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Restaurant Review: Lakeview’s Duke of Perth Serves Lenten Specials and Scottish, Cooked to Order Haggis Burgers

Today…Wednesday, February 22, marks Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Across many faiths, the practice of fasting begins today.
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Chicago Home and Lifestyles – Rules for napping

Few things are more glorious than a nice nap. However, I have noticed that sometimes I have a hard time waking up and end up groggy for hours.
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5 Things That May Not Be Included in Your Home Purchase

What stays and what goes when you buy a new home? While it might seem like a no-brainer that the appliances or light fixtures might be staying, making assumptions like these could burn you come closing day.
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THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – Making the Best of Another Winter Weekend!

Now that football is behind us, it’s time to look forward to the upcoming baseball season along with the warmer temps of spring! But in the meantime, we still have several weekends of winter to get through and this weekend is no exception.
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Neighborhood News: 121 Years of the Chicago Auto Show

From the earliest Ford Model T’s to electric Teslas, since 1901, the Chicago Auto Show has showcased the latest in automotive technology and showmanship.
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Restaurant Review: Celebrate Chicago BLACK Restaurant Week at Avondale’s Gluten-Free CheSa’s Bistro & Bar

From now through February 26, Chicago BLACK Restaurant Week will celebrate the hundreds of food/beverage/dessert businesses serving delectable cuisine in the African American community.
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Chicago Home and Lifestyles – Protein before bed for muscle growth

We all would like to find a little shortcut for better fitness. As I am heading towards retirement age, I’ve learned from experience that weight bearing exercise in the latter part of our lives can be very beneficial!
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Storage Solutions to Make the Most of Small Spaces

Living in a small house or apartment can be challenging, even if you have few belongings when you move in. Over time, you’ll inevitably collect more items, requiring you to creatively store things with limited closet space and shelving.
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THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – Hearts, Football & Automobiles!

What do hearts, football, and automobiles have in common? Well, they’re your entertainment for this weekend!
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Neighborhood News: Viva, Mexico! at Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art

In a city rich with world-class museums, Pilsen’s National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), 1852 W. 19th Street, is the largest Latino museum nationwide, as well as the first accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
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Restaurant Review: Celebrating ‘Galentines,’ ‘Palentines’ and ‘Valentines’ Day in West Town, River North, and Streeterville

Valentine’s Day exists to celebrate love in its many forms. And whether you’re celebrating with your nearest and dearest friends (gal-entines and pal-entines,) your one-and-only, or your entire family, to quote a famous movie, “love is all around, actually.”
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Chicago Home and Lifestyles – Washing produce

We think of food borne illness as coming primarily from meat and seafood, but there have been many outbreaks in the last few years in produce. The FDA recommends washing vegetables under cold running water.
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How to Compete With a Cash Offer When Buying a House

After pounding the pavement for what seems like forever, you’ve finally found the place you want to put an offer on. But alas, someone else has already got their fingers on it, and it’s a cash buyer, no less.
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THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – Can Spring be on the Horizon?

Are you ready to embrace another weekend? Good because not only are we in the month of February, which only has 28 days, but spring is on the horizon! Although you wouldn’t know it from this past week’s arctic blast!! Anyway, here are a few events to get you through this weekend and closer to that spring horizon.
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Neighborhood News: From Meigs Field to the Museum Campus’ Northerly Island

Northerly Island, 1521 S. Linn White Drive, is a 91-acre, man-made peninsula along Chicago’s Lake Michigan lakefront, as Wikipedia describes it. It’s probably best known as a summer concert venue (Huntington Bank Pavilion) after the demolition of Meigs Field, a landing strip/airport for small planes.
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Restaurant Review – Experience Chicago in a cozy winter igloo atop Wicker Park’s The Kennedy!

Once a creative way to safely dine during the pandemic, winter igloos at Chicago’s area restaurants have pivoted. Today, they are a cozy, intimate dining experience for two, or for your family.
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Chicago Home and Lifestyles – Keeping your refrigerator clean and organized

I have noticed after showing hundreds of houses over the years that even homes that seem quite tidy and clean will often have refrigerators that look and smell quite bad. I think sometimes the refrigerator is the last thing people think about when cleaning the house.
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Creating a Luxurious Bedroom Retreat on a Budget

Considering how many hours of the day are spent in your bedroom, it makes sense to pour a little focus and budget into this often-overlooked space. After a busy day, it would be nice to come home and retreat to a comfortable, soothing, esthetically-pleasing bedroom.
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THIS WEEKEND IN CHICAGO – It’s Happy Lunar New Year Time!

Chicagoans will bid adieu to this last weekend of January by welcoming in the Lunar New Year of 2023! Come out and join us as we celebrate The Rabbit!!
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Neighborhood News-Discover Chicago’s ‘People’s Palace’ at the Chicago Cultural Center

Known for its dazzling, ornate mosaic ceilings in Preston Bradley Hall, elegant receptions, and myriad free arts programming, the Chicago Loop’s Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, has entertained presidents, served as our central public library, and today, provides hundreds of free arts and entertainment programs annually.
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Restaurant Review: A hopping good time to celebrate Lunar New Year at Lakeview’s 2D Restaurant!

Happy Lunar New Year, Dean’s Team readers! This year's Lunar New Year started Sunday, January 22, and spans 15 days until the full moon (February 5). Chicago’s Asian communities on the North (Argyle Street/Broadway) and South (Chinatown, 16th and Wentworth) are gearing up for a spectacular Year of the Rabbit!
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Chicago Home and Lifestyles – Organizing your space

Many of us would love to get organized this year. Easier said than done! I’ve been in the same house for more than 35 years, so I certainly know clutter. In my opinion, we need to try and understand the clutter and why we keep it in order to get rid of it.