Michelle Holdway
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Poll Vault: Which Chicago player’s jersey would you buy?Aug 31, 2012 12:07 am - How many of you still have a Sammy Sosa jersey? Wouldn’t you like to trade in that No. 21 for Starlin Castro’s No. 13 these days? Plenty of you own a Derrick Rose shirt....
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Poll Vault: What was in — and on — your school lunchbox?Aug 24, 2012 12:21 am - This week on the copy desk, a few of us got on the subject of school lunches. Most of us brought a lunch to school, although there were a few items we liked on the cafe...
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Poll Vault: How often do you work out?Aug 17, 2012 12:01 am - At one time, not that long ago, I belonged to a 24-hour gym and worked out three times a week. Now? Not so much. My husband rides his bicycle nearly every day in the spr...
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Poll Vault: Who is your favorite comic book superhero?Aug 10, 2012 12:33 am - The Wizard World Chicago Comic Con started yesterday at the Donald E. Stephens Center in Rosemont. My colleague Russell Lissau is there, but he’s not covering the event...
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Poll Vault: If a presidential candidate, what'd be your big issue?Aug 03, 2012 12:00 am - For the past two presidential campaigns, the economy has been the top issue. In 2004, it was the War in Iraq. Before that, it seemed to be personal morality. But those c...
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Poll Vault: What’s your favorite moment in U.S. Olympic history?Jul 27, 2012 12:30 am - If you’re like me, you won’t get through the XXX Olympiad without getting a little choked up. The Summer Games are always full of heartwarming stories. Do you remember h...
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Poll Vault: What’s a childhood possession you wish you still had?Jul 13, 2012 12:01 am - The discovery of more than 700 century-old baseball cards in an Ohio attic had many of us editors waxing nostalgic about what we collected as kids — and what those items...
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Poll Vault: Is this heat wave a result of global warming?Jul 06, 2012 12:00 am - An Associated Press report earlier this week quoted scientists as saying the extreme heat and drought we've seen is “what global warming looks like at the regional or pe...
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Poll Vault: Which suburban park district has the best pool?Jun 29, 2012 12:10 am - With temperatures around the century mark this week, doesn’t a dip in the pool sound refreshing? My nephew Sam is partial to the lazy river at Rainbow Falls Water Park i...
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Dawn Patrol: Beating suspects captured, museum turns 25Jun 25, 2012 5:05 am - Beating suspects held in Elgin A judge set bail at $500,000 Sunday for two men accused of forcing their way into an Elgin home early Saturday and severely beating a...