Palatine Lifestyle
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Boycotting baseball? Here's a game plan to get through the SeriesOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's playoff run was brief. Very brief. The Cubs were out in three games, the White Sox in four. Yet that tiny taste of postseason play - not to mention the fevered...
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Cirque du Soleil to rock Sears Centre big topOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Even without P.T. Barnum, the circus - albeit a brightly colored, semi-psychedelic one - is coming to Hoffman Estates. Tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco tour go...
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Palatine's Sumo balances steak, sushiOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Sumo Japanese Steak & Sushi tries to combine two hot cuisine trends: sushi and Teppanyaki cooking, in which the chef cooks on an iron grill at tableside. The contemporar...
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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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Schaumburg native helps give life to Holocaust survival storySep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - After years of hustling for work in Los Angeles, Schaumburg native Brian Brock was thinking about ending his freelance writing career. Then he met Pierre Berg. The two ...
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Kids' knife class lets mom pare away apprehension - sort ofSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I get nervous when my sons swim in Lake Michigan past the point where they can touch bottom. I anxiously wait for my 8-year-old's return as he rides his bike around the ...
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Ein prosit! Give a toast as Oktoberfests get goingSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - As the birch leaves are turning bright gelb under a clear blau sky and the earth goes from grun to braun, it's time to entertain your inner Arnold and party Oktoberfest-...
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Fighting back against a little-known neurological disorderSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Erin McGrath felt like she was being stabbed in the head with an ice pick - all day, every day. The pain left the Arlington Heights woman bedridden, forcing her to withd...
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Tub Ring: Accessible but still avant-gardeAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - After four albums, Tub Ring is still out there searching for signs of intelligent life. The band formed in the suburbs in 1992 and spent the '90s unleashing a number of ...