Northfield Lifestyle
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Giving Garden efforts beginning to take rootNov 04, 2021 3:33 pm - Tucked away in a vacant lot surrounded by industrial parks, a bevy of tomatoes and zucchinis are starting to ripen. The food, and the 240-square-foot garden where it's g...
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Tropical parties hot in the suburbsNov 04, 2021 2:21 pm - High gas prices. A sluggish economy. And all those weddings, graduation parties, and family barbecues that you just can't ditch. Face it, right now it's tough to simply ...
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Director films debut on familiar turfNov 04, 2021 12:34 pm - Steve Conrad knows exactly why he wrote and directed the Chicago-set comedy "The Promotion." "I wanted to do a movie where a person's dreams don't come true, because I t...
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Glamorama tickets on saleNov 04, 2021 10:59 am - MC Hammer and Cyndi Lauper will headline this year's Macy's Glamorama, the annual bash that focuses on fashion and fundraising. It will be held Aug. 22 at the Chicago Th...
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Suburban designer's 'Tranquility Suite' offers serenity nowNov 04, 2021 9:54 am - You say things are a little tense. The recession has you tossing and turning. High gas prices mean you've canceled your vacation. Maybe you're facing a summer filled wit...
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Field Museum exhibit coincides with natureNov 04, 2021 12:18 am - The Field Museum opens a disastrous new exhibit Friday. Starring hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes and tornadoes, "Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters" seeks to ...
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Love over lunchNov 03, 2021 11:26 pm - Those 60 minutes are precious. In between e-mails, meetings, memos and clients stands that one hour devoted entirely to you during the workweek: lunch. Of course you cou...
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Suburban couples raising multiple multiplesNov 03, 2021 11:00 pm - Beware silence. When raising multiple sets of multiples -- that's right, two sets of twins, or twins followed by triplets -- a moment of silence becomes downright scary....
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Something crazy like ... skateboarding to New York?Nov 03, 2021 4:54 pm - Mike Kosciesza woke up one morning feeling inspired. Before he even got out of bed, he called his friend, Arthur Swidzinski. "Hey, Arthur," he said, "let's do something ...
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Local writer's book gets star treatmentNov 03, 2021 4:02 pm - Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton has signed to star in "The Widows' Adventures," a movie based on the novel of the same name by writer Charles Dickinson of Arlington H...