Lifestyle Columns
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New insurance would cut loan costs for borrowers, insurersJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the second column in a five-part series that began last Sunday. The first article in this series pointed to a serious weakness in the way the...
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Your favorite colors hit stores next fallJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - How brave are you when it comes to color? It's one thing to buy a gallon of paint and decorate a wall. It's another to spend perhaps thousands of dollars on a strong col...
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Sometimes, the easiest and best solution is not a legal oneJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We live in Belvedere and have very few ordinances relating to property upkeep and maintenance. There are the standard things like grass/weed height, garbage cans ...
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Getting building permit for already completed project can be costlyJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. In past articles you've mentioned "as-built permits" for additions and alterations that were done without building permits. I have a property that was totally ren...
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Water specialist can treat iron issuesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have well water that is quite hard, but I also have a water softener. Nevertheless, I have a lot of mineral deposits in the toilets, around the drain in the sin...
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Funny business: 'Factory' installs laughs in assembly-line humorJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - "Factory" is a new improvisational comedy series on Spike, and if that makes a viewer dreadful there's just cause. For the most part, improvised cable comedies are an ex...
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Disney's Wall E anything but mechanicalJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Walt Disney creates its own "2001: A Space Odyssey" with this breathtaking, spectacular Pixar computer-animated feature. In fact, it would be totally appropriate to call...
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Fresh off Tony win, Chicago playwright serves up 'Donuts'Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tracy Letts has earned some time off. For more than a year, "August: Osage County," his blistering dysfunctional family drama that took first Chicago and then New York ...
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Graphic-novel-inspired thriller 'Wanted' a spectacular rideJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine an action movie riddled with OMG moments like the "bullet-time" shot made famous by Carrie-Anne Moss' frozen, midair kick in "The Matrix." "Wanted" wants to be t...
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Gladiators rule!Jun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Sarah Jessica Parker probably doesn't deserve the credit, but the gladiator-styled shoes she wore in the "Sex and the City" movie are one of summer's hottest shoe trends...