Lisa at Headquarters Design Studio

Anne Wiberg loved the color pink. She wore pink lipstick 💄 and had a lot of pink in her wardrobe. She moved to DesPlaines from Minnesota and someone recommended me to her and that how it started. Her husband Mark started coming to the salon and also her son John. Sometimes her son Ben would come in when he was visiting the family. I miss her. Anne passed away in 2023. We always would have the best conversations because of her wonderful personality. We even went to lunch occasionally. This picture says so much about Anne! Thank you for being my friend❤️

Valerie Domain better known by her family as Tootsie. She is my friend Rosina’s sister. When she was in last we were trying to figure out just how many years she has been coming in. It was before our salon had a computer so you know it has been a stretch of time! I have been lucky enough to go through many style changes with Val from short to long. It’s not just about the hairstyle though, along the way a friendship happens. It’s a professional friendship. For the most part I only see her at the salon and after 35 years I think we know one another pretty well. Val is a realtor, so I called my friend when it was time to sell my mother’s condo. She made the process of selling go smoothly and it was just before the COVID shutdown. It happened with Vals’s help and experience. Thank you Val, you do so many good things for many people!❤️

My friend Joe Esposito has been coming in to see me for over 35 years! He is Italian and so am I, so we talk… about our family, mostly our mothers and our dogs. Joe loves sweets. He really is a connoisseur of birthday cakes, and donuts and sweet rolls. On my 50th birthday he brought in this enormous chocolate and banana filled layer cake! We served it to our guests that day too! I believe Joe is now 100 years young. He still loves his sweets🎂🍩🍰
This photo is from 2014 and I think I need an updated one! Love to you always Joe!

I known Kim Fiester for 45 years! She was a new mom and I was just starting my career. Kim had long hair back then and would always come in for trims. Now I see her much more often. She is retired now and loves to travel. Kim also owns a horse and rides several times a week. When I bought Headquarters Kim and her husband Jim were one of the first of my clients to send flowers congratulating me. The memories are so many! Thank you for you friendship Kim, you are not replaceable!❤️

Hey it’s Mike Lynn! Our friend story goes way back to the beginning in 1983. Mike worked at Apple Records just two doors west from Headquarters. We used to have pizza every Friday night for two reasons. Mike really likes pizza and the other was if the pizza restaurant didn’t deliver within a certain time the customer would get it for free! We got many pizza’s for free back then. Mike would call and say it’s here and I would go over in between my appointments. That went on for a few years and then his life changed and he switched jobs, got married and had a family. We lost touch for many years. One day about 20 years ago, I saw him in my neighborhood delivering the mail! I stopped my car and had a chat with him. Since then he’s been coming in for haircuts and sometimes we go out for pizza! Yay for us and our friendship and of course pizza! 🍕