Lifestyle Columns
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Don't fix your screwup by debasing yourselfNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Guy and Girl date for a year and a half, live together for a year. Girl screws up, loses Boy's trust, Girl moves out, but Boy and Girl still date, albeit in an "open ...
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Keep exercise high on holiday to-do listNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As the holiday season closes in, one thing can easily slide down (and sometimes off) many "to do" lists: exercise. I know because I've been there. I exercise aerobically...
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Keep cereal out of your baby's bottleNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Is it true that adding cereal to a baby's bottle helps him or her sleep through the night? A. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other experts on infant n...
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Tips for choosing a turkey-friendly wineNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - For many Americans, wine has become as much a part of Thanksgiving as turkey. Following are some tips that will make the wine shopping an equally enjoyable part of your ...
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Local cook adds pork, beef to Italian mother's Friday recipesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Meatless Fridays were non-negotiable when Joann Reich was growing up Catholic in Chicago, one of four children in a devout Italian family. Without fail at week's end, Jo...
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Tavistock chef seasons classics with whimsyNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Bobby Varua is a darn good cook, and he doesn't mind saying so. The thing is, he's not the only one saying it. As corporate chef for Tavistock Restaurants it's Schaumbur...
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Separating nutrition facts from fictionNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Is there any truth to the statement that artificial sweeteners trigger the production of insulin, just as sugar does? Also, is there truth to the raw-foods moveme...
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This whole 'fairness' thing a tricky questionNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I have a chance to take a 10-day trip to China. My wife of two years doesn't fly. All of our trips have been driving or rail. She says it isn't fair for me to go ...
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Neil Young rich, varied but workmanlike in first of two showsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Theatre became a facsimile of Neil Young's legendary barn in Northern California, or at least a mythologized version of that workspace. Large canvases proppe...
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New on DVD: Restored (and B&W) version of 'Wonderful Life'Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Ultimate Edition" -- After his breakthrough triumph in "Jaws," Steven Spielberg put his filmmaking gifts to work on what was cle...