Lake County Lifestyle
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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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Extended family treasures the ol' homesteadOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The family farm is quickly disappearing from the American landscape - especially from places close to urban areas like Chicago. Since the end of World War II, acreage fa...
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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...
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Survey says: You can't have a party without cakeOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Birthdays, graduations, retirements, weddings share something in common: cake. Nearly half of those polled say they prefer to celebrate with cake, according to those in ...
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Washington wines to be showcased in LibertyvilleOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Chef Jean Marc Loustaunau designed eight autumn-appropriate courses for Cafe Pyrenees' October tapas wine dinner. Kurt "The Wine Guy" Yost expounds upon the paired wines...
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Vernon Hills wine and grill nearly NirvanaOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Since Nirvana Wine & Grillerie's name refers to the philosophical concept of enlightenment, this strip mall spot has tall shoes to fill. One of its missions is to create...
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Cartoonish 'All Shook Up' sanitizes the sex, swagger of rock 'n' rollOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Marriott Theatre's "All Shook Up" almost has it all. The entire cast is energetic and super-talented, Marc Robin's choreography and direction is peppy, and the productio...
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New boutiques set to dress up the suburbsOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite the troubled economy, a growing number of small, independently owned women's clothing boutiques are opening in the suburbs. Two of the new kids on the block: Pra...