Lifestyle Columns
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Light desserts fit with summerJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Nothing sets a summertime mood like dining alfresco. food While enjoying a recent dinner at an outside cafe, the atmosphere primed my palate for a fresh seasonal dessert...
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Entertain yourself with savingsJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - I have always been a big fan of the Entertainment coupon books. These are the books typically sold by schools or youth organizations at the beginning of the school year ...
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There's a new grill book in townJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - For more than 10 years there had been one authoritative grill book: "The Barbecue! Bible" by Steve Raichlen. Now, "Mastering the Grill: The Owner's Manual for Outdoor Co...
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'Dr. Horrible' brings TV closer to computer convergenceJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Not long ago, it seemed as if Neil Patrick Harris would never escape the title role of "Doogie Howser, M.D." Now, however, it suddenly seems as if that childhood hit sho...
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'Boys from Syracuse' coming to Drury LaneJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Brothers reunited Previews begin next week for Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace's Chicago-area premiere of "The Boys from Syracuse," the 1938 musical by Richard Rodg...
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CSO shows surplus, but other groups falteringJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Professional classical music organizations seem to be in a perennial fight for financial security, if not survival. The 2008 economic slowdown has not helped, and we're ...
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Discourage inappropriate advancesJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I attended a party with several friends. During a conversation, one of the men commented to me that he really liked looking at my body. Nothing more wa...
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'Baghead' worth baggingJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Bag this "Baghead" The Duplass brothers, those indie filmmaking guys who gave us the ultra-low-budget "The Puffy Chair," return with a would-be comic horror tale about f...
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'High and Low' gets top-shelf DVD treatmentJul 28, 2008 11:00 pm - "High and Low" (The Criterion Collection) - Akira Kurosawa's hypnotic, haunting 1963 crime thriller gets a fantastic new presentation in this two-disc set from Criterion...
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Curcumin shows promise as a natural cancer treatmentJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Is possible that the first natural anticancer therapy may be curcumin, a spice from India? I have predicted for many years that the care cancer would not come from a dru...