Elmhurst Lifestyle
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Seller incentives not so common afterallJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Homeowners eager to sell their homes may wonder if they should follow the lead of the many home builders who have been very aggressive in offering incentives to move the...
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Men turning to pros for not-so modest proposalsJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Die-hard football fan Tim Hill's first game plan for proposing to girlfriend Christine Niedbalec would have gone over about as well as a fumble on the goal line. Niedbal...
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Author appearancesJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - • Jami Attenberg, author of "The Kept Man," will read from, discuss and sign copies of her book at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. (773...
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Mexican wrestling makes a moveJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - By day, he's a pleasant-looking graphic artist who sports wire-rimmed glasses and a mellow demeanor. By night, he wears a frightening yellow-and-silver mask and a tight ...
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Luxury hotels offer perks from bath butlers to BentleysJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Yes, the rich are different than the rest of us. They get better hotel perks. But even middle-class slobs can live like the rich for a night at one of Chicago's luxury h...
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'Goodbye Girl' drowns in schmaltzJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Look up "grit" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of Bernie Yvon, a Chicago-area performer who epitomizes "trouper." A nasty bout of laryngitis left Yvo...
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Great chairs, not much patternJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - It's always informative to see how designers redo and decorate their own homes. The pros featured in the January/February Metropolitan Home obviously spend a lot of time...
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Just what the D.O.C. orderedJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I'll get this out of the way right now: I've never been to a wine bar. Because of that, I wasn't quite sure what to expect with D.O.C. My guess was it would be along the...
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A closer look at our 2007 Cooks of the YearJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Comfort food is in such demand today that it graces menus in many of the newest, and sometimes priciest, restaurants in the Chicago area. Meatloaf and pot roast nachos a...
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Just because you're busy doesn't mean you're not working outDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - If there was ever a season of excuses, this is it. It's too cold to workout. I'm too busy with holiday preparations. Traffic was crazy because of the snow and now the gy...