Lifestyle Columns
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This is surely a spot where Santa shopsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Stores try to get different gifts and decorating treasures for you so you don't see the same items at stop after stop. Here are some offerings at Chalet, 3132 Lake St.,...
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'Saving Grace' remains determinedly orneryDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - "Saving Grace" finishes its first season with a pair of episodes running on back-to-back nights next week, but if you think that means closing with a heartwarming holida...
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How to choose a programmable thermostatDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I went to a home center store to find a programmable thermostat to save energy. There were many with different specifications and I had no idea what I needed. How can...
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Happy birthday, Thrill Jockey!Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The single absolute for Chicago's Thrill Jockey Records is that there is no absolute. The record label turns 15 this year, and while retrospectives are inevitable -- the...
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Cusack a marvel in powerful 'Grace'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • If veteran actors ever qualify for one of those "breakthrough performance" awards given by various critics organizations, John Cusack would easily win one for his role...
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'Chipmunks' a squirrelly movie that will drive you nutsDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - No matter how dumbed-down the dialogue gets, no matter how stupid the characters act, baby boomers won't be able to resist Alvin, Theodore and Simon warbling "The Christ...
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'Legend' loses luster as familiar plot progressesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Near the beginning of the slightly futuristic, slightly scary and slightly ridiculous "I Am Legend," Will Smith goes roaring through the desolate streets of Manhattan in...
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Sometimes the first poker player to bet wins the potDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been stressed to death in Texas Hold'em strategy that three of the most important factors are position, position and position. Play the game for just a couple of ho...
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IRS provision good for single tax-filersDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Widowed people and other single tax-filers often face huge Internal Revenue Service bills when they sell a longtime home, but careful use of special provisions in the ta...
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Sellars, Adams pair in return to LyricDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Peter Sellars' love for opera has no limit, and the world-renowned writer/stage director will officially mark his long-awaited return to Lyric Opera of Chicago with toni...