Lifestyle Columns
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Days of luxury in the air appear to be gone for goodSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Every year, Mark Cameron plans a trip to warm weather for the week after Christmas. But this year, he may be left out in the cold because air fares are heating up. "I ch...
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Can landlord abruptly declare 'no pets' policy?Sep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I work for a local humane society and was wondering about the rights of tenants to have pets in their rental unit. We frequently receive calls from tenants with p...
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Stone accompanies the metal and glassSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Architecture is perhaps the most public form of art. Everyone sees the results and everyone has an opinion about whether they like it or not. And in Chicago architecture...
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On screen this weekendSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Free "Grease"! To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Classic Cinemas will show the original 1978 musical "Grease" at all its Chicagoland theaters for free! If you ask me, t...
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'Righteous' kills interest in cop serial killer thrillerSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - "Righteous Kill" works soooooooo hard to convince us that a certain character has been administering vigilante justice on the local scumbag population that you begin to ...
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With practice, drywall repair is easy, fun to doSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Most walls are made of drywall these days. It's easy to install and easy to repair should you have an accident of some kind. Here are some super tips for making repairs....
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Cable refuses to surrender the fall TV season to the major networksSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Used to be cable channels would thrive like grasshoppers by feasting off summer reruns on the major broadcast networks, only to scurry for cover come the fall harvest of...
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New on DVDSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - "Baby Mama" Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has worked hard for the Philadelphia grocery chain run by Barry (Steve Martin). He decides to make her a vice president, but Kate wa...
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'Burn After Reading' a hit-and-mostly-miss movieSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - "Burn After Reading" is the kind of patchy, breezy black comedy the Coen brothers could knock off in their sleep. They probably did. After mounting last year's highly i...
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Healthier lifestyle sets the pace for Warrenville dadSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A back injury eight years ago while cutting down a tree unexpectedly converted Chris Reinert into a long-distance runner with an appetite for a healthier diet. During re...