Cook County Lifestyle
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Lattof YMCA teaches real-world climbingFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - They're everywhere these days. Daredevils scale them at amusement parks like Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. There's one standing inside almost every Dick's Sporting ...
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Challenges aplenty since last columnFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Since my last column, which ran Feb. 11, I've been an inpatient at Evanston Hospital, eaten too much food and lost about 12 pounds. Go figure! Through the portacath ne...
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Worried about your health? Try waste watchingFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Get grossed out, laugh or act like you're too refined to discuss this. Go ahead. The truth is, poop is serious stuff. If you're willing to peek into the toilet bowl once...
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'Animal House' is 30, and that brings us … Karen Allen!Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Throughout my life, the film "Animal House" and one of its stars, Karen Allen, has played an unwitting supporting role. "Animal House" is 30 years old now and so am I. A...
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Minor flaws can't mar 'Les Mis'Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Marriott Theatre's on a roll. After snagging the rights to "The Producers" last year, the Lincolnshire theater scored another coup when it obtained the rights to "Les Mi...
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Thoroughbred styleFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Laura Pedian's personal style is glamorous, opulent, 18th century French. So are you surprised that the designer lives in a barn? "I'm living my passion," she said. ...
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Buyers, sellers invited to March 1 seminarFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Susan Camiliere, with REMAX Central hosts a seminar for home buyers and sellers from 10 a.m. to noon March 1 at the Roselle Library. The seminar will answer questions on...
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Author appearancesFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - • New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills discusses and signs copies of his book "What the Gospels Meant" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Border...
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Avoiding bridal show vertigoFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Valentine's Day is done, and now throngs of suburban women are sporting shiny, new baubles on their left ring fingers. While some brides-to-be might have been surprised ...
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Reel Club snagged by too-snappy serviceFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - When Papagus (which we found to be one of the yummiest Greek spots around) closed abruptly last fall and we learned that Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises founder Richar...