Gwen Butler
In February, Gwen Butler was a bartender at the Federalist. In walked a Swiss financier who liked Butler's style. Now she co-owns Zita, the Stanhope Street restaurant she created with the $2.5 million Erich Sager put up out of the blue.
-By John Koch

Firm Convictions
The people who locked up Pittsfield day-care worker Bernard F. Baran Jr. for child molestation are sure they did the right thing. But Baran's supporters are equally sure he didn't get a fair trial.
-By David Mehegan

Why the Green Mountains turn red
It's only because Vermont twice denuded its forests that we now see such glorious autumn foliage.
-By Chris Bohjalian

As you like it
Folding panels and sliding furniture let Jane and Joe Carouneto reconfigure their loft space to suit the occasion.
-By Kathleen Howley

Fashion Moment: Singin' in the sun

Food: Currying flavor

In Person: Ticket to ride

Mind and Body: The fine print

Above are selected stories from the Globe Sunday Magazine.