Des Plaines Lifestyle
-
Ram offering array of 'skinny drinks' for summerJul 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Enjoy a cool summer drink without the weight-watching guilt. The Ram's summer drink menu includes "skinny drinks," meaning cocktails with fewer than 100 calories. Option...
-
David's Bistro serves fine favorites in new Antioch homeJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - You know that feeling you get when you bump into a treasured old friend on the street. Your eyes twinkle and your smile widens as you catch up briefly before promising t...
-
Summer festivals get suburbanites rockin'Jul 04, 2010 11:00 pm - In many suburbs, live rock 'n' roll is as essential a part of summer festivals as carnivals and fireworks displays. Music fans will have plenty to choose from this weeke...
-
Cheap stuff: Taste of Lombard, turtle races, ice cream socialJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Taste of Lombard Sample a wide variety of fare at the annual Taste of Lombard festival. Activities for guests of all ages include a car...
-
Mina offers Middle Eastern fare in a dressed-up settingJul 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Many of the Middle Eastern restaurants in these parts tend to be casual, counter-service operations or informal storefronts. If you want somewhere a little dressier, sui...
-
Best bets: Volleyball, tattoos and plenty of jokesJun 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Spike! Cheer on the reigning Olympic Gold Medal-winning team when USA Volleyball plays Finland this weekend at the Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway,...
-
'Slumdog' composer brings his music to Sears Centre FridayJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - His award-winning work on the "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack helped convince the editors at Time magazine to name A.R. Rahman as one the 2009's 100 most influential pe...
-
Arlington Heights theater guru tapped for ParamountJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - A longtime community theater programmer and consultant has been tapped to take the helm at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. Tim Rater, 35, of Arlington Heights, was named exe...
-
Blues legend headlines Mt. Prospect festivalJun 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Get the blues Sugar Blue, a Grammy-winning blues legend who plays harmonica like no one else, will headline the all-day Blues on the Green festival in Mount Prosp...
-
Best bets: Highland Games, Swedish Days, Jakob Dylan, Vette showJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Highland fling Take out your family tartan this weekend for the Illinois Saint Andrew Society's 24th Annual Scottish Festival Highland Games. See competitions, b...