Crystal Lake Lifestyle
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Giving Garden benefits from yield of 200 tomato plantsAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Most people have all they can do to manage a few tomato plants in their backyard. Then there's Nancy Hake. She laughs in the face of a challenge. Or, rather, 200 challen...
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Giving Garden efforts beginning to take rootJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Tucked away in a vacant lot surrounded by industrial parks, a bevy of tomatoes and zucchinis are starting to ripen. The food, and the 240-square-foot garden where it's g...
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He adds dash of contemporary flair to comfort foodsJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Chef J. Grant Werner was destined to cook for a living; he has always been able to open up the refrigerator, pull out a variety of ingredients and make something that ta...
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Tropical parties hot in the suburbsJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - High gas prices. A sluggish economy. And all those weddings, graduation parties, and family barbecues that you just can't ditch. Face it, right now it's tough to simply ...
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Director films debut on familiar turfJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Steve Conrad knows exactly why he wrote and directed the Chicago-set comedy "The Promotion." "I wanted to do a movie where a person's dreams don't come true, because I t...
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Glamorama tickets on saleJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - MC Hammer and Cyndi Lauper will headline this year's Macy's Glamorama, the annual bash that focuses on fashion and fundraising. It will be held Aug. 22 at the Chicago Th...
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Farmers Markets 2008May 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights: Find fresh produce, cheese, jelly and jams, plants and have your knives sharpened from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, June 21 to Oct. 18, on Eastma...
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Martinis for everyone!May 26, 2008 11:00 pm - This weekend might be the biggest "girls night out" ever -- and expect a lot of movie-goers to be under the influence of martinis. In anticipation of the "Sex and the Ci...
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Grand Reserve appeals to baby boomersMay 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Tailored to baby boomers, the new Grand Reserve in Algonquin is going up with convenience in mind. The community -- which is being built by West Dundee-based Grand Point...
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Touring the main priority of local pop bandMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I want to be friends with Nick Vombrack. Not just because the Crystal Lake-based drummer tends to tell writers that his band, Dr. Manhattan, met and formed on a pirate s...