Lifestyle Columns
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Mortgage Professor: Better credit score doesn’t guarantee cheaper loanSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - Editor’s note: This is the first column in a series appearing in HomesSaturday. One of the unusual features of the U.S. mortgage market is that borrowers are obliged to ...
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Super Handyman: Get creative with concrete stainsSep 02, 2011 12:30 am - There are a lot of flooring choices these days. Stained concrete is one that has gone through a lot of changes in the past few years. Instead of the old concrete paint, ...
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Home inspector: Keepyour dryer vent clearSep 02, 2011 12:00 am - Q. When our home was built, the dryer exhaust pipe was installed through the roof, rather than through an outside wall. This has turned out to be a problem because t...
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About Real Estate: Sellers in bind after buyers ‘preapproved’ mortgage is canceledSep 02, 2011 12:00 am - Smart buyers always get #147;preapproved#148; for a mortgage before they start shopping for a house, but banks have lots of leeway to back out of their commitmen...
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Thai sauce spices up chicken saladSep 01, 2011 6:00 am - Usually when I'm eating salad in a restaurant, I can figure out the ingredients. Today's recipe for Courtyard Bistro Asian Chicken Salad With Chili-Lime Vinaigrette is a...
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Reader recipe makeover: Banana breadAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - Mary Holda of Elk Grove Village proposed a challenge I couldn't walk away from: remake her family's favorite streusel-topped banana bread. “We love it, but I wondered if...
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Buffets need not be a pigoutAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I’ve heard that when people eat at restaurant buffets, calorie consumption goes way up. Is that because of the kinds of foods served or do we eat differently at b...
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Sauvignon Blanc gains groundAug 30, 2011 3:00 pm - Here are flavors that I love: Ginger (especially sushi ginger); lime (squeezed over Thai and Mexican dishes); green herbs (in sauces like pesto and in Mid-East and Medit...
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Popularity of smokeless tobacco on the riseAug 29, 2011 6:15 am - We were discussing teenagers, and my patient's mother shared how lucky she felt to have a teenage son who was a fine student and gifted athlete who never got into troubl...
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Is her friend developing an ego problem?Aug 29, 2011 1:00 am - Q. One of my dearest friends has been living abroad for the past three years teaching English. I am SO proud of her for all she's accomplished, and so thrilled she's...