Crystal Lake Lifestyle
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Stony Ridge a solid choiceOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - With spacious residences, mature landscaping, open space and nearby shopping, Stony Ridge, on the north end of Hoffman Estates, fits the needs of many homeowners. One of...
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Suburban calendarOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Suburban ITEMS: Literary minds The fifth annual Midwest Literary Festival brings more than 50 authors to downtown Aurora. Headliners include: Martin Cruz Smith ("Gorky ...
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Out & AboutOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Emily Carlson and Steve Camara play tormented lovers in "Fool For Love" at New World Repertory Theater. Lisle's Vodka University will teach you more than just the basics...
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50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view worldOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...
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Chef makes transition from Italian to Asian cuisineOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - As an executive chef with Lettuce Entertain You, Jim Hoveke cooked up top- notch Italian food for his entire culinary career, that is, until he changed gears in order to...
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Girl's getaway to Canada focuses on artSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Recently I joined a group of girlfriends to spend a week exploring Northern Ontario, www.ontariotravel.net. We stopped at a couple of upscale lodges on the way and spent...
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Elegant townhouse living at Maison Du ComteSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The 106 townhouses of Maison Du Comte are elegant, fully custom and done in a vintage European cityscape style. The setting is private. The frontage is a striking array ...
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Wood workSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The idyllic country home they built 14 years ago is still a work in progress for Laura and Nils Soderlund. Building the home on 1ΒΌ wooded acres near Hampshire was the dr...
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Suburban bars have football on the brain all weekend longSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - True fans know that the best part about watching a pro or college football game (Bears, Illini anyone?) is the camaraderie. Not that having a few friends over for the ga...
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Suburban calendarSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Ladies' man With more than 60 books to his credit, Alexander McCall Smith has dabbled in everything from academic titles to children's stories. But it is Smith's "N...