Julie Jargon

Janine Wolfe kept wishing for her birthday to come. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and still her special day eluded her. A friend tried to comfort her by explaining that it can take a year to "birthday," but another friend told Wolfe that she'd been awaiting hers...

Any good investigative story about a socialite requires getting said socialite out of her element. And so we're going on a dive-bar tour, beginning at Don's Club Tavern. Ever fashion-conscious, Holly asks what she should wear. "Not an evening gown, I hope," she says. No, I tell her, jeans will...

Who or what is your favorite . . . Fashion Designer (local and national): Locally, my dear friend, the incredibly talented Gabriel Conroy. Nationally, it varies, but currently I have a fixation on Gucci, particularly Tom Ford's last collections. Celebrity icon: When I was young, Elly May Clampett, from the...

Holly Kylberg needs no introduction, but a friend offers one anyway: "This is Holly. Isn't she fabulous?" Fabulous is right. Just don't tell her that unless you want to make her blush, because Holly may be a bold name, but she's also shy, even humble. The 38-year-old balks at the...

Stephanie Huff was a runner. When she was in a place she didn't like, she'd run. When she was in trouble, she'd run. But earlier this month, during a sentencing hearing for two separate crimes, Stephanie finally realized that she could no longer outrun her problems -- or her past...