Geneva Lifestyle
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Free for a day? If you are, then these museums are, tooSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a day set aside for appreciating squirrels (Jan. 21), National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April each year and Salami Day, celebrated each Sept....
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Suburban museum freebiesSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - There are numerous community historical museums offering exhibits that relate to that particular town's origins and growth. Many hold special events and programs for adu...
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World-class kitchen store opens in Northwest suburbsSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Not that I mind the occasional excursion to Naperville or into Chicago, but it sure will be nice to have Sur La Table closer to home. Sur La Table, the Seattle-based kit...
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New Italian tapas bar in Geneva tempts, teases and satisfiesSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Unless you're an NIU student heading home for the weekend, saying you were just in the neighborhood when stopping by downtown Geneva's Gratto Italian Tapas bar may not c...
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Festivals highlight end of summerAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Labor Day holiday next weekend holiday can leave you with a little more time to spend with family and scrambling to find something to do with it. Your kids aren't th...
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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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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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Improve your yard with tips from pros turned authorsJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - George Kay has strong opinions about landscape design. Walkways should turn at 90-degree angles, not curve. Do you have curvy rooms inside your house? The views from ins...
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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...