Cook County Lifestyle
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Lots of ways to celebrate feasts of St. Pat, St. JoeMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Here is a list of area Saint Patrick's Day and Saint Joseph's Day events: March 8 • St. Patrick's Day parade, Main Street from 6th Street to 4th Avenue, St. Charles. 2 p...
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Check this out! Our writers pick the best for the weekendMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - "Les Miserables," 8 p.m. today and Friday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. $45-$55. (847) 634-020...
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Decades of serving what customers wantMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - You can't miss the hot pink and orange sign on Northwest Highway in Palatine. It beckons you in like a good doughnut shop should. Spunky Dunkers epitomizes a good doughn...
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Boy, you readers, sure like to eat dinner outMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - I've finally resurfaced after nearly drowning in e-mail. Over the last two weeks we asked readers to join us for a dinner for a new feature in Time out! called Table for...
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Hungarian food flavors her life and workMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - After Alina Bosze emigrated to Chicago, she fell in love with a brand-new culture and cuisine. Not the ethos of her newly adopted nation -- but that of a country much cl...
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The great experimenterMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Barbara Maier had a premonition that her Pizza Party Pizzazz Salad would win first prize in the monthly Better Homes & Gardens recipe contest, and it did. Her big, bold ...
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Fast-paced 'Ultimate Frisbee' great fun and a great workoutMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It combines elements of demanding sports like football and rugby. It shares the exhausting pace of soccer. It requires seven players per team, and many are rabid about t...
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When hoarding becomes a safety issueMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Toward the end of her life, the woman had trouble getting down her basement stairs. Mobility was not the problem. All the used Styrofoam take-out containers, paper bags,...
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Want a java-less jump start? Try whole grains, mint, chocolateMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - It's 3 p.m. and your head is nodding over your keyboard. What do you do? If you're like a lot of people, you grab a double shot or a Red Bull. The jolt of caffeine lifts...
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New Palatine condos under the gavelMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Rick Levin & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based real estate auction marketing firm, announced it will conduct a real estate auction of 15 brand new condominiums in Palati...