Lifestyle Columns
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Homeowner should think twice before canceling insurance escalator clauseSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Home prices are lower in many areas, but it doesn't necessarily mean that owners should cancel a common provision in many insurance policies that protect against the ris...
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Writers' Theatre masterfully imagines night before Nixon's resignationSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Writers' Theatre may well have ruined "Nixon's Nixon" for any other Chicago area company, in the sense that another ensemble might have a tough time rising to the standa...
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Family should pursue therapy for momSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My mother has always been difficult, but in recent months her actions have gone so far beyond the pale that I think they indicate serious mental illness. I can see th...
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Alan Ball bites into vampire myth in 'True Blood'Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - All right, I know, for a certain element of the readership the worst sentence they can imagine coming from Your Friendly Neighborhood TV Critic is: "Have I got a great n...
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'Twilight', 'Body of Lies' highlight fall film seasonSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Fall generally means one thing to Hollywood studios: time to bring out the heavy dramatic firepower for the battery of year-end movie awards. This autumn, we'll feel the...
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Learn about Lyric's shows before the seasonSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2008-09 season will be opening in just three weeks, so now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the operas that are new to you, or maybe ...
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Family learns to love 'momified' recipesSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Season and taste. Repeat. That's Cyndee Moriarty's approach to home cooking. We might call it improv, but her kids coined the term "momify" - and that's a compliment, sh...
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Vote for styleSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Can a candidate's wife's clothes sway voters? We know, from the Kennedy era, that a first lady's sense of style can help a candidate's image. And bad fashion, or ho-hum ...
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Unproven cancer treatment preys on hopeSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. The father of a close friend has bladder cancer, and he has been downing a daily dose of a product called Poly-MVA. There is concern in the family, and I told her...
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Noble Fool's 'Enchanted Evening' to feature musical classicsSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The music of Richard Rodgers and lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein comprise the score to "Some Enchanted Evening," a showcase of the duo's more memorable songs including "Shal...