“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”
-Phyllis Diller
SATURDAY DECEMBER 10 | SUNDAY DECEMBER 12 2022
NO. 530 | A JWC MEDIA PUBLICATION
The World’s Greatest
PARTY CRASHER Ode to Glencoe’s
Fred Karger, who has
lived life to the fullest, crashing as many
parties as he could
MATERIAL PURSUITS
From burl wood frames to artisanal jewelry, start your weekend with our curated list of luxury "must-haves" pg29
along the way. A tellall memoir about his
misadventures will be released next year. pg8
SUNDAY BREAKFAST
Fred Karger at the entrance to the 2022 Met Gala.
Meet Mike Pasquesi, whose Fraser firs are flying out of his Lake Bluff garden center this holiday season pg30
LOCAL POSTAL CUSTOMER Read about Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan and partner Chloé Mendel giving an iconic Chicago sign new life at their Highland Park cafe in this weekend's North Shore Money pg12
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