Of all the words that could be used to describe Japan, cool is not always the first to spring to mind. While in Britain we may have embraced conveyor-belt dining and minimalist aesthetics and ridden the bandwagon to all-things Zen, we know little of ...
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Wednesday, Aug. 20, rolled in bright and beautiful. As many people took the breezes and clear blue sky for granted, I did not. This was surely a day that the Lord had made, and at least 150 of us were rejoicing in it. One year ago, I had made a ...
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Joe Biden, who's never forgotten where he came from ... Wales, right? 12:51 A.M. T hings We Thought We'd Never See: Democrats Rally Against the Teachers' Unions! I went to the Ed Challenge for Change event mainly to schmooze. I almost didn't stay for ...
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A taste of the islands awaits you at this storefront restaurant in the regentrified area of Whiting. Bright, seasonal flavors abound in chef John Sopko's Floribbean dishes -- fusion of Carribbean and Florida -- such as the fresh pineapple salsa with ...
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Kingfield boutique Fairy Godmother closed its 38th Street & Grand Avenue location Aug. 16 after nearly five years of business. Ballgown-wearing storeowner and self-proclaimed Fairy Godmother Terre Thomas expanded her business into Calhoun Square just ...
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If you've been watching the Olympics - and who hasn't watched some of it - then you could not have let the NBC promo for Notre Dame football escape unnoticed. Did you cry? Did you faint? Did you say to yourself, "who gives a #%^%$ if it's Notre Dame ...
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Family-owned Bread & Company is an artisan bakery and chain of sandwich shops that believes in big portions, quality food and listening to its customers. These days, perhaps for the first time in its 16-year history, some Bread & Company loyalists ...
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