Lifestyle Columns
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New batch of baking booksOct 12, 2011 2:00 pm - By Deborah Pankey I don't need the calendar to tell me baking season has arrived; the stack of cookbooks piling higher on my desk has done that for me. Seems that if a n...
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Seven lessons for successful long-term weight lossOct 12, 2011 12:00 am - Break out the balloons and party hats, it's my 19th anniversary. In 1992, when my first column appeared, I didn't project this far into the future; but here it is more t...
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Woman should end affair and face her marriageOct 12, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Been married 26 years, two children in college. We’ve had a lot of major ups and downs. My husband had an affair 11 years ago that threw my world off its axis. ...
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Always season for potato saladOct 11, 2011 8:00 am - Does potato salad have a season? I don't think so. But in a recent conversation with several self-proclaimed “foodies,” I found out some folks think it is strictly a spr...
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Parents, children can suffer from same skin conditionOct 10, 2011 6:00 am - An upper respiratory infection seemed to have triggered the little girl's tight cough, but other than hearing a mild wheeze, I found the 2-year-old to be in pretty good ...
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How to handle mom's obvious favoritismOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Both my brother and I are close to our parents. (We also like each other.) However, my mom plays favorites with each of our households. She constantly complains a...
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On the road: Have car, will travel this fallOct 09, 2011 6:00 am - Chicago Form and function “Form in Floral II” returns for a second year and takes root at a new location, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, as part of Chicago Art...
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Home repair: Best flooring for a sunroomOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Q: The 16½-by-14-foot sunroom at the west end of my house is floored with stick-on tiles over plywood, probably lauan, placed over thick planks that were the origina...
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Be supportive of wife moving out, and maybe she won’t want toOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My wife of a decade is leaning toward filing for divorce. I think our problems are easily surmountable, but she is less hopeful. Despite her skepticism, she belie...
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Law talk: Ex-husband tries to block sale of houseOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My husband and I were divorced in 2004. I was able to stay in the house with our children. I have made all the mortgage and tax payments. Our divorce decree says ...