Deerfield Lifestyle
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Ovi's offers fresh, affordable fare in a friendly settingAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Thanks to my piano tuner, a musician and motorcycle-riding septuagenarian from Hanover Park, I have discovered a gem of a little pub that's friendly, affordable and comf...
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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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New life for old petsJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Taking care of Sandy had become too expensive and time-consuming. The aging yellow Labrador was lovable and well-trained, but her owner, a single mom from Streamwood, co...
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Murray to skydive during Chicago Air and Water ShowJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - According to a published report, actor Bill Murray, who's a Chicago-area native, has agreed to parachute from a plane as part of a special appearance at the Chicago Air ...
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Public Enemy Brings The NoiseJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival began Friday night with a history lesson for the music lovers assembled in Chicago's Union Park. Now in its third year, the weekend-lon...
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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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Farms show off suburbs' agricultural rootsJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - If there's one thing Mother Nature taught us this year, it's that summer is fleeting. Now's the time to make the most of it, meshing an afternoon outdoors with some qual...
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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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213 miles per gallon? Suburban man says no problemJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Drivers today are hyper-stressed, what with paying hyper-fuel prices and commuting amid hyper-traffic. What the world needs now, Wayne Gerdes claims, is a little hypermi...
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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...