DuPage County Lifestyle
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Wine & Vine serves house-made Italian fare in chic surroundingsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - If there's a financial crisis in this country you wouldn't know it by the crowd on a recent Saturday night at Wine & Vine in downtown Elmhurst. Open just since July, thi...
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Music teacher orchestrates hometown move to The PondsOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Twenty-five-year-old Melissa Tomei is Naperville born and bred. The West suburb is the only place she has ever called home. She attended Naperville elementary, middle an...
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Lombard wine bar Bonton shares its karma, cred with PragaOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The phrase "bon ton" literally means good tone, but in a more figurative way, it alludes to a sophisticated manner of being. What better name, then, to call a wine bar t...
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Comedians use sign language to entertain deaf audiencesOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Keith Wann barely uttered a word during his 90-minute stand-up comedy routine in Streamwood this month, and afterward, there was only a smattering of applause. But the a...
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'Sesame Street' characters bring U.S., China together at planetariumOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - If anyone can shorten the distance between the Chicago area and Beijing, it's Big Bird and Elmo. The two popular "Sesame Street" characters are headlining an ambitious p...
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Root for the Bears, help no-kill animal shelterOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The Alumni Club hosts a chili fundraiser for the no-kill animal shelter The Buddy Foundation. During the Bears/Vikings game, chow down on unlimited chili provided by are...
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The hottest new piece of exercise equipment? A strollerOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Peek-a-Boo Lunges, Choo-Choo Sprints and Ring-Around-the-Rosie Squats aren't part of most women's exercise routines. But they're starting to be. More and more suburban m...
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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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Mad Maggie's serves up food and entertainment on three floorsOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - On a recent Saturday afternoon, the Bero family of Gilberts headed out to lunch after the girls' soccer game. The foursome ended up in the recently opened Mad Maggie's ...
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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...