Notes from the bench in Glenview, Illinois. Written by Kevin Count, Frame Maker and Master Optician at Corner Optical.
The kids are back at school and the Glenview house finally went quiet. A local optician on why September is the smartest month to book your own eye exam.
Your kid leaves for school in a few weeks. A Glenview optician on contact lens supply, spare pairs, and the prescription copy that always gets forgotten.
August practices start soon and your kid’s glasses have had a long summer. A Glenview optician on sports frames, kids in contacts, and what sweat does.
Your contacts feel fine at home and awful by 4 p.m. at the office. A Glenview optician on what air conditioning does to your tear film in late summer.
Illinois' DMV vision screen is a 20/40 letter check and little else. What teen drivers need before that first solo night drive on the Edens, from Glenview.
A Glenview optician on why kids ditch the glasses they didn’t pick, and how the Optical Kitchen gets them building a pair they’ll wear before school starts.
Late July is the quiet window for kids' eye exams in Glenview. Why summer hides vision changes, and what a comprehensive exam catches that screenings miss.
Summer heat relaxes acetate frames and sweat makes them slide. A Glenview optician explains why glasses slip in July and what a real fit adjustment fixes.
Why the ball blurs at address when you wear progressives, and what a Glenview optician can do about it: lens choices, frame fit, and custom-built pairs.
A Glenview optician on how polarized lenses cut summer glare off windshields and water, when you’re better off skipping them, and how to build a custom pair.
How polarized lenses cut glare off water and pavement, plus how The Optical Kitchen at Corner Optical builds custom polarized sunglasses by hand in Glenview.
Sunscreen leaves summer lenses greasy and streaked. What’s really happening to the coating, how to clean glasses without damage, and when the fix is fit.
By the pool with a paperback and your sunglasses keep coming off? How Corner Optical in Glenview builds summer sunglasses you can actually read through.
Pickleball season’s peaking on the Northshore. How Corner Optical in Glenview handles court glare, slipping frames, and specialty contacts for players.
Ravinia nights bring picnic blankets, fading light, and a vision question most Glenview patients don’t notice until they reach for the program in the dark.
A Glenview dashboard gets hot enough to warp a frame and lift a coating. What summer heat really does to your glasses, and how to keep yours in one piece.
Heading north for the summer? A Glenview optician walks through small eyewear steps to take two weeks out so vacation isn’t derailed by broken glasses.
Camp season is here and loose glasses don’t survive it. Why fit matters more for active kids, and how to get a pair that stays on before drop-off day.
School’s out and screen time climbs. What that shift does to kids' developing eyes, and the small habits Glenview parents can set up before September.
Most sunglasses dim the light and leave the glare sitting there. How polarized lenses actually work, and why it matters for Northshore summers near Glenview.
If menus and phone screens are suddenly blurry up close, your eyes are doing something normal. A real exam in Glenview shows you exactly what’s going on.
If your Glenview kid squinted at the board all spring, summer is the right window for an eye exam. Myopia moves fast in school-age kids, and it moves quietly.
Allergy season turns contact lenses into a real problem for a lot of Glenview patients. Here’s what’s happening to your lenses and what actually helps.