Lifestyle Columns
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Constable: 'Brain glasses' let concussion patient see path to recoveryApr 24, 2021 1:00 am - While driving in April 2019, Clare Mantelman of Barrington Hills was rear-ended by a car that drove her vehicle into the car in front of her. "My head hit the steering, ...
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'Mortal Kombat' wages grim, vapid battle in film adaptationApr 23, 2021 6:00 am - “Mortal Kombat” - ★ ½ If you base a feature film on a violent video game in which fighters pull out their opponents' hearts and rip the spines out of their bodies, the l...
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Window shopping: A look at some creative displays in the Tri-CitiesApr 23, 2021 6:00 am - For more than 10 years, glancing at The Limited women's clothing store window display in the now empty Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles provided me with ideas for holida...
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Widescreen: Not feeling the Oscars? Here are some Sunday night alternativesApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - I've often referred to Oscar Night as "my Super Bowl," but this year feels more like a Thursday night game between the Bears and the Jaguars. Sure, I'm interested in the...
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Dann Gire traverses the year's 'Nomadland' in search of Oscar winnersApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - Part of me secretly hopes I am wrong about my predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards. Predicting many of the winners seems way too easy. Surely, a dark horse upset or a...
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Celebrating Orthodox Easter with traditions such as Tsoureki, a Greek briocheApr 21, 2021 7:00 am - Spring is here and brings along with it several religious holidays: Easter, Ramadan and Passover. Western Easter was several weeks ago, but Orthodox Easter is being obse...
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Treefrogs in the suburbs: What they do, and where you might see - and hear - themApr 20, 2021 6:00 am - Growing up just a few miles from where I'm sitting, I had a pretty simple take on amphibians. Smooth-skinned frogs were in or near a lake. Rough-skinned toads were found...
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Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry pivoted for the pandemicApr 20, 2021 6:00 am - Dawn Mikulski of Des Plaines has witnessed the healing power that golden retrievers in Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry provide, but now she knows tha...
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Constable: When childhood hero dies, memories warm the soulApr 20, 2021 5:30 am - A loved one's passing, even when it's a welcome relief after a long and happy life, always delivers a blow. The deaths of friends, neighbors and co-workers also take a h...
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Home inspector takes forever to write reportApr 18, 2021 6:00 am - Q: I recently attended the home inspection for the house I'm buying. The inspector gave a passing grade of B, with a short verbal review of his findings, and said the fu...