Lifestyle Columns
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Some tips for prepping flavors for wine-friendly cookingApr 07, 2021 6:00 am - I'm no chef, but in 30 years of eating and drinking for a living, I've worked with some of the best. My key take-away is that of everything involved in creating deliciou...
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Maybe I've outdone myself with holidays this yearApr 04, 2021 5:00 pm - This year Easter is a big monthlong season because the Protestant and Catholic Easter are a month earlier than the Greek Orthodox Easter. And Passover started earlier an...
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Absentee homeowner degrades neighborhoodApr 04, 2021 6:00 am - Q: The home next door belongs to an absentee owner who allows the property to sit vacant and become increasingly dilapidated. Indigents occasionally break in to sleep an...
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Making a solar water heater for the homeApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - Q: We have a large family and use much hot water. I cannot afford to have a solar water heating system installed, but I would like to make some type of solar water heate...
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Use of party room requires new rulesApr 03, 2021 6:00 am - Q: The rules for our condominium association address the use of the association's party room. The party room needs to be reserved, and the resident reserving the party r...
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Wheaton peace circle helping Latinos heal from pandemic's traumaApr 03, 2021 1:00 am - A DuPage County group is helping Latino workers heal from the mental trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately is affecting communities of color. Wheaton...
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Constable: Pandemic can't silence voices yearning to be freeApr 03, 2021 1:00 am - More than 180 students in choir, orchestra and American Studies at Vernon Hills High School spent the entire 2019-20 school year working with teachers on a massive proje...
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A look at the changing retail and dining scene in BataviaApr 02, 2021 6:00 am - Some folks celebrate their COVID vaccinations by planning trips or looking for open movie theaters or restaurants. We're more inclined just to be glad to be driving or w...
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Constable: Sometimes shirtless, usually smiling, Michael always inspiredApr 02, 2021 1:00 am - Completely charming Daily Herald photographer Rick West and me during our visit to his Bloomingdale home last year for a column about his inspirational effort against ca...
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Widescreen: King Kong vs. Doc Severinsen (Let them fight!)Apr 01, 2021 11:00 am - He has a cool mustache, cool threads and he plays cool music. And I probably shouldn't have been watching him on television when I was still in elementary school. Doc Se...