Lake County Lifestyle
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Public Enemy Brings The NoiseJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival began Friday night with a history lesson for the music lovers assembled in Chicago's Union Park. Now in its third year, the weekend-lon...
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Giving Garden efforts beginning to take rootJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Tucked away in a vacant lot surrounded by industrial parks, a bevy of tomatoes and zucchinis are starting to ripen. The food, and the 240-square-foot garden where it's g...
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Farms show off suburbs' agricultural rootsJul 12, 2008 11:00 pm - If there's one thing Mother Nature taught us this year, it's that summer is fleeting. Now's the time to make the most of it, meshing an afternoon outdoors with some qual...
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Tropical parties hot in the suburbsJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - High gas prices. A sluggish economy. And all those weddings, graduation parties, and family barbecues that you just can't ditch. Face it, right now it's tough to simply ...
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How to burn a few calories at Great America without even tryingJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - One: One lap around the park on the midways is one mile, says Great America spokeswoman Brooke Gabbert. But the average guest, she says, walks 10 miles per day. ...
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Local fests offer out-of-the-ordinary funJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Nothing says Fourth of July like a fun festival, and the 'burbs are bursting like fireworks with patriotic parades, live music, tons of food and rides that whirl, swirl ...
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213 miles per gallon? Suburban man says no problemJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Drivers today are hyper-stressed, what with paying hyper-fuel prices and commuting amid hyper-traffic. What the world needs now, Wayne Gerdes claims, is a little hypermi...
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Well-seasoned cook is original spice girlJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Long before the Brit pop group Spice Girls soared to fame, Tina Huss was the "Spice Queen" at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. Tina was crowned not for singing b...
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Director films debut on familiar turfJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Steve Conrad knows exactly why he wrote and directed the Chicago-set comedy "The Promotion." "I wanted to do a movie where a person's dreams don't come true, because I t...
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Save the planet with pedals, plants and solar powerJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - You can reduce your output of greenhouse gases and help save the planet by riding an electric bicycle instead of driving a car or using solar energy to heat water for yo...