. When she was 16 years old, after one too many fender benders with her car, her Dad put her to work at…
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Stylish Soiree
WHEN CASSIE CARVER, Caroline Eimerman, and Kristin Lambropoulos were students at Lake Forest’s Everett Elementary School, they could never have dreamed that one day the three of them would come together…
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Ready For Take Off
AS A YOUNG executive in pharmaceutical sales in the early 2000s, Annie Pezza learned that the most successful products always solved a problem. “Growing up, I moved around a lot,”…
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Bringing the Sunshine
SOMETIMES good ideas can shine right in front of your eyes. This was precisely the situation with the bubbly Dominque Ittner, who grew up in Lake Forest and returned to…
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Making Ties
SARAH SOMERS’ luxury scarf brand, Deseda, will be celebrating its third anniversary later this year. When Somers first launched her company in 2019, the story was about a female entrepreneur…
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Beauty 101
THE NORTH SHORE’S Jen Bobay has always had a connection to the beauty world, first through her grandmother who was a hairdresser in the city and then as a teacher who…
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Visible
WHEN LELIA PURKY was 18 months old, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP), a condition that often makes introductions for her before she ever says a word. “I know I…
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Securing the Future for Lake Forest Library
IN A TIME WHERE public libraries are having to justify their relevance, the City of Lake Forest has a community of supporters working to ensure its legacy. “The library plays…
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Jewel Box
WHEN MOLLY CURLEY was studying jewelry making at the University of Kansas, her parents may have questioned her once or twice about what she planned to with that degree. “My…
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Giving Warmth
WHEN JOSH DUERINGER’S sister Ashley was a freshman at Lake Forest High School, Mothers Trust needed volunteers to help collecting coats for its annual coat drive. When she was a…
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