Lifestyle Columns
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No room at the inn and no refund for pricier propertyJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. What if you prepay for a hotel but there's no room for you? I recently made a reservation through Priceline.com using the site's Name Your Own Price feature, and ...
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Are you game to go to an inn?Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Will 2008 be the year the kids have graduated from chain hotels on the interstate to that much more gracious mode of accommodation, the bed-and-breakfast? Take a look at...
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Great chairs, not much patternJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It's always informative to see how designers redo and decorate their own homes. The pros featured in the January/February Metropolitan Home obviously spend a lot of time...
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ESO goes 'HIP' in matinee performanceJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's third Classic Series program of the season is the latest in its "Historically Informed Performances" initiative that aims to present music...
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Backup power needed for 'smart house' controlsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I added "smart house" computer controls to make my house more efficient. During even a brief power outage, settings are lost. Are there backup power supplies whic...
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Inflammatory dramaJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Thomas Anderson's epic "There Will Be Blood" is an amazing motion picture for many reasons, the most obvious one being Daniel Day-Lewis' stretched-steel performance...
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Readers come to praise 'Juno,' not to bury itJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Dear Dann: I just read your observations concerning the movie "Juno." I make reference to "...the liveliest-written, bluntly pro-choice movie I've seen." Friends who hav...
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Surrender is a good blackjack rule for the playerJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Two weeks ago, we talked about how all the new gimmick side bets that are popping on the blackjack tables are basically bad propositions for the player. This is quite tr...
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Panama offers perks to U.S. retireesJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A growing number of Americans -- especially older people who are selling their home for a handsome profit -- are moving to Panama to take advantage of its low home price...
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The best, 'Wire' to wireJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Forget the Hollywood writers' strike, at least for the moment. The major broadcast and cable networks have been stockpiling product, and January sees a flourish of new a...