Lifestyle Columns
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Good News Sunday: College of DuPage culinary students cook Thanksgiving dinner for Navy recruitsNov 27, 2022 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: About 50 recruits from the Great Lakes N...
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No one disclosed ungrounded outletsNov 27, 2022 5:00 am - Q: We recently purchased a 70-year-old home and no one mentioned the two-prong, ungrounded outlets. They weren't disclosed by the sellers, and our home inspector didn't ...
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Some good things come in twosNov 26, 2022 5:00 am - My niece Amanda has two Frenchies - French bulldogs. Ruth and Kevin. She named Ruth after Ruth Ginsberg because of her sweet, determined personality. Frenchies are very ...
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Developers retain control of new condominiumsNov 25, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: I purchased a new condominium in the Northwest suburbs about a year ago. I have spoken with a couple of owners about some issues we should address...
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Bike repair stations popping up around the suburbsNov 25, 2022 5:00 am - With more electric vehicles purring along roadways, charging stations are key to widespread acceptance by skeptical motorists. Surprisingly, cyclists are already blessed...
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'Glass Onion' a spectacularly fun and mentally challenging sequelNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “I need a great case!” declares Benoit Blanc, the bored and allegedly best detective in the entire world. On cue, he recei...
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Just as Spielberg's life story 'Fabelmans' finally starts rolling, it endsNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - “The Fabelmans” - ★ ★ ½ This should have been a real-life superhero origin movie with youthful stand-ins serving as early versions of Steven Spielberg before he evolved...
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Sound check: JORDY, Louis the Child, Night Spice and moreNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - JORDY's back With a joyful and uplifting view on life (with just a light touch of self-deprecation), Northbrook native pop singer JORDY has been spinning his relatable p...
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Neighbors in the news: LCDOT promotes two employees to assistant engineersNov 22, 2022 5:00 am - • The Lake County Division of Transportation has promoted Kevin Carrier and Jon Nelson to serve as assistant county engineers. Together, Carrier and Nelson will help lea...
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'Devotion' a handsomely produced, anti-white savior dramaNov 22, 2022 5:00 am - “Devotion” - ★ ★ ★ Ever since I began writing about Hollywood's white savior syndrome in 1986, I have seen only one movie that rejected the genre's implicit white suprem...