Lifestyle Columns
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Metropolis to open season with 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights opens its main stage season with the southern-fried "Pump Boys and Dinettes," a disarming, roots-rock revue about ...
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Painting made easier by prepping properlySep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Masking is one of the most time-consuming parts of many paint jobs. But it is very important, unless you don't mind paint getting in areas it shouldn't be. For those of...
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'Tosca' opens Lyric Opera's 55th seasonSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's 55th season is at hand, with Saturday's gala opening performance of "Tosca" set to bring up the curtain at the Civic Opera House's Ardis Krainik...
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Splurge a little on something fishy such as tuna medallionsSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - We had never noticed tuna "medallions" before, but there they were, beautifully displayed in the fresh-seafood case. Tuna medallions are basically the center of a tuna s...
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Karen Baker makes Mexican StacksSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The "bunco babes" call Karen Baker "Mother Bunco" for organizing this dice-rolling, appetizer-munching, cocktail-sipping group eight years ago. "I gathered my closest fr...
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How green tea might reduce prostate cancer riskSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The incidence of many cancers seems to be related to lifestyle, especially to what we eat. For prostate cancer, Japanese men (living in Japan) have a much lower incidenc...
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Simple remedy might help migraine sufferersSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I had migraines for many years. They would be more intense during my menstrual cycles, when I would suffer with nausea, diarrhea, dizziness and my allergies would...
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IRS revises rule to qualify for home seller's tax breakSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. In 2004 we purchased a condo in Florida. We have rented it over the years and have also spent time in it ourselves. We are about ready to sell this property. We were...
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Seven questions every mortgage shopper should askSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Among the more interesting of the Federal Reserve proposals for amending the Truth in Lending Act is one to expand the disclosures required at application. The purpose i...
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Wainscoting can be a do-it-yourself projectSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I have always liked the appearance of wainscoting, but I am not a good woodworker. I have heard decorative wainscoting can be made with drywall. Is this a project I s...