Lifestyle Columns
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Reality messes with independent mother's plansJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I've always considered myself an independent person. I am a married, full-time working mother of two young children, so I've got my hands full, but I've always pr...
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Getting your lighting on track is easy with these tipsJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Replacing a ceiling-light fixture can be very easy if you plan to put up a similar style of ceiling fixture. But you do have other options. You might consider track ligh...
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ESO announces classics, pops concertsJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Using the general theme "Fill Your Life with Music," the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 61st season will offer important masterworks by the world's greatest composers on its...
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Nothing 'fishy' about paying prorated property taxes at closingJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Sellers who have paid their annual property taxes in full usually are given a partial credit by the buyer when the transaction closes. Q. I signed an agreement to pu...
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Amateurish acting bogs down irritating 'Rome'Jan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Just when I thought romantic comedies couldn't possibly go lower on the quality barometer than last month's behemoth baddie, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?," along com...
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Homeowners association won't budge, so talk to a judgeJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. We own a townhouse and are trying to deal with the fools who run the homeowners association. Last month, we had a major roof leak that wiped out our master bedroo...
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'Edge of Darkness' a brooding throwback to classic film noirJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - "Edge of Darkness" is directed by Martin Campbell, who gave us the greatest James Bond movie of the past 30 years, "Casino Royale." But his newest movie isn't your stand...
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New on DVD: 'Michael Jackson: This Is It'Jan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - "Michael Jackson: This Is It" The late Michael Jackson was the most popular performer in the world. Before his death last summer, he had not toured in 10 years and was p...
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Peter Fonda making appearances in Naperville, WoodridgeJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Peter Fonda used to get really, really, really mad when someone asked him if he smoked real marijuana during his scenes in the 1969 counterculture classic "Easy Rider." ...
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Bordeaux courting new drinkers online and in personJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Journalists are always on the hunt for something new. So when my esteemed editor requested a column on the red wines of Bordeaux, France I thought "What could be new abo...