Lifestyle Columns
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Constable: Warm memories, dark mysteries fuel Hawthorn Woods, the novelOct 29, 2020 5:20 am - Nestled in the nature separating Mundelein and Vernon Hills from Lake Zurich, the bucolic suburb of Hawthorn Woods has more trees than people. In August, it was named an...
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Widescreen: When horror and politics collideOct 28, 2020 11:00 pm - Here it is, the scariest time of the year: No, not Halloween, Election Day! This year's one-two punch of Halloween and Election Day feels more like a one-two-eight-10, g...
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Don customizes a fab recipe; he can't seem to help himselfOct 28, 2020 6:00 am - I can't seem to leave other people's recipes well enough alone. Toni Tipton-Martin, in her award-winning cookbook: "Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African Americ...
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What all the ins and outs of a terroir study mean to the wine loverOct 28, 2020 6:00 am - New World science is one step closer to proving what Old World winegrowers have banked their family's survival on for centuries. Specifically, "persistent and stable ele...
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CSO soloist chosen to help meld children's book with soothing musicOct 27, 2020 6:00 am - At the age of 4, Karen Basrak followed her older sister, Cathy, and started to learn the violin. In less than two years, she would switch to the cello and she hasn't loo...
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St. Charles dentist Dr. John Mason receives Barth AwardOct 27, 2020 6:00 am - You might say Dr. John Mason was a quick study upon his arrival in St. Charles in 1987 when adding his name to the dental practice of Dr. John Dickens on the east side o...
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Suburban bike collections supply wheels during the shutdownOct 25, 2020 11:00 pm - Bike shop inventory remains tight, but suburban bike collections during the shutdown continue to supply the disadvantaged in the Chicago area and overseas with used bike...
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Seller annoyed over buyer's repair listOct 25, 2020 7:00 am - Q: The people who are buying my house just hired a home inspector, and you should see the crazy repair list they hit me with. Just for samples, they want renailing of so...
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One potential pandemic upside: Performance reviews are getting simplerOct 25, 2020 6:00 am - As the pandemic wore on this spring, Christine Carrillo, the chief executive of Butlr Health, a small online start-up that matches people with therapists, decided to pos...
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Conversion condominium may have been an apartmentOct 24, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I am looking to purchase my first condominium unit. My real estate agent referred to one of the properties I am looking at as a new "conversion condominium." What doe...