Lifestyle Columns
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Wizard World Chicago returns to Rosemont in OctoberJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - Movies are back, baseball games are back, concerts are back. On Oct. 15, pop culture conventions are back. Wizard World Chicago will return Oct. 15 through 17 to the Don...
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Unpermitted conversion warrants considerationJun 13, 2021 6:00 am - Q: I've been renting a home for four years and would like to buy it from the landlords. The building was originally a garage and was converted to a dwelling before permi...
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Roles of association officersJun 12, 2021 7:00 am - Q: Can you provide a description of the role of officers in homeowners associations? A: The president, secretary and treasurer are offices required by the Illinois Condo...
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After world travels, home has become my favorite placeJun 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Over many years, my personal life and eventually my work life was constant travel. Really since I was in my early 20s. It has been very rewarding. I went all over — man...
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New shops, restaurants: There's more than meets the eye on the east side of St. CharlesJun 11, 2021 6:00 am - The scorecard for the east side of St. Charles isn't as bad as one would think just because some sort of perpetual development limbo paralyzes Charlestowne Mall, and the...
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St. Viator names its head coach for girls varsity lacrosseJun 09, 2021 6:00 am - • Adelaide Dieckmeyer was promoted to head coach of the girls varsity lacrosse team at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Dieckmeyer has been part of the Vi...
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Can't live without pizza even in the heat? Turn up the grillJun 09, 2021 6:00 am - If I were left on a desert island and only had one food I could eat for the rest of my life, hands down it would be pizza. I've had a love affair with pizza my whole lif...
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A coleslaw with zero added sugars to enjoy all summer longJun 09, 2021 6:00 am - I've been doing my best to stay away from all sugars for nearly two years. If you have too, you know that's not easy since there are at least 50 names for sugars, such a...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda musical soars to new 'Heights' in film adaptationJun 09, 2021 1:00 am - “In the Heights” - ★ ★ ★ ½ On Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda's rapt, Tony Award-winning soap-operatic musical “In the Heights” could never achieve the level of sheer jubil...
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Constable: Anthology celebrates 75 years of writers' workshopJun 09, 2021 1:00 am - In 1946, a dozen wives of Northwestern University professors were searching for an outlet for their literary talents. "They decided to put on a little coffee klatch and ...