Lifestyle Columns
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Chicago Symphony plans to celebrate 75th year at RaviniaSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its 75th year of residency at its summer home, the Ravinia Festival, next year with a wide range of special programming. Fr...
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Tony Curtis, Hollywood's 'great handsome guy', rememberedSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I have interviewed Hollywood superstar Tony Curtis three times. Each time was a joy because I felt as if I were interviewing a kid who only looked like adult. "Do you kn...
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Face value: Witty 'Social Network' a telling portrait of our timesSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - David Fincher's superbly wrought "The Social Network" robustly chronicles the messy birth of that cultural, economic, political and sexual game-changer called Facebook, ...
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Misconceptions about exerciseSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Is it true that you lose more body fat by exercising in the low-intensity fat-burning zone? A. No. The notion that slow exercise burns more fat is a misinterpretation...
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Lentils add flavor, nutrients to weeknight mealsSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - I was convinced, if I wanted to add fiberful and resistant-starch-rich beans or other legumes to my weeknight food plan and didn't want to use canned (they can be salty,...
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You say tomato, we say delicious -- not to mention easySep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - When the season's bounty of tomatoes comes in, tomatoes find their way into everything: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I don't mind because there's nothing better than fre...
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Celebrate the season with apples, apples and more applesSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - After another taste of summery weather, we're settling back into fall and that means cuddly sweaters, warm cider and apples. You can celebrate fall and its bounty at the...
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Lyric starts season with new production of 'Macbeth'Sep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The Civic Opera House's Ardis Krainik Theatre is polished and ready for Friday's gala opening of Lyric Opera of Chicago's 56th season. The gold curtain will rise at 7 p...
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Trisha Pulaski makes Breakfast CasseroleSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Trisha Pulaski knew that if she wanted to escape her recipe rut, she had to set a goal and stay committed. "I had been trying for quite a while to test new recipes," she...
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Ryan Reynolds digs into emotional, one-man role in 'Buried'Sep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - "Buried" takes place inside a coffin. No cutaways. No flashbacks. For 95 minutes. Just an American truck driver buried in a coffin somewhere in Iraq. The only things in ...