Lifestyle Columns
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Hot ceiling keeps air conditioning running too muchJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Even though my house is adequately insulated, my air conditioner runs a lot. On sunny days, the bedroom ceiling seems hot, so heat must be coming from the hot roof. H...
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Vardalos' 'Valentine's Day' a big, fat disappointmentJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Ever since her 2002 sleeper romance "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" struck box office gold, screenwriter/actress Nia Vardalos has practically made a side career out of squand...
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Anniversary DVD does right thing by Spike Lee filmJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "Do The Right Thing" (20th Anniversary Edition) - It all starts with those pictures on the wall. A customer inside a pizzeria notices that the pictures all feature ...
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Hey, Paramount: 'Transformers' critics didn't screw upJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If film critics were designed to be mere consumer advisers, then we really screwed up by kicking the lug nuts out of Michael Bay's screechy, populist piece of pandering ...
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Catch 'Macbeth' under the stars in Oak BrookJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Artistic Associate Nick Sandys directs First Folio Theatre's season-ending production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," a tragedy examining unchecked ambition and ultimate pow...
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Third 'Ice Age' suffers from sitcom syndromeJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Even the comic escapades of Scrat, the ratty, nut-obsessed squirrel, are wearing thin, just like the ice in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." "Dawn" brings back those l...
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A wine to stand up to a burger's complexityJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Before your grill begins to sizzle with the best burger of the summer, pour yourself a red that's as big and beefy as the burger itself. Save your Grand Cru Bordeaux, Ri...
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Cindy House makes gazpachoJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - It would have been easier for Cindy House's family just to buy canned or frozen corn from the Jolly Green Giant. Instead, every summer when Cindy was growing up her fami...
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Tips for celebrating the Fourth in sparkling styleJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Sure, you'll have burgers on the grill this weekend, but if you want to create a Fourth of July party that gets more "oohs" and "aahs" than the fireworks, heed the advic...
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Mangoes add extra fireworks to July Fourth celebrationsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The only thing better than July Fourth is a July Fourth that creates a three-day weekend. Let the picnics, deck parties and poolside snacking begin - and we strongly sug...