Des Plaines Lifestyle
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Enduring an uncomfortable stay at the Comfort InnNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I recently had a disastrous stay at a Comfort Inn in Capitol Heights, Md. When my wife and I checked in, we were given the keys to a room that was a mess. The uph...
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Several properties on the auction blockNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Rick Levin & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based real estate auction marketing firm, will conduct multiple-property auctions of Chicago area residential properties for a m...
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New townhouses opening in Des PlainesNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Following the closeout of Concord Commons, Hoffman Estates-based Lennar has just announced the grand opening of Concord Commons II, a new townhouse community in Des Plai...
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Various properties on the auction blockNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Rick Levin & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based real estate auction marketing firm, will conduct multiple-property auctions of Chicago area residential properties for a m...
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Capannari's vanilla the cream of the cropNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Jim Capannari, ice cream chef at Capannari's, has won top honors for his vanilla. John MacGregor, head of the Dairy Department at Clemson University -- among the nation'...
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Housewalks for the holidaysNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Christmas housewalks offer a chance to see the many different ways people celebrate and decorate for the holidays. Gold-framed Christmas cards from the White House hang ...
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Blues in the 'burbsNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - A blues bar, in the suburbs? An actual blues bar? Could this be one of those small, dark and smoky places where a lone blues man just wails on his guitar, professing his...
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'Bye hun, off to work with my ex'Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The school counselor had seen a lot of kids reeling from their parents' bitter divorces. So she thought Gio Tramonto, then a first-grader in her weekly discussion group,...
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Things to doNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Antiques and crafts • The Wheaton Antique Market is at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester Road, Wheaton, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Admission is $5...
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Builder offers $25,000 discountNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - The Waterford condominium models feature island kitchens and gourmet appliance packages. Qualified condominium buyers will receive $25,000 off the price of any decorated...