Elburn Lifestyle
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Dueling 'Broadways'Sep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Anyone interested in catching "Forbidden Broadway" this season will have to ask, "Should I see it in the suburbs or the city?" Two productions of "Forbidden Broadway," ...
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Can background music move you (to spend?)Aug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Music can cheer you up. It can soothe your nerves. It can invigorate your body. And it can make you open your wallet. Background music, experts say, stimulates the brai...
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Following a building boom, Elburn retains its charmAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In his book "44 Miles to Chicago," Donald Westlake reminisces about growing up in rural Elburn when only 500 people lived in the village. He talks about the warmth of vi...
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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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New Hotel Baker restaurant hits the right notesJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - With flatbread and foie gras, burgers and bouillabaisse, Rox City Grill strings together an eclectic menu that makes your belly sing. In renovating the former lounge and...
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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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Sweet Baby Ray's chef offers taste of the SouthJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Paul Papadopoulos may have been reared in Indiana, but he educated his palate in the South. Executive chef for the Sweet Baby Ray's restaurants in Wood Dale and Elk Grov...
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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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Save the planet with pedals, plants and solar powerJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - You can reduce your output of greenhouse gases and help save the planet by riding an electric bicycle instead of driving a car or using solar energy to heat water for yo...