Lifestyle Stories from December 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Mayas face Dec. 21 with ancestral calmDec 15, 2012 5:00 pm - UH-MAY, Mexico — Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity — the pe...
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66 years later, ‘Zuzu’ still living a wonderful lifeDec 18, 2012 5:13 am - For Karolyn Grimes, visiting Naperville in late December has become about as traditional as egg nog and mistletoe. Grimes — who most people know as Zuzu Bailey, the 6-ye...
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DVD previewsDec 15, 2012 10:04 am - @X BTO Byline attribution italic:The Washington Post Dec. 18 “Total Recall” (PG-13, 118 minutes, Sony): Try to erase from your mind the first “Total Recall,” that campy,...
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Hildene tour opens door on Lincoln family lifeDec 17, 2012 5:19 am - MANCHESTER, Vt. — Abe Lincoln was born in a log cabin but his son built himself a mansion. Robert Todd Lincoln, the president’s only child to survive to adulthood, built...
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Bair writes bio of artist Saul SteinbergDec 15, 2012 5:00 am - When New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg was honored in 1974 by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the architect Philip Johnson puzzled out loud over how best to...
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Smaller inventory of homes is big factor in improved marketDec 15, 2012 4:45 am - Jim Regan has been selling homes in the Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines area for 40 years, originally as the owner for National Sunrise Realty in Arlingto...
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Many ways to structure fees when refinancing loanDec 15, 2012 4:30 am - Q. In your column a reader said they were refinancing with no fees. Do you know what company is offering that deal? I owe about $31,000 and am at 7.125 percent with 13 y...
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How to maximize seating for holiday partiesDec 15, 2012 4:25 am - The joy of home entertaining at the holidays often comes with a challenge: How do you provide enough seating for a roomful of holiday revelers with just a sofa and a few...
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DVD previews: 'Total Recall,' 'Trouble with the Curve'Dec 17, 2012 5:19 am - Dec. 18 “Total Recall” (PG-13, 118 minutes, Sony): Try to erase from your mind the first “Total Recall,” that campy, 1990 Paul Verhoeven blockbuster in which Arnold Schw...
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Gather supplies, devise plan before emergency strikesDec 15, 2012 8:12 pm - Those of us not affected by superstorm Sandy eventually may be affected by other storms this fall or winter or in the years to come. Heavy snowfalls, ice storms, floods,...
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