Manners Count: A Quick Primer Before the Holidays

Local etiquette expert Patricia A. O’Brien wants children to be well behaved. So in her classes, “Manners Please,” she focuses on 5 areas as the bedrock of proper manners. 1) Dining skills, navigating forks and spoons, how to cut meat and proper use of a dinner napkin 2) Making introductions and shaking hands 3) Party […]

Friends of Gorton Hosts Diamonds, Designers and Dancing

Friends of Gorton will host Diamonds, Designers and Dancing at Lake Forest Sports Cars in Lake Bluff on Friday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. Following a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception, independent designers who have been hand selected from throughout Chicagoland will showcase their best spring 2010 efforts. At the conclusion of the runway presentation, […]