Lifestyle Columns
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Widescreen: Winslet's 'Mare of Easttown' joins the pantheon of great detective showsMay 27, 2021 11:00 pm - Like most of the world, I first swooned for Kate Winslet in 1997 when she was dancing in steerage with Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2021, she sat down at a Pennsylvania dive ba...
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Krasinski's 'Quiet Place' sequel chills as suspense-filled survival dramaMay 27, 2021 6:00 am - “A Quiet Place Part II” - ★ ★ ★ ½ No way could writer/director/star John Krasinski have knowingly created his horror sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” as a perfect allego...
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Bartlett fire chiefs earn state's highest level of certificationMay 27, 2021 6:00 am - • Congratulations to Bartlett Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Brian Becker and Battalion Chief Denice Maiz, who have conferred the designation of Chief Fire Offic...
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Constable: West Chicago man finds purpose by repurposing junk into functional artMay 27, 2021 5:30 am - Sitting in a booth at a flea market in Woodstock, Randy Meyers knew he had made something pretty cool. He just didn't know what it was. “The lady in the booth next to me...
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Learning and loving more about the wines of Collio in the Italian AlpsMay 26, 2021 6:00 am - The Friuli-Venezia Giulia region is about as close as you can get to Austria and still be in Italy. But few personalities could be further apart if national stereotypes ...
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Something old, something new: Two ways to enjoy rhubarb when it's at its bestMay 26, 2021 6:00 am - I moved from the 'burbs to a historic 2-plus-acre farmstead last month. One of the first perennial plants to greet me when I arrived was a 15-foot-long rhubarb patch. I ...
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Oh, the tasty treasures you'll find on a trip to an Asian marketMay 26, 2021 6:00 am - An Asian friend from Mandarin China now living here asked me if I'd ever shopped at an H Mart. I'd never heard of H Mart, an Asian superstore, which started out as a Kor...
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Focus on diet, stress, sleep, exercise to improve IBSMay 23, 2021 7:00 am - Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is an extremely common medical condition and the prevalence of IBS in the United States is among the highest in the world. Bowel inflam...
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Buyer advised to forego full inspectionMay 23, 2021 6:00 am - Q: We recently had a home inspection at the house we're buying. Unfortunately, the sub-area under the building was flooded on the day of the inspection, and the sump pum...
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Np time limit for rules violation hearingMay 22, 2021 7:00 am - Q: The rules for our association provide that each rule violation hearing shall be no longer than 50 minutes. The fine for a violation of a rule is typically around $250...