Lifestyle Columns
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Night driving changes, along with life, as you go it aloneDec 24, 2022 5:00 am - Hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah and now the beginning of Kwanzaa. I did - and now on to New Year's! There's still lots of festivities ahead. And ma...
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Condominium seller is not off the hook for unpaid assessmentsDec 23, 2022 5:00 am - Q: An owner in our condominium, with about a $15,000 unpaid assessment balance, sold his unit at a discount to a buyer for cash. The parties did not request an assessmen...
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Damien Chazelle directs a frustrating, glorious, messy epic in 'Babylon'Dec 22, 2022 5:00 am - "Babylon" - ½ Early in the exhaustingly ambitious epic "Babylon" - Damien Chazelle's furious, curious satirical assault/love letter combo to Hollywood - an elephan...
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You don't need to watch 'Wednesday' to see that Ortega is a superstarDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Can you like a TV show based solely on the memes? That's the situation I find myself in with "Wednesday," Netflix's wildly popular riff on "The Addams Family." I watched...
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Neighbors in the News: Inverness endodontist to lead dental society's local branchDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - • Dr. Joseph V. Baldassano, a practicing endodontist for 30 years, was installed as the Chicago Dental Society's (CDS) Northwest Suburban Branch director. As Northwest ...
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Holiday historian shares lore about popular Christmas moviesDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Gathering the family to go to the movie theater or park in front of the TV to munch on treats and watch Christmas movies has been a popular holiday tradition for decades...
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Bacon-wrapped dates make a decadent, yet simple holiday appetizerDec 21, 2022 5:00 am - I still remember seeing a recipe for bacon-wrapped dates in my cooking class recipe packet more than 30 years ago and thinking, "I'm not going to like this." When it cam...
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Perfectly pitched 'Puss' has boots for walking away with your heartDec 21, 2022 12:00 am - “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” - ★ ★ ★ ½ I don't know how a Hollywood executive decided to make the engagingly clever, kinetically comical “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish...
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Good News Sunday: Students at Elgin's Washington Elementary get surprise holiday party, gifts, visit from SantaDec 18, 2022 6:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Eyes got big and smiles got even bigger ...
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'Feeling tired' this time of year is common; you can find balanceDec 18, 2022 4:00 am - I sometimes just get tired. Not sleepy tired, although we all do that. I mean just tired of all the things on the “to do” list. And the appointment list. And even the so...