Lifestyle Columns
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Chicago game show comes to the 'burbsSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - "Don't Spit the Water," the offbeat game show that has been playing late nights at Chicago's Playground Theater for a couple of years, begins a two-month run at the Metr...
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Burns zeros in on WWII, but part of bigger picture gets lostSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - World War II is a subject so vast and calamitous, it's almost impossible to grasp for someone who didn't live through it. Filmmaker Ken Burns admits that, calling it "so...
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Since saying 'I do,' she won'tSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I've been married two years and we dated for more than two years before that. While we were dating, my wife forgot to tell me that she'd flip a switch and things woul...
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Can Tirico's show find local in national?Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - I've written it before, and I'll write it again: All sports, like all politics, is local. So it seemed a recipe for disaster earlier this week when Mike Tirico said on a...
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Long Grove woman's group keeps rolling out the recipesSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Nine years ago when Lori Mihahly tried to start a cooking club in Long Grove she struggled to find enough women who loved to cook. That might have stopped a less-motivat...
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Can relationship deal with 'curveballs'?Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My fiance has never believed in living together before marriage. I thought it was a little silly -- we spend five or six nights a week together anyway -- but was ...
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Food price increases can show up in subtle waysSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - If you've been grocery shopping lately, you've probably noticed that prices are rising. In fact, the Labor Department reported in July that U.S. food prices rose by 4.2 ...
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Football and wine? They're a better match than you thinkSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Wine and tailgating go together like Rex and Rashied Whether you're biting into hoagies from the deli or cuisine more suited to a five-star restaurant than a parking lot...
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Lower-fat potato salad perfect for fallSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - One of my favorite salads to make during the summer, especially when I can get new potatoes at the farmers market, is creamy American potato salad. Since Kraft finally g...
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It can be hard grappling with the pastSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I did what you said. I told my partner the truth about lies I'd told him about my past. I thought I was doing the right thing, being respectful, honest and open. But ...