McHenry County Lifestyle
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Chessie's/111 Grille rides past into the futureSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Regulars of Chessie's at Barrington's Ice House Mall got so upset when new owners Steve and Lisa Petersen took over the 30-year-old restaurant and started making changes...
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Apple orchards open for picking, fall festivitiesAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The break in the heat and humidity that blew through the area in August gave apple growers something to smile about. "That cool air sweetens the apples," said Cathleen H...
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Spring Grove's Dan Hartwig makes orzo 'risotto'Aug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - On a golfing trip eight years ago to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, Dan Hartwig scored big, but not on the links. At a nearby outlet mall he found a 14-inch, stai...
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Lee DeWyze's parents not moving to Hollywood anytime soonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze Sr. cashed in on being "the father of Lee DeWyze" once. It was the night his son won "American Idol" and he was on a hotel rooftop in Los Angeles with hundred...
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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Woodstock annual jazz fest this weekendAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Its all that jazz - and so much more this weekend in downtown Woodstock for the third annual Woodstock Jazz Festival. Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27, the Woodstoc...
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St. Charles' Isacco offers Italian with a twistAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Any time you end a three-hour dinner by doing shots of Grappa courtesy of the chef and owner, who is happily mingling with his guests at the end of his shift, you can be...
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Burgers to bistro - chef keeps it seasonalAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The burger on homemade rye on Hackney's in Lake Zurich and wasabi-crusted ahi tuna with red miso at Retro Bistro in Mount Prospect seem worlds apart to most people, but ...
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'Wiggly Circus Live!' coming to RosemontAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Preschool favorites The Wiggles bring their "Wiggly Circus Live!" to the Rosemont Theatre for two shows only. Joining the Australian quartet in their big top extravaganz...
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Flash back to the '80s at the Lodge at Four LakesAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Flash back to the '80s in Lisle. Party with the band Breakfast Club at the Lodge at Four Lakes. Sip $2.50 Hop Head beers, $4 22-ounce Sam Adams and Sam summer drafts, $4...