Lifestyle Columns
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Here's how to clean your grout so your tile looks its bestSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Tile is tough. In fact, the "weakest link" in this material actually is the grout. Grout can become stained or cracked, and it needs to be replaced sometimes. It may see...
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WFMT starts show devoted to chamber musicSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Charmed chamber Classical WFMT 98.7-FM adds a new weekly live show devoted to chamber music when "Live From Mayne Stage" debuts at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. It wi...
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Give this teen sex comedy an A for effort, at leastSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Emma Stone possesses soft, come-hither eyes that could drink in the oceans, a sexually playful, raw, husky voice that could melt icebergs, and a feminine fragility that ...
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True grit: Affleck makes tough but tender 'Town' his ownSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - "The Town" is a slickly constructed heist thriller that dares to suggest that a person born in violence and brokenness can yearn for something better and can muster the ...
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Judge at Elgin film festival might look familiarSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I'll be the judge of that If you're coming to the Elgin Short Film Festival on Saturday night, look me up. I'll be there with WGN's Dean Richards and other VIPs a...
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Bruno Costa of Park Ridge makes Frittata con PatateSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - No doubt you've seen the oft-run commercial for high speed Internet featuring a smug high school student, certain his mother believes he is spending three hours in his r...
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It's a slippery slope watching our sodium intakeSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I heard that a new report shows grains and vegetables to be some of the top sources of sodium. Does that change the recommendation to make these foods major parts...
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Another heaping helping of dessert awaits TV viewersSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - If you've watched in empathetic agony as talented chefs - chefs who can create a Michelen star-worthy lunch from a vending machine or turn turnips into a delectable dinn...
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Go big on carrots; the fresh whole ones with tops still attachedSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - When's the last time you bought a "real" carrot? Once they started coming in miniature - adult carrots whittled down to look like babies - our kids never saw carrots any...
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If it's Cold War, husband should try a diplomatic approachSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I think I screwed up, but I'm not sure how badly. My wife is pregnant with our first baby - a girl. Full disclosure, I expressed mild disappointment when we learn...